It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - 19 December 2016

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Hosted by Kathryn from Book Date, this is a weekly event to share what we’ve read in the past week and what we hope to read, plus whatever else comes to mind. To learn more about each book, just click on the book cover!

FINISHED SINCE THE LAST UPDATE:

Nora’s latest series ended just about the way I expected. It was a great diversionary read but by no means her best effort.

Ms. Gay’s latest selection of short stories is a gut-wrencher. They are all worth reading but none of them are emotionally easy reads.

Switching gears with Megan Miranda’s debut was not easy but necessary after the gut punch that was Ms. Gay’s novel. Ms. Miranda’s was sufficiently entertaining but left me wanting. The gimmick of its storytelling had me confused, and I am not convinced it made for a better story.

Megan Abbott’s latest however was exactly what I hoped it would be. Exciting, intense and capturing that close-knit, brutally ambitious community that is competitive anything, I devoured it in a day.

CURRENT READ:

CURRENT LISTEN:

I have not given up hope of continuing to listen to this one.

UP NEXT:

So, what are you reading?

8 Comments

susan on December 19, 2016 at 5:55 PM

So I take it the wolves in the title are a metaphor, and that the novel doesn’t have wolves in it? Just wondering. I like the idea of wolves in a book. I just finished & reviewed Behold the Dreamers & now I plan to pick up The Mothers. Happy Holidays to you & your family! Enjoy!

Michelle on December 20, 2016 at 12:28 PM

Definitely a metaphor but I am not very far into it yet to be sure.
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Kailana on December 19, 2016 at 9:56 AM

I am sure I will get Difficult Women at some point, but I still haven’t finished her essay collection. I am so bad at smaller works and finishing them in a timely manner.

Michelle on December 19, 2016 at 10:19 AM

These is a collection of short stories, so you could read one a night. I almost wish I had because each story is so powerful. Yet, there was something compelling me to keep reading them too. I normally dislike short story collections, but I was very impressed by Gay’s.
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Brandie on December 19, 2016 at 8:56 AM

I don’t think All the Missing Girls was her better novel. Took me awhile to get into it, but I did enjoy it. I hope you try The Perfect Strangers. It’s much better!

Michelle on December 19, 2016 at 10:17 AM

I was definitely not impressed with the whole “backwards” storytelling. Especially since it was not really backwards. Too gimmicky.
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Shannon @ River City Reading on December 19, 2016 at 7:23 AM

SO glad to hear good things about Difficult Women. I planned to read it a few weeks ago, but ended up waiting on it (probably a good decision looking back), but definitely excited to get to it soon.

Michelle on December 19, 2016 at 10:16 AM

It is definitely the type of collection of short stories that requires reading it at the right time. I know you won’t regret waiting!
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