It's Monday: Books of Love and Loss

Books I'm reading this week:

My Coney Island Baby, Published January 17th 2019 by Jonathan Cape

I am finally getting into this novel about two married lovers who, for years, have been meeting once a month at Coney Island for an overnight assignation. Real life back home happens and they are dealing in the first chapters with the serious illness of the man's wife at home. The book is basically character-driven, though I am interested in the outcome of this unusual love situation.

The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake, a Canadian author, April, 2016, Doubleday

Here is story of family love, and love and loss of home and country.  Fumi is searching for her older sister in post-war Japan, during the MacArthur era and the American occupation in Japan, and her unlikely helper is a displaced Japanese-Canadian who is in Japan with her father, a Canadian sent back to Japan after the war, rather than be sent to unknown parts of Canada away from the west coast that had been their home.  

I am eager to see how this story unfolds.

Memes: The Sunday Post hosted by The Caffeinated Bookreviewer. Also,  It's Monday: What Are You Reading, and the Sunday Salon, Mailbox Monday

Sunday Salon: Mixed Genres in February

Spy thrillers in my TBR list:

Mission Critical, Expected publication: February 19th 2019 by Berkley

The Moroccan Girl, Published February 12th 2019 by St. Martin's Press

The American Agent, Expected publication: March 26th 2019 by Harper

Add a foodie memoir and a book of poetry: 

Savage Feast, Expected publication: February 26th 2019 by Harper

Oculus: Poems, Published January 15th 2019 by Graywolf Press

And historical and contemporary novels:

Learning to See, Published January 22nd 2019 by William Morrow Paperbacks

My Coney Island Baby, Published January 17th 2019 by Jonathan Cape

What books are you reading this week? Do you have or have you read any of these?

The Sunday Post  hosted by The Caffeinated Bookreviewer.What books are you reading this week?