No, not the strip club;-)!
There are currently 3 books that I am waiting patiently to get my hands on, and I know that one is not supposed to wish time away, but when waiting for books to either be published or arrive on our South African shelves, sometimes it just seems like soooo long.
So, here are my top Tuesday Picks:
Robert Galbraith – The Silkworm
(taken from Amazon)
When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine’s disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.
When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before… A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, THE SILKWORM is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.
After I finished reading The Cuckoo’s Calling, I had remembered that I had seen that she had a second book out, so off I went to the bookstore to purchase it, and turned out it is only being released in June! Goodness, I was so disappointed.
Jonas Jonnason – The Girl who saved the King of Sweden
(taken from Amazon)
As delightfully wry and witty as his bestselling debut, ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’, this is a tale of how one woman’s attempt to change her future ended up changing everything.
Nombeko Mayeki is on the run from the world’s most ruthless secret service – with three Chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer. Oh, and the fate of the King of Sweden – and the world – rests on her shoulders.
Born in a Soweto shack in 1961, Nombeko was destined for a short, hard life. When she was run over by a drunken engineer her luck changed. Alive, but blamed for the accident, she was made to work for the engineer – who happened to be in charge of a project vital to South Africa’s security. Nombeko was good at cleaning, but brilliant at understanding numbers. The drunk engineer wasn’t – and made a big mistake. And now only Nombeko knows about it …
I loved The 100 Year Old Man who climbed out of the window and disappeared, it totally appealed to my sense of humour so I am hoping that this one will be just as bizarre and brilliant!
Tom Robbins – Tibetan Peach Pie
(Taken from Amazon)
In Tibetan Peach Pie, Robbins turns that unparalleled literary sensibility inward, stitching together stories of his unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures —told in his unique voice that combines the sweet and sly, the spiritual and earthy. The grandchild of Baptist preachers, Robbins would become over the course of half a century a poet-interruptus, an air force weatherman, a radio dj, an art-critic-turned-psychedelic-journeyman, a world-famous novelist, and a counter-culture hero, leading a life as unlikely, magical, and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters.
Robbins offers intimate snapshots of Appalachia during the Great Depression, the West Coast during the Sixties psychedelic revolution, international roving before homeland security monitored our travels, and New York publishing when it still relied on trees. Written with the big-hearted comedy and mesmerizing linguistic invention for which he is known, Tibetan Peach Pie is an invitation into the private world of a literary legend.
I think Tom Robbins fans worldwide are waiting with bated breath for this book, I for one am beyond excited! I love his books, I love his writing so this book will capture everything that I enjoy about his books AND be based on his life. I mean, can anyone ask for more??
So, those are my three most wanted books on my list at the moment, what is on yours??
Hubby tried to buy “The girl…” for me for Mothersday just to find out its not published yet