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I spent the “extra” hour READING. LOL. Richard Ford’s “Let Me Be Frank with You”. Never read his other books, and this was totally unlike anything I’d usually read. Don’t even know why it leapt from the library shelf into my arms. I liked it, the writing especially-irreverent and witty yet at the same time full of introspection, self effacing rumination about aging, past life and relationships. All the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the Jersey Shore, told thru his main character Frank Bascombe, now retired, somewhat uncomfortably, from the real estate biz.
Reading The Brutal Telling
both because I enjoyed the first book in the series and because it fits the Canadian Reading Challenge I am doing.
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Solutions and Other Problems (liked a lot) and started an ARC from Book Browwse
The Northern Reach
Just finished Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Going back to The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje now.
C. John wrote: "Reading The Brutal Telling both because I enjoyed the first book in the series and because it fits the Canadian Reading Challenge I am doing."What's the Canadian Reading Challenge? Sounds interesting!
Finished The Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Alix E. HarrowMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chuma wrote: "C. John wrote: "Reading The Brutal Telling both because I enjoyed the first book in the series and because it fits the Canadian Reading Challenge I am doing...."It is a challenge that involves reading, and posting the reviews, of thirteen books by Canadians or about Canada and runs from July 1st of one year to June 30th of the next. Not sure if this is allowed but here is a link to the starting/sign up page.
http://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2020/...
Finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V.E. SchwabMy Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished “White Fragility” and learned a few things about my own reactions and privilege in the matters of race and social/economic justice. And then I read Eric’s takedown of the author’s assumptions! Wow. Seems like I missed a few things . . Now onto Charles Baxter’s “There’s Something I Need You to Do”. I may not make my challenge goal this year. How about you??
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At the beginning of this madcap November I am reading
I'm trying to "clean up" lots of unfinished books before the end of the year.