I spent the holiday weekend on a family vacation that
allowed very little reading but I was able to finish a couple of short books
and have since started about fifty more.
Currently Reading:-
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch (received through the publisher)
- Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska (received through NetGalley)
- Delancey by Molly Wizenberg
- And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
- Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (received through NetGalley)
Recent Reviews:
Black Vodka by
Deborah Levy (received through NetGalley)
3 stars
This slim collection of short stories involve snapshots
of the character’s lives as they deal with love, deceit and loss. I am not a consistent reader of short stories
but I find I enjoy them more as I get older.
These stories included sections of beautiful insight but also sentences
comprised solely of descriptive words which I found dull. As in all story collections I found some
better than others and I personally wasn’t enchanted by the writing style but I did find
aspects of the stories interesting. I
received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The Right Wife
by Beverly Barton (received through NetGalley)
2.5 stars
Set during the years around the Civil War, the story
involves Maggie and her two orphaned siblings and Aaron, a wealthy businessman
attempting to legitimize his position in society. I liked the characters and almost enjoyed the
book more when the two main characters were not together. Their relationship, based on love at first
sight, was unbelievable. It would have
served the book better to let these two interesting characters get to know each
other first instead of the instance connection.
I felt like this book had potential but just wasn’t what I want in a
historical romance novel. I received this
book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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