pickHighly recommend listening to the audio read by Lorrie Moore. She observes American life, politics and society with wit. My favourite was Debarking, the story of a man dating after his divorce and during the US invasion of Iraq.
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pickHighly recommend listening to the audio read by Lorrie Moore. She observes American life, politics and society with wit. My favourite was Debarking, the story of a man dating after his divorce and during the US invasion of Iraq.
It's not too late for an April reading summary yet, is it? We're not quite at the halfway point; it's still closer to April than the end of May. That's my story & I'm sticking to it. 😁
I love @cinfhen 's weekly #bookreport, but I think this will work better for me as a monthly #bookreport. So here is my April report. All good reads, but I liked Skylark, Bark, and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous the best, I think.
Next up: monthly #forecast 😄
so-soThis was kind of an exercise in despair and disappointment. I liked it, but there is no way I could have read it a year ago. I'm kind of curious about Moore's other work, but I also might read a little from my own TBR pile for a bit.
I'm about halfway through this collection, and I'm not sure I'm smart enough to get it.
pickMoore is one of the finest writers of her generation, and she is at the top of her game in this wonderful collection of eight mordantly funny stories. The stories themselves aren‘t filled with sunshine; Moore‘s characters are often struggling – and usually failing – to connect with the people around them. Peppered with deliciously acerbic lines and wonderfully perceptive observations, Bark has plenty of bite.
The Purple Sponge is, funny enough, not a blog about sponges. It is, though, a blog about books! And you can find out more on my website when my website isn't so embarrassingly empty and drab. For now, Lorrie Moore's Bark (more specifically the short story "Debarking") is the 1st story on my list.
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Has anyone read Lorrie Moore? She's made me laugh, cry, and she uses words like "doughily" in the 1st two sentences.
#bibliophile #bark #books
As per my conversation with @Leelee08 -- this is how I'm currently organizing by #tbr list. A mini-binder so that I can keep adding to one section without going out of order. The left side is page 6 of #tbr novels. I also have sections for #nonfiction and #audiobooks.
"There's no such thing as men," her friend Jan used to say, until recently. "Every man is different. The only thing they have in common is — well — a capacity for horrifying violence."
