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Fall Reading List
On Sunday, my book group assembled to discuss the first half of Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. It’s stunning. What are you reading?
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All the Lives We Never Lived, by Anuradha Roy. A tale of loss and breaking bonds of social constrictions set in (largely) India during the run-up and start of World War II. This brings up issues of patriarchy, class, and the turbulence in the lives of those who will not, CANNOT, live within the straitjacket of societal convention.
About 20 pages to go, so I should finish it tonight in time to return it to the library because it’s due on Sunday!
And, how is it?
Recommended. I love how the author weaves real people into her fiction. She writes beautifully and the themes are engaging. I’d probably give it a 4.5/5.
Now I’ve started Heartland: A Memoir About Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth (by Sarah Smarsh). A true tale of life as poor, rural whites. It’s eye-opening for me and it’s riveting.
As the 2020 election heats up, an apt time to be reading Heartland.
I’ve heard great things about that novel!
Ditto
I’m listening to David Copperfield and reading the Elements of Style by Strunk and White. I listen to so many podcasts and do so much reading online, however, that I find it takes me FOREVER to get through a book. Hopefully I’ll have moved on from (i.e. finished) these two by next season.
Listened to a great interview with Toni Morrison after she passed away. Such an interesting career path as a writer. But haven’t read anything by her yet.
Run, don’t walk to read Song of Solomon. It’s breathtaking.
I just finished re-reading The Handmaid’s Tale (last read in my women’s lit class in 1998!!) I had a totally different perspective this time around.
And now on to something lighter, A Picture of Dorian Gray. I have wanted to read it for ages and have started a mini book club of my own to discuss Wilde’s fantastic writing.
Good for you, for starting your own mini book club. How many is mini?