A lot of books this week but several of them were very short.
I first picked up The Dry because the library had it and it looked interesting. But the narrator’s accent was so thick that I kept not following the story so I finally gave up listening to it and decided to just read it. It was an interesting story and I am glad I read it. But I didn’t love it.
I chose Always because I’d read a different book by Jio a few months ago and it was easy and light and I was in the mood for that. This story was also easy and light and I am not sorry I read it but I doubt I’ll remember it for a long time.
I then listened to We Should All Be Feminists which I loved so very much and immediately moved on to her most recent: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions which was also awesome. I loved them both!
After those, I read Milk and Honey which was also wonderful. Different. Poignant. Thought provoking, Honest. Lovely.
I would have never ever picked up My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry if it weren’t for a friend who told me her daughter really liked it. I’d read his previous book and didn’t love it (even though many others did.) So I was kind of done with the author. But I am so so so glad I picked this up. I loved every single minute of it and then I cried and cried and cried. It was absolutely beautiful. My favorite read of the week.
I then picked up The Reader because it was about to expire and my friend Amy had said she enjoyed it. And I did too. It wasn’t the best YA read I ever read but it was interesting and thought provoking.
It was time for another nonfiction so I picked up The Five Dysfunctions of a Team which was recommended by one of the Directors I work with. It was a quick and fantastic read. I will have to revisit this one a few times.
And finally I had read the Wolf in a White Van a few months ago and decided to tackle Universal Harvester. I’ll be honest, I didn’t follow this story super-well but I still liked the style of writing this author has and how wildly different it is from everything I read. This was book #73 for 2017.
I have a few more books checked out from the library that I am dying to read so here’s to more reading this week!
Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Oh, Chimananda has a new book out — yes, yes, yes! I am HUGE fan
Thank you for sharing, what you read, here.
If you like “My Grandmother Asked me to tell you She’s Sorry” you might like the sequel “Britt Marie was Here”. However, I LOVED Ove, and you didn’t, so I’m not sure. I think that he is an incredible writer. I really love your posts on books and we have a lot of common likes (so usually if you like it I will too!). Thanks for sharing!