Thanks for the shoutout! Good luck reading your 10. Some really great books in there. I loved Girl, Woman, Other and Drive Your Plow. I will be lucky to read 3 or 4 books by the end of the year. I will likely fall short of my annual goal. I read too slowly and I am tired lol!
Girl Woman Other is *fantastic*! The writing style took me a minute to get accustomed to but once I was in the world of the book, I was totally immersed in it.
I really like the idea of a book challenge not just being about numbers but also about challenging oneself in a way that the reader herself defines! You've just gotten my brainstorming rolling, but after a year of reading a fair number of easy/similar books it might be time for me to challenge myself to read things that scare/disturb/confuse/provoke me. THE REFORMATORY may belong on that list, alongside some more structurally experimental books and more translated books.
I mean you nailed it. I didn't realize how many of these were in translation or up for book awards until I started writing about them! Terrifying but also exciting?
I look forward to your opinions on Our Share Of Night! I want to read but am naturally intimidated by the size. You can do the heavy lifting for me and let me know if it’s good 😉 sniggered at your Killers commentary. I saw it in the cinema last week too! Lost all feeling in my bum 1 hour in. It was way too long and the book was definitely better. I wish it was from Molly’s perspective not Ernest’s! We don’t NEED to try and humanise that terrible guy. (And the teeth were so distracting) points have to be given to Leo for his constant scowl and furrowed brow. I honestly thought it would’ve made a great series instead of a film. Then we could have BREAKS. And for books I want to try and read before the year is out - I have East of Eden on my shelf and would like to try and read it before January. Have such an instinct to let 600 page classics collect dust on my shelf even though there could be immense promise inside them 😆 as a mood reader, I’m never in the mood for 600 pages I don’t think?
my butt was squirming by hour two!! It would have been SO interesting from Molly's perspective. I actually got half way through East of Eden and it wasnt the right time so I hope to go back and finish it some day - so many people love it!! It's so hard to tackle the large books they feel daunting and its so much easier to get in three littles instead of one big. But I think they are generally worth it. Sometimes I will read two at once just to break it up a little.
The butt squirming was so real. Interesting about East of Eden! So many people really do rave about it so much. There is definitely such a thing as right book wrong time, so I hope you’re able to go back to it eventually too! Yess breaking up longer reads by reading another at the same time is the way to do it. Then you still feel like you’re making reading progress!
Thanks for sharing! It’s always interesting to see what people prioritize at the end of they year. North Woods is on my end of year list too (despite the fact that I only read one of the books on my 2022 ten before the end list.. oops) and Girl Woman Other and Drive Your Plow are both favorites of mine. Also I could be mistaken, but I think that book you mentioned is not just endorsed by Roxanne Gay but also part of her imprint - I’m hoping to get to it soon! In terms of other books I’m trying to read this year, some on my list are: A Little Luck by Pinieros, Forbidden Notebook by de Cespedes, Menewood by Griffith, Housekeeping by Robinson, the Wake Up Call by O’Leary and The New Life. Wish me luck!
Good luck to you this sounds like a great list! I do feel heartened by the fact I’m not the only one who changes their mind about what to read so easily 😃. Really looking forward to the stack I’ve picked with all this great feedback. And yes it is part of her imprint which is super cool.
Ha! Ha! If you read my post, you know that I also love these challenges, but we’re equally failing at seeing them through. I guess we’re sort of mood reader soulmates 🤓
I believe it was me who recommended Little Eve! (I did write about it a week or so ago) brilliant book, I hope you love it! Also, now I’ve got even more books to add to my list for the end of the year hahaha I’ve got to get going
You’ll have to let me know your thoughts on Little Eve I’d love to hear them!
Wow—you are a force of nature! Your list is inspiring. Thank you for shaking me (shaming me?) out of a bad mood. I read Gilead long ago and loved it. I am 120 pages from the end of Demon Copperhead, which you convinced me to read. The craft, as you said, is amazing. I find it heartbreaking but also funny. I wish everyone who looks down on “rednecks” and people from the southern mountains would read it. Funny and sad how it’s not okay anymore to disparage other types/groups of people (a good thing of course) but it’s okay for a lot of people I know and come across to look down on at this group and stereotype them as inferior, lazy, unsophisticated, stupid, etc. Sorry for the rant—thanks for encouraging people to read this book.
no shaming here!!! just a personal shakeup that I hope others can relate to. that is just wonderful news about Demon - it single handedly changed my perspective on exchanging wealth for nature and a different way of life. Barbara is truly a master. Glad you are enjoying it!
Thanks for the shoutout! Good luck reading your 10. Some really great books in there. I loved Girl, Woman, Other and Drive Your Plow. I will be lucky to read 3 or 4 books by the end of the year. I will likely fall short of my annual goal. I read too slowly and I am tired lol!
ah I feel you too! But one can dream right! Right?? lol
I feel you. I’m shattered.
Girl Woman Other is *fantastic*! The writing style took me a minute to get accustomed to but once I was in the world of the book, I was totally immersed in it.
I am really looking forward to it - I love people stories and that's what it sounds like
I really like the idea of a book challenge not just being about numbers but also about challenging oneself in a way that the reader herself defines! You've just gotten my brainstorming rolling, but after a year of reading a fair number of easy/similar books it might be time for me to challenge myself to read things that scare/disturb/confuse/provoke me. THE REFORMATORY may belong on that list, alongside some more structurally experimental books and more translated books.
I mean you nailed it. I didn't realize how many of these were in translation or up for book awards until I started writing about them! Terrifying but also exciting?
I look forward to your opinions on Our Share Of Night! I want to read but am naturally intimidated by the size. You can do the heavy lifting for me and let me know if it’s good 😉 sniggered at your Killers commentary. I saw it in the cinema last week too! Lost all feeling in my bum 1 hour in. It was way too long and the book was definitely better. I wish it was from Molly’s perspective not Ernest’s! We don’t NEED to try and humanise that terrible guy. (And the teeth were so distracting) points have to be given to Leo for his constant scowl and furrowed brow. I honestly thought it would’ve made a great series instead of a film. Then we could have BREAKS. And for books I want to try and read before the year is out - I have East of Eden on my shelf and would like to try and read it before January. Have such an instinct to let 600 page classics collect dust on my shelf even though there could be immense promise inside them 😆 as a mood reader, I’m never in the mood for 600 pages I don’t think?
my butt was squirming by hour two!! It would have been SO interesting from Molly's perspective. I actually got half way through East of Eden and it wasnt the right time so I hope to go back and finish it some day - so many people love it!! It's so hard to tackle the large books they feel daunting and its so much easier to get in three littles instead of one big. But I think they are generally worth it. Sometimes I will read two at once just to break it up a little.
The butt squirming was so real. Interesting about East of Eden! So many people really do rave about it so much. There is definitely such a thing as right book wrong time, so I hope you’re able to go back to it eventually too! Yess breaking up longer reads by reading another at the same time is the way to do it. Then you still feel like you’re making reading progress!
Also can’t wait for you to read Drive Your Plow. *braces self with excitement for you to love reading it*
Thanks for sharing! It’s always interesting to see what people prioritize at the end of they year. North Woods is on my end of year list too (despite the fact that I only read one of the books on my 2022 ten before the end list.. oops) and Girl Woman Other and Drive Your Plow are both favorites of mine. Also I could be mistaken, but I think that book you mentioned is not just endorsed by Roxanne Gay but also part of her imprint - I’m hoping to get to it soon! In terms of other books I’m trying to read this year, some on my list are: A Little Luck by Pinieros, Forbidden Notebook by de Cespedes, Menewood by Griffith, Housekeeping by Robinson, the Wake Up Call by O’Leary and The New Life. Wish me luck!
Good luck to you this sounds like a great list! I do feel heartened by the fact I’m not the only one who changes their mind about what to read so easily 😃. Really looking forward to the stack I’ve picked with all this great feedback. And yes it is part of her imprint which is super cool.
Ha! Ha! If you read my post, you know that I also love these challenges, but we’re equally failing at seeing them through. I guess we’re sort of mood reader soulmates 🤓
Here’s my version of ten until the end:
https://booksformind.com/ten-books-to-read-until-the-end-of-2023/
I've had my eye on This Time Tommorrow can't wait to read what you think! Definitely mood reader soulmates 😎
I believe it was me who recommended Little Eve! (I did write about it a week or so ago) brilliant book, I hope you love it! Also, now I’ve got even more books to add to my list for the end of the year hahaha I’ve got to get going
You’ll have to let me know your thoughts on Little Eve I’d love to hear them!
YES thank you!! I tried searching everything to find the post, but now I can update the existing version. Your review inspired me to pick it up 😃
Thank you!! I'm very happy it inspired you that's what I hope to do with my reviews!
Wow—you are a force of nature! Your list is inspiring. Thank you for shaking me (shaming me?) out of a bad mood. I read Gilead long ago and loved it. I am 120 pages from the end of Demon Copperhead, which you convinced me to read. The craft, as you said, is amazing. I find it heartbreaking but also funny. I wish everyone who looks down on “rednecks” and people from the southern mountains would read it. Funny and sad how it’s not okay anymore to disparage other types/groups of people (a good thing of course) but it’s okay for a lot of people I know and come across to look down on at this group and stereotype them as inferior, lazy, unsophisticated, stupid, etc. Sorry for the rant—thanks for encouraging people to read this book.
no shaming here!!! just a personal shakeup that I hope others can relate to. that is just wonderful news about Demon - it single handedly changed my perspective on exchanging wealth for nature and a different way of life. Barbara is truly a master. Glad you are enjoying it!