Summer Reading (and last day for the HANDLING contest)

With work on the first draft of my last novel now done, I can, as I mentioned a few days ago, turn to the piles upon piles of books that have been waiting for me. (As well as all the titles I've downloaded on my iPad.)



Recently I have shared my thoughts on Caroline Leavitt's Is This Tomorrow, Katie Haegele's White Elephants, Chloe Aridjis's Asunder, Jessica Keener's Night Swim, Marie Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, Susan Tekulve's In the Garden of Stone, and Elizabeth Graver's End of the Point.    



Throughout the next few months, you'll be hearing from me on books like the following:



Someone, Alice McDermott

The World is a Carpet, Anna Badkhen

It's Not Love, It's Just Paris, Patricia Engel

Still Writing, Dani Shapiro

Country Girl, Edna O'Brien

Reality Boy, A.S. King

The News from Spain, Joan Wickersham

Norwegian by Night, Derek Miller

Grace Before Dying, Lori Waselchuk

River of Dust, Virginia Pye

Perfect Red, Jennie Nash

Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo

Yesterday's Weather, Anne Enright

Some Nerve, Patty Chang Anker

Margot, Jillian Cantor





I'll also be sharing thoughts on a number of classic memoirs.



Speaking of which: Today is your last day to enter to win my last copy of Handling the Truth. The details are here.