Starting Summer Off Right!

I've got just under a week left  before summer school begins, so I'd better get books posted while I have some time! Also, the blog's blocked from school internet--bummer!

I'm currently listening to Daughter of York on audio CD. I love historical fiction, and this books features Margaret of York's story as she grows from being the King's sister to international importance in the late 1400s. I haven't finished yet, but the voices are nicely done, and I'm enjoying the story.

I just finished Helen Simonson's Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. I actually discovered this title while shopping around for an audio book. It seems to be a favorite among audio book listeners! I can imagine that the voices would be very interesting, for the plot involves a codgy Englishman whose life crosses paths, and then becomes entangled with, a Pakistani woman and her extended family. The plot may sound stuffy and dull, but Simonson seems to anticipate this pothole and deftly whisks the reader down the highway. Here's her opener: "Major Pettigrew was still upset about the phone call from his brother's wife and so he answered the doorbell without thinking. On the damp bricks of the path stood Mrs. Ali from the village shop." The story never does seem to slow down!

Here are three other books that kept me busy as the regular school year was wrapping up!
Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell
The Scroll of Seduction by Gioconda Belli
The Last Van Gogh by Alyson Richman