Some good ones this month!
The Long and Far Away Gone by Lou Berney / I picked this up completely based on the cover at the library. Usually, I go in and just scoop up my holds which are always recommended books, so this was the first book I've read in a long time that came out of nowhere. It was good! It's two parallel stories about two different adult characters who are still dealing with mysteries that happened during their childhood. You see how not knowing the "why" has really effected them. Overall, easy read, interesting read.
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion / nearly everyone I spoke to about this book mentioned how it wasn't as good as the Rosie Project but I read it anyway. I think my low expectations helped, because I still enjoyed it. For sure not as great as the Rosie Project but I think I would say worth a read.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng / another one that came highly recommended. Surprisingly dark and sad though. Every character was tragic in their own way (that poor youngest daughter!!) and the family dynamic was tough to read about. Overall, enjoyed it though.
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight / this was nuts. The main plot, trying to find out who killed their baby infant(!), was crazy enough and then you through in some soap-opera style twists. Twice I felt compelled to tell Paul just how far off the page this book seemed. THAT SAID, it was a quick read and I was engrossed enough to finish it really quickly, so I'm not sure what that says about me.
The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball / this was the highlight of the month for me. Probably in my top 20 books of all time, for sure in my top five memoirs. Small farm life? Eating only what you grow? The gritty parts of farming? Are you kidding? Sign me up. It's my not-so-secret dream to own a small farm/homestead in the long-term future and so reading this was like reading a book of candy except instead of candy is fresh off the vine tomatoes and homemade bread. I loved it. Not for everyone, you'd probably want to like memoirs and be interested in farming at least as a subject, but if you are…congratulations. I'm jealous you get to read it for the first time.
I'm currently working my way through Cutting for Stone and it's taking a long time but I'm really enjoying it. Savoring it actually before my heavy eye-lids close. Life is busy again! I've stopped combing zillow! (Sort of!) All good things.
What are you reading?
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enJOY it 
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