What We're Reading
Also reading through this series as a reference for something I’m working on
Currently listening to Make Up Break Up and it’s a little too formulaic for me so far
I'm listening to the audiobook of Honey Girl now and it's just as good as the first time I read it
The Snow Child has been on my TBR list forever... this stretch of snowy days we're in the midst of felt like perfect timing
And am currently reading Metazoa, which is fascinating
Just finished Summerwater, which was really well written but a little too claustrophobic and cynical for me in these pandemic times
Also loved Ghostways, which is a really interesting collision of Jeff Vandermeer-esque prose poetry & actual nature writing
Recently loved Linda Hogan's latest (Heather, Marika, big Braiding Sweetgrass vibes)
Also speed-reading through A Girl Is a Body of Water for an essay. Will I finish it and the essay on time? Who knows!
Reading Women and Other Monsters by Jess Zimmerman. I'm not too far, but I suspect anyone who liked Wake, Siren would dig it
and back on the Tana French train with Faithful Place, which has instantly hooked me
currently listening to Winterhouse, which so far has a delightful mix of Harry Potter, Narnia, and Roald Dahl
Listening to the Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza and I can't believe I slept on this for so long. It's fantastic.
Some astounding storytelling in here. I know what my May kids' staff pick will be.
I thought I needed a break from my extended rambles in the 15th and 16th centuries and as the Python's say "and now for something completely different" I picked up Alan Lightman's The Horde
Listening to Riot Baby which is not exactly more relaxing than my last few reads really kind of the opposite but it is EXTREMELY GOOD
Matt is actually an internet friend of mine and I've really liked his last two books.
Also have been reading The Sleeping Dictionary with my book group and am loving it, but I also love anything by Sujata Massey.