October Reads

One of the perks of working at a library, especially for a writer and avid reader, is the easy access to books. Once a month I take a stroll through the stacks and see what books call out to me. Sometimes I look at the new books, other times I just pick a letter of the alphabet at random and look for books by authors whose names start with that letter. It's fun to just read the titles and look at the covers and see if the characters beckon to you from within the pages like sirens.

Today these fun finds lured me in:

"When Tito Loved Clara" by Jon Michaud. The characters are Dominican and you know I can't resist a story about my people!

"What You See in the Dark" by Manuel Munoz. It's described as "part noir thriller, part love story, part exploration of the dark side of the American dream..." Who wouldn't want to read that?

"The Best American Short Stories, 2010" edited by Richard Russo. This is mostly research. If I expect my work to be here one day, I need to know what "they" consider the best.

What's on your reading shelf? I'd love some recommendations!

xoxo,
Raquel Ivelisse