I live about 10 minutes away from the studio center and whenever I have coffee in the café just around the corner from the studio center I always look around and wonder which author or painter is sitting next to me.
pickIn my review I said I liked everything about this except reading it. Terrific relatable characters, ideas, purposes with wonderful settings in different parts of India and elsewhere, and a striking story arc. Sonia and Sunny are Indians raised to be American and end up not fitting anywhere. The novel is long and wants to be read at a regular pace. The prose is maybe too safe. Not sure. A lot went into this. My last from #Booker2025
‘Filled only by what pleases.‘ I like that idea. This statement is from a woman who has left her husband because she no longer has feelings for him and despite all societal norms is living in the mountains in a small cabin.
#WeeklyForecast is "Too many books, too little time"
Tagged needs to go back to the library soon so have started it, I am 30 pages in and unsure.
Private Revolutions is a Women's Prize long list and I am still in Nonfiction November so going to get through that. Time and Again doubles and both a #10BeforeTheEnd and #BookedInTime read.
We will see how the US holiday week goes!
This is definitely not the reaction you want when you‘re treating someone
pickI just realized I'm behind on reviews! Prepare to be review-bombed....
I love a story of female friendship, especially one that is not afraid to delve into the dark corners and grey areas. Because life is not always pretty, and we do not always support the choices of those we love, and friendships can wax and wain, but they can also sustain us through it all in sometimes unexpected ways.
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What every reader wants to do in public transportation
One view on Dickens
It really says something about your life when Dickens is better
so-soI‘m on the fence about this one. The writing is beautiful and some sections were vividly rendered. However, I did get lost in some of the magical realism especially towards the end. Big ideas about identity, fate, family, and art are explored, spanning decades and the globe. I did love the glimpses we had of Sunny and Sonja together but would have appreciated more, especially since we‘ve got the page count.
so-soI‘ve waited a few days before writing this review. This is definitely an apparently unpopular opinion. I‘m irrationally angry at myself for refusing to DNF this. I don‘t mind long books. I definitely like good writing. But when I think back on what I just finished reading I‘m curious why it needed to be so long and why I ended up not caring one way or the other what happened with the majority of the characters.
