A Fraction Of The Whole | 
“All of that will be gone by morning. Instead, they will dissect this last evening for years to come. What had they missed that they should have seen? What small gesture, forgotten, might have changed everything? They will pick it down to the bones, wondering how this had all gone so wrong, and they will never be sure.”
#alphabetgame #letterF @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pick"But the real difficulty is, I feel dwarfed by our lives. They loom disproportionately large. We painted on a broader canvas than we deserved.."
Journey, not the story. This one here will take you too long, or you are not really reading it. It won't give you an answer in the end, just as it has not given Jasper any.. it's all about the head-banging process of figuring out.. or maybe the realisation that there's no figuring out.
I tweet @Annkingman about a book rec from a Books on the Nightstand podcast episode she and @mkindness did 10 years ago - I couldn't understand the title and can't find it anywhere. (The #podcast has been off the air for a few years but it is still my fave and I have all of the back episodes in my cloud.) She kindly responds and remembers(!) the name - A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. I dig through my tbr shelves and...😂 #botns
#unpopularopinion @Libby1
Everyone in my book club loved this one except me 🤷♀️.
pickThis, I've read twice. Still loved it. A great story for the sake of a story.
pickThis dark comic tale covers the generational craziness and quirks of a father, son, and an uncle as they attempt the criminal and familial fates. Their histories, tellings, journals, and voices are funny, tragic, and layered--and the 500 pages will take you somewhere well worth the long trip to Australia and a fresh inside out view of our bizarre modern society.
panI struggled through this book. The characters were boring. It was trying too hard to tell and not show. Preaching to the choir.
...I thought how I hate any kind of mob - I hate mobs of sports fans, mobs of environmental demonstrators, I even hate mobs of super-models, that's how much I hate mobs. I tell you, mankind is bearable only when you get him on his own.
pickLoved this book. Very long but well worth the time.
My favorite book of all time is about a very dysfunctional family...#readathon #24in48
#funfriday I love lots of different types of contemporary fiction but there's something special about unique & quirky characters #JasperDean #CalStephanides #PeterHaung #ElvisOko #TracyFlick #KielyFlanagan
