by Claire Star
What are you reading now? I’m nearly finished with Three Junes by Julia Glass and really liking it. The story is about a Scottish(!) family, told over the course of three summers, years apart. The language is beautiful, the characters are well developed, and the plot moves along at a nice pace. Plus, the book is set in locations all around the world, like the Greek Islands, New York City, and the Scottish countryside.
This winter, I breezed through The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I felt three years late to the party, but, as a friend would say, the novel was un-put-down-able and lived up to the hype. I loved the multiple narrators, a characteristic I’ve realized is present in nearly all of my favorite books (eg. Jonathan Safran Foer, Tom Rachman, and Nicole Krauss’ novels).
I’ve found it has been frustrating trying to get through books during the school year. Some weeks I can read fifty pages a day, whereas, at other times, fun reading falls by the wayside in favor of scholarly journal articles for school. So, I’m looking for recommendations of tried and true favorites. Life is too short to read bad books, right?
What are some of your favorites? See some of our past reads, here.
P.S. I think I’m going to read this next.
// Image via Belle Vivir
Tags: by Claire, Read
This winter, I breezed through The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I felt three years late to the party, but, as a friend would say, the novel was un-put-down-able and lived up to the hype. I loved the multiple narrators, a characteristic I’ve realized is present in nearly all of my favorite books (eg. Jonathan Safran Foer, Tom Rachman, and Nicole Krauss’ novels).
I’ve found it has been frustrating trying to get through books during the school year. Some weeks I can read fifty pages a day, whereas, at other times, fun reading falls by the wayside in favor of scholarly journal articles for school. So, I’m looking for recommendations of tried and true favorites. Life is too short to read bad books, right?
What are some of your favorites? See some of our past reads, here.
P.S. I think I’m going to read this next.
// Image via Belle Vivir
Tags: by Claire, Read