BW13: April is upon us

 

April is upon us and I'm laughing because the first week in the month is Read a Road Map Week. I'm horrible with navigation which has lead to getting lost many a time. We just got back from a trip and it is the main reason why I'm the driver and hubby is the navigator as it seems he has a compass in his head.  I'm also grateful for digital navigation which tells me where to go, but sometimes even it's wrong. What's a girl to do?   

This month our literary legend is Larry McMurtry, author of the Lonesome Dove and then some.  And since we just got back from celebrating my dad's 95th birthday and I almost forgot to write this post, I'm going to leave you with a few links to peruse:

Larry McMurtry books in Order with a breakdown by series or publication date. 

National Endowment for the Humanities: Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry Literary Center

NPR Literary center named for author Larry McMurtry honors hometown son

Goodreads Larry McMurtry

I currently have The Lonesome Dove as well as The Last Picture Show in my stacks to read this year.  Join me in reading a book by Larry McMurtry this year. 

BW12: Literary Mishmash

 

Happy Sunday! This week is a mishmash as we are in the midst of a family celebration of my father's 95th birthday so I threw a bunch of stuff together for your delight. 

Our Literary Legend this month is Sir Thomas Malory and his Le Morte D'Arthur about King Arthur and Legend of the Round Table, a classic arthurian fantasy.  

" Published in 1485, Sir Thomas Malory's epic poem Le Morte d'Arthur became the standard source for future Arthurian works such as Idylls of the King by Lord Tennyson and T.H. White's The Once and Future King.With its expressive, vigorous dialogue, Le Morte d'Arthur resounds with colloquial liveliness and ceremonious dignity, the style for a fifteenth-century gentleman. This audio recording grips the listener with the fascinating, fateful story of Arthur's ascension to the throne as a boy, his marriage to Guenevere, the formation of the Round Table Knights, the quest for the Holy Grail, the ill-fated passion between Lancelot and Guenevere, the treachery of Arthur's illegitimate son Mordred, and the ultimate destruction of Arthur's realm.A superb story of adventure, love, honor, and betrayal, Le Morte d'Arthur is filled with dramatic power and deep, tragic irony."

One of our Bingo Quest categories is David Bowie who also enjoyed reading and you can find his top 100 books on his site.  Read them alone or join the David Bowie Book Club and readalong with their top ten choices for 2026.  Check to see how many you have read so far! I've read four and currently have A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon in my stacks to read this year. 

Spring has sprung so check out all the spring reading lists popping up like wildflowers all over the world wide web. 

Happy Wanderings! 

BW11: The Lake Isle of Innisfree

 

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

By 

William Butler Yeats

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.

BW10: March Author Bookology - Walter Mosley

 

Happy Sunday! Our march author is Walter Mosley, who has written more than 60 books, television and film stories and plays, and won numerous awards for his work. I'm currently reading the first book in his mystery thriller series - Devil in a Blue Dress - about Easy Rawlins, a Black freelance private eye in the late forties.   

"In Los Angeles of the late 1940s, Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Monet, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs." 

The story is quite engaging and I'm looking forward to reading more of the series. 

Mosley has written multiple mysteries including Fearless Jones, King Oliver, Leonard McGill, Socrates Fortlow as well as numerous science fiction stories, non fiction, and graphic novels. 

Walter Mosley by Thulani Davis

Walter Mosley: When I'm Telling a Story I Imagine the Eavesdropper Over My Shoulder

Novelist Walter Mosley on Family and Forging His Own Path

Happy Reading! 

BW9: March is Irish Heritage Month

Happy Sunday and welcome to March which is Irish Heritage Month.  Wearing of the green is optional but get ready to be pinched by a leprechaun if you don't.    As we celebrate all things Irish this month, join me in an Irish Coffee or munch on shepherd's pie while we read both classic and contemporary books set in Ireland or written by Irish authors or all about Irish history and culture. 

 The Best Books to Read Before Going to Ireland

Five Books best books of Ireland about struggle for freedom, early Irish history as well as modern Irish history, contemporary Irish novels, and the best of Oscar Wilde. 

12 Irish Books About Love and Luck

Books to please the Irish eyes

Favourite books: Irish authors and stars name their best reads

Goodreads The Best Book written by the Irish

"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun. And find your shoulder to light on. To bring you luck, happiness, and riches. Today, tomorrow, and beyond."

Happy Reading!