Post-Cybils Reading

While I’m deep in my Cybils reading, I’m finding myself looking forward more and more to the time when I’ll be able to read something that isn’t YA speculative fiction – and not feel guilty about it! Below are a few titles that I’ll be excited to finally pick up (in just under a month).

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

I saw Roxane Gay speak at Book People several weeks ago for her Hunger book tour, and she was interesting, funny, and a great reader of her own work. I thoroughly enjoyed Bad Feminist and look forward to diving into more of her nonfiction in Hunger, which focuses on food, weight, and self-image. At Book People, she read one essay about whether or not she should look up the boy (now man) who sexually assaulted her as a child (emotionally intense) and another about her love of Ina Garten (funny and light), so there’s a solid mix here.

 

Final Girls by Riley Sager

I’m definitely looking forward to satisfying more of my itch for adult thrillers. This one – about a woman who was the lone survivor of a serial killer attack while in college and now must contend with the mysterious death of another “final girl” from another attack years before – has been recommended to me by multiple people, but when my hold for it came up at the library, it was already Cybils time. Ah well – the holds list may be shorter in January!

 

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

OK, so this one is actually YA speculative fiction, but it’s outside the publication range for this year’s award and I haven’t had a chance to get to it yet, despite it being the much-awaited continuation of my favorite book series of all time.