I am reading The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block. Apparently the title is appropriate: I read it in 2008, loved it, blogged enthusiastically about it, but have no memory at all of this book now. I'm halfway through and it still doesn't seem familiar. Maybe a little? But I think I'm forcing the memories. I'm not enjoying it all that much but since I loved it the first time I guess I'll finish it and see if I can figure out why.
QOTW: I have a few stuffed animals and some favorite books.
Post by rootbeerfloat on Jul 31, 2015 13:29:10 GMT -5
I finished All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. Somehow it ended up being the second teen suicide related book I'd read in the past month. I need something happier next.
I'm reading something called Maybe Someday that was on a list of page-turners I saw a few weeks okay. It's okay. I wouldn't have picked it up otherwise.
QOTW: My parents moved when I was 18 and my mom kept a few rubbermaid bins with some choice childhood toys and items. I went through them last Christmas and consolidated them into 1.5 rubbermaid bins that are now in my basement, and include some books, photo albums, things that decorated the shelves of my room in high school. My mom has probably 8-10 of my favorite stuffed toys on the bed of one guest room, and my Samantha doll and a few other nice dolls on the antique bed (that used to be mine as a kid) in the other guest room. I also have my baby blanket that I slept with until I was about 30 and a few other things that I took with me to college and then when I moved to CA.
Post by sparrowsong on Jul 31, 2015 20:01:50 GMT -5
I'm reading The Light Between Oceans, which I think is another one I picked up based on a recommendation here. Not sure...
It's good. So sad and tragic. It's about a couple who live alone on an isolated island off Western Australia, maintaining a lighthouse. The wife has difficulty carrying a baby to term and is horribly depressed. Then one day they find a rowboat washed up on shore with a dead man and a live infant inside. They argue, but end up burying the man's body and keeping the infant as their own. Eventually the truth comes out. So, so, so sad, for every single character. Ugh. But still the best sad story I've read in a long time. Usually I find sad books obvious and emotionally manipulative. This one has a lot more depth and nuance to the character's motivations for the choices they make.
Post by dorothyinAus on Aug 1, 2015 18:29:13 GMT -5
I'm reading Murder Past Due, which is interesting, but not really grabbing me. I get the fielding that the author wants most people to feel like she's (though I know in reality it's a non-de-plume for a man) is from rural Mississippi but it's obvious to people who know the area and real people that she's not. It's full of stereotypes and some of them are insulting stereotypes, but even so, I like the main character so I'm debating reading the rest of the series.
QOTW: Yes. I still have my teddy bear and all my books. My brothers and I saved out complete set of Richard Scarry's Puzzeltown sets and our original LiteBrite. I wish I had kept my Strawberry Shortcake dolls and the mermaid dolls I had for in the bath.
I am reading Defending Jacob by William Landay. I like it but don't love it.
My parents have 1 box of toys and books for each of my siblings but I have no idea what is in mine. I am not a keeper of things, so I have never explored my box!