It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Currently Reading
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman is one I grabbed from the library just before the doors were closed.
It’s a book about books. What more do you need to know? 😉
“For my stepfather, John, who came late to the party, but stayed to clean up. I love and respect you with all my heart.
And for all the booksellers and librarians, who care about writers and readers in equal measure, and put them together every day.
—From the author’s dedication, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The world would be so much lonelier without you.”
Read an excerpt from The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.
I’m still just at the beginning of The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo, even though I mentioned it in a post two weeks ago. I’ve been “currently reading” it, while also doing other things like scrolling endlessly through social media and news sites. (Mostly social media, sadly.)
Read an excerpt from The Most Fun We Ever Had.
For distraction, I’m picking books to read this month that have nothing to do with pandemics, politics, or apocalypse.
Recently Finished
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Penguin Random House, 2000) is a novel that I’ve been “currently reading” for months. I set it aside for a long time, because I wanted to give it my full attention and I was just too distracted.
Zadie Smith is one of my favorite authors. (By the way, it’s really annoying that the publisher’s “reader’s guide” categorizes White Teeth as “women’s fiction” in addition to “literary fiction”. Because it’s written by a woman. Pure and simple. Most of the main characters are men and the themes are race, religion, science, culture, fate, history…Hardly interests restricted to women!)
Read an excerpt from White Teeth.
Currently Listening
Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Trust Me is a standalone thriller by Massachusetts author Hank Phillippi Ryan. It’s off to a harrowing start with a tragic accident and two bereaved mothers, so I’m not sure if I’ll go ahead with it right now.
The audiobook I just finished was First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones, first in a paranormal romance series about Charley Davidson, a wisecracking female private investigator who sees (and talks to) dead people to solve crimes, as well as to help them with their loose ends on earth.
Sarcasm and grim humor abounding, but with an impossible fantasy element that makes it not like real life at all. Or not much, anyway.
Happy Monday! I hope everyone is holding up under the strain of these uncertain weeks and months. If you haven’t looked into downloading ebooks and eaudiobooks from your local library yet, now is the time!
Please let me know what you’re reading this week, in the comments. Thank you for visiting!
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (#IMWAYR) is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, are, and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever-growing TBR pile! This meme started with J Kaye’s Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at Book Date.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill looks good. I’m going to have to check that one out. I hope you are enjoying your books. Stay safe!
I’ve got White Teeth on my “to read” list this year, too! And Nina Hill is on my shelves- it seems like it might be a good distraction.
I loved The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. I need to check out The Most Fun We Ever Had.
Welcome back to blogging.
Staying away from troubling books seems to be my best strategy. The book that has worked best for me, so far, has been The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was oddly uplifting.
Thanks! You too!
Yes, reading distractions needed! Everything we’ve been watching on TV lately has been pretty dark, too, except for The Big Bang Theory, which I’m late to the party with (only on Season 2!)
Thank you! I’m trying! (You’re an inspiration…)
I can see that being an uplifting book for this month! I loved the Little House books even though in general I disliked historical fiction. It took me a while to want to read Farmer Boy but eventually I did, I remember!