Going back to the library

I guess my eyes were bigger than ... err ... my eyes or something because I have some books going back to the library today I wish I had read:

Evening is the Whole Day
Inheritence of Loss

Also, a disappointing Experiment in Love by the usually-dependable Hilary Mantel, and a book about Kevin Mitnick called The Fugitive Game that I thought would be awesome but sucked.

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin

This book has inspired me to once again keep track of promising books I return to the library unread, since this book is one I have taken out three times and finally read this time 'round.

The memoir is about a white man who grew up in Zimbabwe in the 1960s and '70s. He leaves Zimbabwe as an adult, working for various news magazines and media outlets in Europe and the United States. This story picks up as his parents are getting older and require more attention as their health fails, and, in parallel, Zimbabwe under the rule of Mugabe begins to fall apart. Godwin weaves stories of his childhood and current-day life along with a history of Zimbabwe and its current state.

Incredibly well-written, poignant, and educational, this may be one of the best things I've read of late.