Fall New Release Reading Challenge – 9/16
The Children Act by Ian McEwen was an excellent choice to start the challenge. I enjoyed it so much, in fact, it makes me want to revisit Atonement. Like Atonement, I had trouble starting The Children Act. McEwen would get the story moving with dialogue and action then immediately slow down for back story or long descriptions of past cases heard by the main character, Judge Fiona Maye. Once I understood his rhythm, and started to grasp Fiona as a character, it was smooth sailing. Excellent book. Highly recommended.
This week.
Well, I figured there would be weeks like this. There are at least six books I want to read, each drastically different. Last week, Laura Miller wrote an article, “Why Today’s Most Exciting Crime Novelists Are Women,” and put Broken Monsters by Lauren Burke on my radar. Then there is the non-fiction book, This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein about capitalism and climate change (though it is disqualified because of length, I’m tempted to waive my rule to read it), the paperback release of Jessamyn Ward’s non-fiction bestseller, Men We Reaped, The Paying Guests by Sarah Walters and Sway, a young adult novel by Kat Spears about a modern day Cyrano de Bergerac.When I sat down fifteen minutes ago, I was sure to choose Love Me Back, a debut novel by Merritt Tierce which is getting some accolades. Maybe I’m hearing so much about it because it’s by a local author. Regardless, it sounds fascinating. I mean come on! How am I supposed to choose?
So, I’m not. This will be a game time decision when in Barnes and Noble. Whatever I don’t choose, though, will go on my Goodreads to-read shelf.
