Last week I finished three books:
- Varamo, by Cesar Aira, which I loved to bits and pieces,
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling, and
- The Baker's Daughter, by Sarah McCoy, which I enjoyed and which I think you will, too.
This week I'm still working on Alan Hollinghurst's
The Swimming-Pool Library, a story about a wealthy gay man in 1980s London getting to know an older gentleman who wants the younger man to write his biography. In the mean time he's juggling lovers and loves. I also started
The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick deWitt, which I'm loving. I want to spend all day with this hysterical gallows-humor Western but alas, I cannot. I love that it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. So far it's delightful.
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I enjoyed The Baker's Daughter as well. I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but at the same time I think it was a suitable one.
ReplyDeleteThe Sister's Brothers is a book that has been calling me from the shelf for the past few weeks, and I will be eager to hear what you have to say about it. I can't wait to get started with it!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by The Baker's Daughter -- I enjoyed it more than I anticipated. I have a copy of The Sisters Brothers on my shelf, begging to be read -- someday, soon!
ReplyDeleteRight now I'm reading a romcom-ish novel from 1910 by Mary Roberts Rineheart called When a Man Marries. It's silly and absurd, but delightful. I'm so digging it.
I can't wait to read your review of The Sisters Brothers. I'm anxious to read The Baker's Daughter.
ReplyDeleteI put The Baker's Daughter on my TBR list after reading such glowing reviews!
ReplyDeletethe swimming pool sounds interesting! i am struggling my way through rebecca (failing) and flying through abducted by t.r. ragan
ReplyDeleteCurrently reading Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter.
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of The Bakers Daughter
ReplyDeleteHave a great reading week!
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
I want tovread the Mindy Kaling book but it seems like the reviews have been mixed.
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