So it's rainy and dismal outside and snow is in the forecast, but I'm reminding myself of all of the lovely things about Fall. Fires in the woodstove, more excuses to curl up to read a good book, delicious roasty foods, like this excellent mix of vegetables from our garden that Andrew roasted up last night.
I'm almost done with "The Shadow King" (Maaza Mengiste) a stirring, horrific and beautiful book about war torn Ethiopia during the reign of Haile Selassie. Some very strong women characters. I'm going to have to do more reading on what was going on there with the Italians. But what to read next? I have checked out the new Yaa Gyasi "Transcendent Kingdom" but I'm tempted by some pure escape: the new Elsa Hart book "The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne"--I've enjoyed some of her other mysteries taking place in ancient China with LiDu a librarian protagonist. This from the front cover: "London 1703. In a time when the old approaches to science coexist with the new, one elite community attempts to understand the world by collecting its wonders...For Cecily kay, it is a passion for plants that brings her to the Mayne house." Ok, I'm hooked. I know that I'll read the Gyasi, having loved "Homegoing." But first?? Nice problem to have...Or perhaps this will be an upstairs/downstairs
arrangement??!!
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