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Goals:
Read 15 books or more!
Finish 3 #TBRDeckofCards books
Get another bingo for #Jumpstart2021
Read my #FoodandLit book pick
Read 3 #BookSpin books
Read 3 NetGalley books

@Andrew65

From the Tournament of Books longlist - this semi-autobiographical novel about a young man and an older woman who swim together on the lake at night. While the writing is fine, the story, to the extent there is one, is meandering and pointless. Audiobook is available on #hoopla. 2⭐️ #tob2020

I went looking for books from the Tournament of Books 2020 longlist in Hoopla and landed on The Night Swimmers is audio. There really isn't much here, a story of a teenaged boy intrigued with a woman living nearby and they both swim at night. But nothing really happens. These chapters alternate with even less interesting chapters from the narrator in his present day that just sound like they're probably the author in his real life.

Meh.

The audiobook was only about 5 hours, but it sure felt longer.

Just a whole lot of nothing much for me. I found myself getting excited for some storylines, but nothing ever came of any of it.

I was expecting more from this book. I picked it up because of the Wisconsin connection and was underwhelmed by it. The mystery wasn‘t much of a mystery- just rather weird. More literary than I want in my mysteries.