Thursday, December 26, 2019

 Reviving the blog!  I hope to renew the library blog in 2020 and thought I'd start right here, with a nod to my books of 2019, thanks to Goodreads willingness to share.  I read some very very good books this year, along with the mediocre and the not-so-good, and look forward to sharing them with you.  Enjoy!       

     

         

            Sometimes I Lie
         

         

            liked it
         

         

            Sometimes I Lie
         

         

            by Alice Feeney
         

         

            it was ok...i'd recommend it to anyone who likes a domestic sort of suspense story, but it didn't grab me by the throat or create any lasting emotional response. It may just be that I'm on the tail end of suspense binge and they've start...
         

     

     

         

            The Golem and the Jinni
         

         

            really liked it
         

         

            The Golem and the Jinni
         

         

            by Helene Wecker
         

         

            Wonderful, detailed story filled with strongly developed characters whom I miss now that the story has ended.
         

     

     

         

            What is Not Yours is Not Yours
         

         

           
         

         

            What is Not Yours is Not Yours
         

         

            by Helen Oyeyemi
         

     

     

         

            Les Misérables
         

         

           
         

         

            Les Misérables
         

         

            by Victor Hugo
         

         

            Well, I finished it!$#!%! by reading it in a variety of formats (including a graphic novel adaptation) and skipping loooooooooots of the several hundred pages of backstory (which i decided to do after reading several hundred pages detail...
         

     

     

         

            The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
         

         

            really liked it
         

         

            The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
         

         

            by Junot Díaz
         

         

            His ability to wind many intricate threads into one story reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
         

     

 

 

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