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I started the Summer Reading Challenge with a book I was extremely eager to read: The Girls, by Emma Cline. This novel has been getting a huge amount of press, and rightly so, even if many of the reviewers have sounded as if they’d been eating sour grapes. Cline’s writing is breathtaking, and the story
The Nest is a novel about the Plumb family, who are an interesting and modernly dysfunctional group. They are white, upper middle class, and are a foursome of kids waiting on an inheritance, known as The Nest, that will become theirs when the youngest, Melody, turns 40. However, things turn sour when the oldest, Leo,
So I found this really interesting. This box set is a collaboration between 2 dystopian writers, which is probably why it’s 6 books long. I’ve only read the first book so far (yes, cheating, I started before July 5) but what I really like is that they’re not afraid to put the main characters in
So this book is a little dark, a little twisted, pretty damn funny and an insanely short read. I read it in one VERY slow day at work. And the best part? It’s FREE in the Kindle library!! The main character in this book has gone through a nasty divorce and moves himself to NYC
Hello friends! Today is the kick off of our reading challenge. I am looking forward to seeing your progress and making my own. Please let me know if there is any way we can support you! Happy summer and happier reading!!! In heart, Alison
Happy Summer! I’m about to retreat to the shade of the magnolia tree in my back yard and get some reading done, as long as my sweet dog Milo is willing to let me off the hook for endless Frisbee duty. He doesn’t understand why anyone would want to sit in one place for hours
I am confident my brilliant reader friends can see there are only 6 books in this photo! The 7th is The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. I have waited on the library queue for 6 weeks but I can finally pick it up tomorrow! I will fill in my last 3 gaps after I finish these-
The Geek Feminist Revolution – Kameron Hurley Gratitude – Oliver Sacks Last Chance To See – Douglas Adams What We Salvage – David Baille I’m Just a Person – Tig Notaro Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pit Bull: The Fight Over an
I was so pleasantly surprised by this novel. I had my doubts during the first 60 pages, but I’m genuinely glad I stuck with it. A friend of mine gave me this novel back in early January when I was visiting her and her family in Prague. She had told me it was a good
I’m not much for autobiographies and thus I haven’t read very many of them, but I figured this was about a scientist and she loves plants so this would be the one to read if I’m going to start. Indeed, I actually really enjoyed this book! I have to admit that I actually listened to
Seasonal Reading 