Myra here.

My family and I are currently spending the summer holidays with family in the United States. Our point of entry from Abu Dhabi last July was in New York City. Naturally, I had to do some book shopping while in Manhattan and visited Strand Bookstore.

Modest Book Haul from Strand Bookstore

(01) On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder and Nora Krug (Amazon | Book Depository)

(02) One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Amazon | Book Depository)

#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 – Online Book Buys

I also took advantage of the fact that online book purchases are much cheaper while we are here in the US. Hence, I purchased the other titles from This Is The Canon book list that I still do not have. Now, I absolutely have no excuse to not decolonize my bookshelves (as if any excuse will be considered acceptable).

(03) Trumpet by Jackie Kay (Amazon | Book Depository)

(04) If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (Amazon | Book Depository)

(05) Dancing In The Dark by Caryl Phillips (Amazon | Book Depository)

(06) The White Girl by Tony Birch (Amazon | Book Depository)

(07) Discerner Of Heart And Other Stories by Olive Senior (Amazon | Book Depository)

(08) Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (Amazon | Book Depository)

(09) Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (Amazon | Book Depository)

(10) How To Read The Air by Dinaw Mengestu (Amazon | Book Depository)

(11) The Best Of Albert Wendt’s Short Stories (Amazon)

(12) The Years With Laura Diaz by Carlos Fuentes (Amazon | Book Depository)

(13) Salt by Earl Lovelace (Amazon | Book Depository)

(14) Shell Shaker by LeAnne Howe (Amazon | Book Depository)

(15) Between Two Worlds by Miriam Tlali (Amazon | Book Depository)

(16) Dogside Story by Patricia Grace (Amazon | Book Depository)

(17) The Swan Book by Alexis Wright (Amazon | Book Depository)

How about you? Any recent book finds?

August 7, 2022 at 06:31AM Myra Garces-Bacsal