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I recently finished All This Life by Joshua Mohr. Well, no, I didn't actually finish it. I started it. I got about halfway through. I couldn't stand it anymore. I stopped.
Now I'm reading Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. I pretty much hate the writing style. I don't mind staccato but this. Is. Too. Much. Staccato. But I'm interested enough in the story to (hopefully) see it through. I'm at 38% now. I don't think that the story is everyone's cup of tea, but there's something about their (Mathilde and Lancelot -- I'm not even joking; those are their names) marriage that is ringing very true to me and I want to see how they resolve it.
I'm leaving on vacation on Tuesday (YAY!!!). I'll be gone for two weeks and I hope to learn that, in fact, I *do* like reading on the beach. (That hasn't been the case before, but I'm always optimistic.) I'm bringing along Did You Ever Have a Family (thanks, Pinetreelover, for that rec.), The Splendid Things We Planned, The Center of Winter, and Between Gods. Yup, there's that optimism again. No, I know I won't read *all* of them, but I never learned how to pack lightly. (I'm kidding. They're on my Kindle.)
Yay!!! Dawn's back! So happy to see you again! And you brought new titles for my TBR!
Speaking of, I went to the library yesterday, and despite all the very interesting books on my TBR, I picked up 3 things I'd never heard of:
The Soul of the Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
"Longitude", by Dava Sobel. Better-than-average read in the genre of science-history.
I've been disappointed by my other reading during my servitude in cd-gitmo. Tim Parks' "Europa" held out some promise as an amusing read, but failed to hold my interest.
Cant remember if I mentioned it before, but J M Coetzee's "Waiting for the Barbarians" is a good and relevant book.
I've picked that up a couple of times but haven't ever actually started it. For some reason, these days I can only seem to do easy straight-forward books, but it's still on the list.
I finished the audiobook "Think Twice" by Lisa Scottoline. This author is sporadic at best. Parts of her works are really good reads, interspersed with lots of well-written tripe. I think she must be trying for humor, but it isn't working for her. I think I am going to have to strike her from my TRL.
Next up: Heather Graham's Bone Trilogy. I was able to pick up the first and second today at the library so I have the full set and just over a week to read them!
Two by Colin Ferguson. "the Lobster Coast" and "American Nations"
first is a history of Maine and the second is a essay on the cultural differences in North America. Both are fascinating and the second explains a lot about American politics.
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(I'm kidding. They're on my Kindle.)
Have fun on that beach, reading or not. Bring back great stories of your own. 