I hope your month is off to a great start. Despite the busy week and weekend, I just finished two books. Granted, I started these last month but still, kind of excited about that.
Aside from Reading Ireland month (I still haven’t decided which book to read), March is also Women’s History month and I figured this would be a perfect time to select a nonfiction choice (still trying to decide). And, tomorrow is the announcement of the Women’s Prize for Fiction long list.
So while there’s a lot of books to choose from for this month, let’s talk about what I am currently reading:
I’m in the middle of The Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli. While it’s discussing a very important topic the narrative is not necessarily like a novel but reads more like an essay and I wasn’t quite expecting that so it’s been a bit harder for me to process this one. Still I’ll continue to read it and will let you know how it goes.
I’m still enjoying Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light by Joy Harjo and like with most poetry collections I tend to take my time with them so I may still be reading this into next month. Of course A Happy Poem to End Every Day is one that will be with me throughout the year.Â
I’m also reading Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn which is a story about a famous and in demand hand-lettering artist in New York and who is dealing with a difficult client, a best friend who is ignoring her and a handsome former client who is all about numbers and not much into art but she’s determined to make him see a different side of New York. I admit I fell for this one because of the talk about fonts and letter arts because my husband is very impressive at calligraphy if I do say so myself, but something is a bit off with this romantic novel.
Oh goodness and how could I forget, I need to start Walk the Wire by David Baldacci soon as we’re discussing that this month for mystery book group and I’m leading the discussion!
So that’s what’s going on in my reading corner. What about you, are there some books you’d like to get to this month?
I’ll share that WALK THE WIRE is very good. Think it will go quickly reading wise. 😉
I haven’t read anything by Baldacci in a long time. Walk the Wire is part of a series, right? Maybe I should give them a try.
I picked up a couple of books at the library the other day and am currently reading A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella. It was mentioned recently on a few blogs, so I decided to grab it when I noticed it on the New Release shelf. It’s pretty good… a little reminiscent of Elizabeth Berg’s “The Story of Arthur Trulove.” I finished The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles the other day and was finally able to write a review, which was tough because I love his books, but this one was disappointing.
Hope you are having a good week, Iliana!
I thought about picking up the Lost Children Archive … but it looked a bit tough to read … so I haven’t. Is it hard? Essays might not entice me. Enjoy your books.
I’m hoping to read The Measure and the new Kelley Armstrong book. And about 6 other library books I checked out. ;D
Kay – So far it’s great although it’s going a bit slowly. Not the book’s fault! I’m taking a lot of notes as I’m leading the discussion so I’m keeping a running character list and thinking of what questions to ask. But so far I’m really enjoying it and can’t believe this is my first Baldacci book!
Lesley – Yes, this is the sixth book in his Memory Man series and so far I feel like he does a really good job of catching you up without taking too long to reveal previous info. Still kind of wish I had read the series from the beginning. Oh no, sorry to hear the Amor Towles book was a disappointment – I loved his book Rules of Civility. Can’t wait to read your review!
Susan – It’s not been an easy read and what’s so disappointing is that I wanted to love this book! Will finish it but it may take me quite a while. Will keep you posted!
Lark – Oh a library haul – how fun! I need to catch up with your blog and see what books you checked out and to read more about The Measure.!