Finished reading: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ๐A nice light novel about Beryl Markham.
Finished reading: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ๐A nice light novel about Beryl Markham.
Finished reading: A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason ๐wonderful 1970s science fiction. I didnโt want it to end.
Currently reading: Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand ๐
Currently reading: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ๐
Currently reading: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout ๐
Currently reading: A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason ๐
Finished reading: Creation by Katherine Govier ๐excellent novel featuring Audubon in Labrador in 1833. Poetic, evocative and poignant, describing an Earth that no longer exists.
Finished reading: The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester ๐Excellent non-fiction about the history of precision manufacturing. Much more interesting than that might seem!
Quit reading: The Covenant of Water (Oprah’s Book Club) by Abraham Verghese ๐too much plot not enough interesting writing
Currently reading: Creation by Katherine Govier ๐
Finished reading: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout ๐after much delay, finally finished this one. I appreciate the realism but donโt love her books.
Currently reading: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese ๐
Currently reading: The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester ๐
Finished reading: True Biz by Sara Novic ๐a good read.
Finished reading: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf ๐Wonderful! Alexander von Humboldt takes his rightful place in the naturalist heavens.
Quit reading: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ๐
Quit reading: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian ๐
Currently reading: True Biz by Sara Novic ๐
Finished reading: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson ๐Excellent, dreamy novel about life in the modern world. Poignant without being maudlin.
Currently reading: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray ๐
Finished reading: The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) ๐I enjoyed this translation.
Finished Reading American Mermaid by Julia Langbein ๐Another silly novel, supposedly about wealth and privilege but mostly just silly.
Currently reading: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian ๐
Currently reading: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson ๐
Finished reading: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen ๐Ugh. Sort of a romance novel with a bit of Alice Hoffman-esque magic, but overall pretty silly.