I haven't done a reading roundup in a long time. Below is a list of stuff I crammed into my eye-holes recently. If you've read any of these I'd love to hear your thoughts. And recommendations are always, always welcome.
-Savages and The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow - I picked Savages (and its prequel) because I didn't much like the movie on which it was based but I felt like I wanted to know more about the story. It was worth it, I think, though the writing is super stylized, and the character of O is more of a Frankenstein's monster of a male fantasy than a person that rings true. Great beach reads though, I read one on each leg of my summer vacation.
-The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer - I've heard mixed things about this book, but I loved it. Loved it. I was so engaged with the characters. They were real to me. Sometimes I still find myself thinking about the Spirit-in-the-Woods Camp gang and what they're doing right now.
-What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander - a prickly collection of short stories, many based in Jewish folklore, that I chose on a whim. Dark stuff, impressive writing, but I was pretty eh about it overall.
-The Dinner by Herman Koch - absolutely chilling. It starts out innocuously enough, but the creep factor builds and builds until it ends and you're a fetal ball of nightmares. I recommend it, but it's not going to leave you with the warm fuzzies. In fact it may leave you with a fuzzies deficit for years, so proceed with caution.
-I've just cracked the binding on Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and am pretty stoked about it. I've been wanting to read it for awhile and it so happened my cousin just finished it one day on the beach and passed it on to lucky old me.
-I haven't read a YA book in ages, I feel really out of that loop so if anyone has recommendations I will jump on them. I do have Eleanor & Park on my library queue, but that's it right now.
-I'm still working on at least three other books but I won't be mentioning any of them until they are finished.
-HR is loving the Frog and Toad books, a lot of Dr. Seuss, anything and everything. Reading with him is still my most favorite, and thinking about all the amazing reading that's in store for him lights up my life.
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