What are you reading?

[Roberta]

I just finished Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New Yorkby Adam Gopnik. I didn't like it as well as his Paris to the Moon, which I thought was a lovely book. This collection of essays seems disjointed and at times Gopnik bogs down, as if he has fallen in love with his own ability to weave words together. There isn't the same lightness. His observations on parenthood though, are wonderful and Charlie Ravioli is a scream.

Also finished Grave Goods, another Ariana Franklin mystery set in the 12th century. Adelia is much the same as always and even the familiar plot devices are enjoyable.