w/o September 4 to 10, 2020

[❀ Susan]

Oops... delinquent again. Still on holidays and have been keeping busy canning and preparing for back to school!

What has everyone been reading? What is next?

Is September a time for more reading or for less time sitting still?

Have a great long weekend!

[Story]

This week, I finished the final book in Ali Smith's seasonal quartet: Summer. I liked it but not as much as I was hoping too.

Now I'm reading a pretty good historical mystery: The Murder of Harriet Monckton. Hoping for a good weekend of reading before my workload explodes next week.

Happy holiday weekend to all

[Susan]

Happy weekend!

This week I finished my fourth Booker longlist read: This Mournable Body. I struggled with this one a bit but I'm glad I read it. I know very little about Zimbabwe's history and it might have helped to know more to understand some of the dynamics in the novel.

I also read Sweet Sorrow, a charming and a little sad coming-of-age novel that revolves around an amateur theatre production of Romeo and Juliet. I like David Nicholls' writing, and this was a fun, easy read.

I'm currently reading The Vanishing Half, which I am enjoying very much.

Looking forward to the Giller longlist next week!

[Petra]

Happy Weekend!
This week I finished My Lobotomy: A Memoir and Dear Committee Members. Both were very good in different ways.

I'm still listening to and enjoying Lost in a Good Book. This series makes for good audiobooks. Easy to listen to, quirky and fun. Makes my runs much more enjoyable.

I'm now reading The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai and am about to start LaRose.

I also added quite a number of books to my TBR list due to Storyheart's list of new Canadian books being released soon. There are a number of wonderful sounding stories listed and the library is getting quite a number of them. I've got a lot to look forward to as they start coming in.

[Allison ༻hikes the bookwoods༺]

This week I finished The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, which I thought was an important book, at least conceptually. Some of it was a bit dry, but it certainly had me feeling thankful for how far society has come since the Victorian period.

I just finished Girl, Woman, Other and I’m really not sure how to rate it. It’s well-crafted, but there were things about the book that I just didn’t enjoy.

[✿✿✿May]

Happy Long Weekend!

This week I finished Normal People and The Pull of the Stars, the former I hated and the latter I loved!! Normal People was just so depressing to read as the characters were so miserable and I found myself not wanting to go on. Whereas The Pull of the Stars was set in a tragic part of history, but I found myself thinking how much resiliency the characters had and enjoyed spending time with them.
Currently reading Shadows in Time and listening to Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin.

[❀ Susan]

Hi all,

the summer has gone so fast!! This week, I finished Hamnet (thank you AlisonHikes for this recommendation) and really enjoyed it. I also finished Black Like Me which was a slow read for me and another book with a white male sharing the experience of people of colour. I think the book would have had a bigger impact decades ago and we have seen many great books writing by people of colour since. for a lighter read, I read The Guest List, it was not great literature but a quick mystery with a setting that reminded me of And Then There are None.

I am now reading Rabbit Foot Bill and Halfbreed but am back to work so my reading time will be diminished after being off for the last 2 weeks.

I hope all are safe and that those with children have a smooth couple of weeks with the transition back to school!

[Allison ༻hikes the bookwoods༺]

So glad you enjoyed Hamnet @Susan. It was such a pleasant surprise for me too.