I've hardly read this year, but I'm getting a little bit in on a visit to my family in the forest! The cicadas and birds are singing and the dog is napping and I can feel my brain slowing down. 🌳🐦😌🐕🌲
pickThis was my #BookSpin and I‘m giving it a soft pick. At first I didn‘t like it at all because it took forever to introduce all the characters and I couldn‘t figure out what she was doing with them. The climax of the story is absolutely crazy and I did not expect it at all. I think she‘s trying to make a point about money, power dynamics, and bad choices but it got very messy. I‘m still thinking about it, so that seems worth something.
pickWell, this was quite dark. Keegan read from this at my local bookstore last fall and called out an audience member who was trying to photograph her during the reading. i love her writing. She almost fills the void Munro left, when she retired. looking forward to more.
pickA dark love story of 2 yng people whose paths cross in London where property is unobtainable. Lauren, a HR consultant from a troubled Leeds background, is searching for a flat.Callum looks after property for an agency, is adopted by a wealthy aged art expert from a Hungarian background, has a difficult family story. When they meet their paths lead to dramatic results. A well told dark tale, which I really enjoyed, a modern fable of London life.
so-soI have found myself to be a Keegan outlier. This is my second of her books, this on a small short story collection, and I am always left a bit meh about them. I want so much more than she is willing to give us. I guess I am just not suited for a well written slice of life story? I need more to grab into to keep me invested. I have one more that I bought that I will try later hopefully that one will hit the mark for me.
FICTION - CHICK LIT - ROMANCE
Did you know it takes eight hundred grapes to make one bottle of wine?
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Finished the last chapters on the plane yesterday but as I was 3/4 done, I‘m counting it as an April book. This was on my #AuldLangSpine list from @Itchyfeetreader (I‘m trying for one per month) & while I didn‘t love it as much as the others I‘ve read from the list, it gets a pick. The writing is gorgeous but pensive, even a little depressing & I found myself wanting to shake both MCs, a pair of somewhat ⬇️
My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for May! Getting started ASAP.
Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks again for always organizing this for us!
