May Books on My List
Autobiography/Memoir
Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh, May 6, 2025; Tin House, NetGalley
Katie Goh follows the complicated history of the orange from east-to-west and west-to-east, from a luxury item of kings and emperors, to a common everyday fruit.
Growing up queer in a Chinese-Malaysian-Irish household in the north of Ireland, Katie felt herself at odds with the culture and politics. She visited her ancestral home in Longyan, China and travels to Malaysia to understand her roots, to flesh out contradictions, unpeel the layers of personhood. A reflection on identity through the cipher of the orange.
This unusual memoir is one I'm looking forward to reading.
Mystery Novel
Detective Aunty by Uzma Jaluluddin, May 6, 2025, Harper Perennial, NetGalley
Genre: cozy mystery, adult fiction, set in Toronto
Description:
Kauser Khan returns to Toronto to clear her daughter, Sana, of the murder of a landlord. With the help of old friends and her teenage granddaughter, Kausar investigates to uncover the truth behind the murders that have been occurring there.
General Adult Fiction
My Friends by Fredrik Backman, May 6, 2025; Simon and Schuster, NetGalley
Genre: adult fiction, contemporary, set in Sweden
Description:
A funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later. One of the boys hoards sleeping pills and shuns attention, but possesses an extraordinary gift that might be his ticket to a better life.
Louisa years later finds three tiny figures painted in the corner of a world famous painting she has been put in charge of, and sets out to find the story behind it.
Memes: The Sunday Post, It's Monday: What Are You Reading, Sunday Salon, and Stacking the Shelves, Mailbox Monday
Detective Aunty sounds like fun. :D
ReplyDeleteI did not add any books this week...but stopped at the library this afternoon, so will have a bunch to share next week, LOL!
ReplyDeleteThose look like some fun books for the coming month. I'm intrigued by what gets covered in a personal history of the orange.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in oranges and in people who identify with them. I hope I can find a copy of Foreign Fruit.
ReplyDeleteYou always find the most interesting books to read, Harvee.
I preordered My Friends and will start it as soon as I receive it. Backman is one of my two favorite authors, the other is TJ Newman.
ReplyDeleteI expect to finish 'News From Berlin' by Otto De Kat (which is *excellent*) on Monday. After that I'll be reading 'The Escape Artists - A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Breakout of WW1' by Neal Bascomb.
ReplyDeleteYour first two books look so good!
ReplyDeleteI'm hearing more and more buzz about the Backman. Hope you love it.
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I will be interested to read your thoughts on these books.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t the cover of Foreign Fruit so appropriate? What a clever artist! Backman is one of my favorite authors. I was unaware he had a new book out! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI need to read Bachman. I have only read a short story but I liked it a lot!
ReplyDeleteThese all sound good. I hope you do enjoy them. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI've heard of none of these and they all sound interesting but especially interested in Detective Aunty. A terrific title!
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