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Malena Watrous

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born

June 27, 1975 in The United States

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http://www.malenawatrous.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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November 2009

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Malena’s stories and essays have appeared in The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Believer, GlimmerTrain, The Massachussetts Review, Salon.com, StoryQuarterly, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. She contributes book reviews to the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times. Her novel, If You Follow Me, won the Michener-Copernicus Award, and a prize in the Pirate’s Alley/Faulkner contest.

Malena lives in the Mission District with her husband, the composer Matt Schumaker, a toddler named Max, and two cranky cats.

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Average rating: 3.50 · 400 ratings · 103 reviews · 1 distinct work

If You Follow Me: A Novel

3.50 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions

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Malena Watrous is currently reading:

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 13, 2012 09:47pm

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Skim

by Mariko Tamaki

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Jul 14, 2010 01:38pm

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So Much for That

by Lionel Shriver

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Malena Watrous said: "I am putting this one down. After having read 3 of her novels, and admired certain things about each but also had major problems with them, I've decided that I just don't share a sensibility with Lionel Shriver, to the extent that her take on the tru...more "

May 12, 2010 09:11pm · see review

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May 26, 2012 09:51am
Malena Watrous gave to: Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel read in May, 2012	My rating:
I feel like this book is a cautionary tale in why (for some writers) personal material runs out. I really agree with other reviewers talking about how their love of Bechdel's first book led them to have huge expectations/hopes for this one, and to be...more
May 19, 2012 08:56pm · see review
Malena Watrous gave to: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Malena Watrous is currently reading: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Mar 13, 2012 09:47pm
Malena Watrous gave to: The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2012	My rating:
Plus three for a quirky premise. Minus two for way too quirky. Quirky, in my lexicon, is not exactly a compliment. A little quirk goes a long way. Too much is a bad seasoning.
Mar 13, 2012 09:46pm · see review
Malena Watrous gave to: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell read in March, 2012	My rating:
Why doesn't Goodreads have a category "I give up" instead of "I finished"? It seems like a big oversight. Plus three stars for inventiveness and great language. Minus two stars for too boring to complete.
Mar 13, 2012 09:46pm · see review
Malena Watrous gave to: Dreams of Joy by Lisa See (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2012	My rating:
Mar 13, 2012 09:44pm
Malena Watrous gave to: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green	My rating:
I really like the premise of this novel, and the way that Green handles a romance between two teenagers with cancer. The reversal of expectations, while not totally surprising, was well executed. I liked the tenderness that Hazel and all of the chara...more
Mar 13, 2012 09:43pm · see review
Malena Watrous gave to: Gone by Helena Echlin	My rating:
Mar 13, 2012 09:39pm