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Just one more page. By the wonderful Grace Farris.
P.S. Packing styles and staying in tops.
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Too true. I just read The Chicken Sisters and it was all I could do for days (other than childcare, but even then I was sneaking reading time in when making snacks etc!) There’s nothing quite like a good book
Late to the party but reading Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and totally feeling all of the above. Keep the recs coming please!
Just had this exact experience with Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places!
I can totally relate! Me: “Just… one… more… page…!”
I loved An American Marriage. Hoping it gets made into a movie,I was casting it the whole time I was reading it.
For the past two weeks I’ve been lugging Angela’s Ashes around in my work bag. So old, I know (it was published in 1997) but I had not read it until now. It blew me away so much that I told my 13-year-old “You have to remember to read this book when you get older”!
So on point!
Now, does anyone else has the problem that after finishing a really good book have troubles enjoying the immediate following one? I usually am really in the mood to read but I also keep thinking of the first one. What I do is try to read a not as good book after the good one, but it’s hard to know in advance and I still feel I’m not giving a fair chance to the second book. Anyone has an advice?
I’ll say plunge right into the next book without overthinking it. Of course it might not be half as good as the previous one. But then again, it might even be better. The best way to find out is by reading it.
This comic strip…so me. Three books that kept me up way past my bedtime recently:
– Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout
– Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (That ending. Sweet Baby Jesus.)
– Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I just finished, “Le lambeau” de Philippe Lançon, and it has impressed me. Philippe Lançon, author of three novels and one of the most respected cultural critics in France, had the lower half of his face blown away by two bullets fired from a Kalashnikov . He was shot in the newsroom of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. In 500 pages, this brave writer who calls things by their name has woven coincidences, terrifying experiences, consequences, reflections and lessons into a narrative that leaves the reader reeling.
I stayed up til 2:30am reading Tana French’s newest, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. It’s the second book in her Russion Revolution trilogy and I honestly scheduled a vacation JUST so I could have time to read it. If you love historical fiction, you have to read these! The first one is called The Revolution of Marina M and you will be hooked immediately.
Wait WHAT. Is Tana French’s book out in US? I haven’t seen it!!! Help?!??
I was confused and then googled this book and it’s written by Janet Fitch, not Tana French.
I looked it up on Goodreads, and I believe you mean Janet Fitch, not Tana French?
Janet Fitch is the author, not Tana French.
OMG, I’ve even checked that a million times as I’ve recommended it and this was the first time I mixed up the names!!! Clearly my mind was in a million places on Friday (like ready to get the heck out of work). JANET FITCH
I often stay up too late reading, especially near the end of the book. I didn’t think I’d enjoy reading a book on a tablet, but I do. It also means I can check out a book anytime, anywhere.
I LOVED Good Talk, the graphic novel memoir by Mira Jacob which was recommended on here. Being in an inter-racial marriage myself this book spoke to my heart and allows me to feel like I can be real in my everyday conversations with my son about racism rather than slide it under the rug. I love how a good book makes you feel more alive than you did before you read it.
oh good to know. I’m also in an inter-racial marriage and with an 3 year old and a 9 month old, i’m already starting to think about these future conversations.
You miss your stop on the train.
Currently reading ‘Three Women’ and really looking forward to finishing it tonight!
Three Women is like that.
I agree. I just finished it and read it in about 2-3 days (weekdays!). I was super uncomfortable while reading it, but also could not stop.
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