Reading Wednesday

[cinaed]

I've seen this meme floating around and it seems like a good one to start doing!

Recently Finished

The Only Gold by Tamara Allen, a really charming historical m/m romance. Jonah is a great protagonist, all repressed but well-meaning, and I love the slow-burn of his relationship with Reid, the outside man who swooped in and took the position within the bank that Jonah's spent the last fourteen years work towards. It also has a lot of engaging female characters, which was great. 

Currently Reading

I'm about halfway through the nonfiction novel The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the West by Christopher Corbett, which is ostensibly about Polly Bemis, a woman who was sold/kidnapped into prostitution from China and ended up marrying a white man who won her in a poker game and living most of her life out in Idaho, but has mostly been an overview of the history of Chinese immigration. It's an interesting book! But I hope we see a bit more about Polly Bemis as well. 

What's Next

I have so many books checked out, so whatever one is due soonest. Probably either Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter or The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies With the Pinkerton National Detective Agency by Chris Enss.

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

What an interesting nonfiction selection you've laid out here!

[cinaed]

I tend to fall into niche history things, like when I was in Les Miserables fandom I read a lot about the history of French police and black French history (I LOVE ALEXANDRE DUMAS AND THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES SO MUCH), and apparently early Chinese-American and black history and women's espionage history are my next ones. :D

[chestnut_pod]

Color me impressed! What fun topic choices.