pickI realize that this isn't a new book, & it's been on my TBR for years. Wow. I love tales of dysfunctional families that speak many years, & I loved this book!
⭐⭐⭐⭐✨/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The Interestings: A Novel | 
pickI realize that this isn't a new book, & it's been on my TBR for years. Wow. I love tales of dysfunctional families that speak many years, & I loved this book!
⭐⭐⭐⭐✨/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
pickI really enjoyed this book and the main characters: Ash, Ethan, and Jules. Following the characters as they grow up together. She nails the antsy, discontentment of getting older and realizing that those special moments from our youth weren't nearly as special as we remember, that's it's really just a lament of wanting our youth back instead of dealing with the ups and downs of marriage and life.
I‘ve not posted her for a while. I need to get back in the habit! Here‘s my #fridayread. #weekendreading #readmyowndamnbooks #readingalfresco
8-22-19: My 67th finished book of 2019! #theinterestings #megwolitzer 👍🏼📖#️⃣6️⃣7️⃣
I feel like the cover and the title both do this one a disservice, but when I finally picked it up, really enjoyed it. I find myself thinking about the characters at random moments weeks after finishing it, which is always a sign of a good read.
pickWhile this audiobook might not blow you away, it‘s quite good. The story focuses on characters and relationships. The plot is not a fast moving one, if that's what you're into, but it‘s interesting and should keep your attention. Plus, the narrator is really good. Judging by this novel and her latest release, The Female Persuasion, listeners can expect consistent, high quality work from Meg Wolitzer.
Overall rating: 4.41 stars
pickIn this character-driven narrative Wolitzer seamlessly navigates the relationships of six friends over the decades as she weaves back and forth in time and through the lens of different members of the group. It's an extraordinary telling of ordinary life that absorbed and engaged me from the onset as Wolitzer explores what shapes friendships and how they evolve. She deftly handles tough topics- i.e., talent, envy, money, power, and mental health.
“She recognized that that is how friendships begin: one person reveals a moment of strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit it.”
The lambs on my super warm & comfy new reading socks look an awful lot like this Litsy cat 😊 #cousins?
Getting started on Mount TBR and The Interestings today. It's been sitting on my shelf for years, so time to get going on it!
Found 2 books on my reading list at the thrift store today! 🙌🏼 Something feels so good about pay $1 for a book that originally costs $27.99. 📚
#adventrecommends Day 22 @emilyrose_x
I love many of Meg Wolitzer‘s books, but “The Interestings” is far and away my favorite. A group of precocious teenagers meet at a summer camp in the mid-70s. The camp is for arty students; all of the half-dozen featured in the book have a talent, and are creative as well. But as we follow them into adulthood, the promise that was exhibited in youth hasn‘t necessarily been realized in adulthood. Wolitzer ⬇️
My Black Friday bookoutlet haul. I‘m so excited about all of these. #bookoutlethaul #bookmail #bookstacks
so-soThe actual story bits - where the story moved on, where good and ‘interesting‘ and there were lots of sub texts and themes in the book! Just a bit too many sections dragged a bit and didn‘t add much.
I think I liked it a lot more than some others on here- some stinging reviews!! 😁
Thank you Cathy for your lovely gifts ❤️ so thoughtful! 😘Will look forward to seeing what I make of the book as I know it splits opinion!
The socks I will keep away from my daughter!
I‘m doing my best to get myself fit and healthy again 😁
Ready to cozy up and read these goodies! Thank you so much @Slajaunie ! What great picks. The coffee sounds amazing, will definitely be trying that tomorrow morning. I love Fall. 💛#fffs FallingForFallSwsp
so-soSeveral teens meet at an arty summer camp and form bonds that will follow them throughout their lives. They each believe their incredible and unique talents will bring them success and change the world. Unfortunately, for most of the group members, the day-to-day routine of ordinary life gradually squashes their dreams. Maybe a little too real.
Adding to my @Waterstones Wish list because I have a full loyalty card 💃 any recommendations? I'm mostly reading non-fiction at the moment but open to all suggestions 📚 #recommendations #recommend #suggestions
I am taking a break from this one. The beginning was ok, slow but well written. Now I am half way through and it has come to a complete crawl. I love descriptive, slow books, but this one has me falling asleep every time I try to read it. So, putting it aside and will return to it later (maybe).
Labour day views. This book is so good...I can‘t believe how long it has sat on my shelf! #twointhree #bookaweek #mountTBRchallenge
so-soOn the edge of pick and so-so. I was disappointed in this book. This is the second Wolitzer I wasn‘t fond of. Others may enjoy, it‘s just too much relationship gazing for me. Note the monarch butterfly in mid takeoff. 🦋
This book has sat on my shelf for a long time. I finally cracked it open this morning and cannot put it down. #boutofbooks #MountTBRchallenge
I picked up the french translation of this novel by Meg Wolitzer at my local library for $1. It‘s pretty slow moving, but a lovely story of friendship. So far, so good.
Lots of smoke here from the BC forest fires, so I will stay inside with my book for the time being. I hope for lots of rain, soon🌧
#knowingmeknowingyou 6 teens grow close after spending a summer away at a camp for the arts. But as they grow up, their relationships change unexpectedly. Only some of them succeed artistically, and their lives don't turn out quite as they dreamed & expected they would. This book follows the lives of a not-quite-so-interesting group of friends and while it starts off intriguing, by the end I was left wondering why I should care. #ABBAinAugust
pickI'd really like to read more by this author. You get very into the characters heads and lives, you really get to see why they are the way they are. Even though it was long, the ending drama felt rushed. Overall though it is definitely a Pick.
Best place to read! 😁🏖️🦀
Ok. No. Nope nope nope. I can‘t do it. I‘ve read 12 pages and every character has been referred to by their full name like 80% of the time and it‘s already driving me up the fucking wall. I know this might seem silly or petty but there‘s no way I can read a whole book like that. Not even gonna mark it as a bail b/c I barely started. Just 86ing it b/c fuck pretentious BS. I am def choosing my own next b/c I need something good! Sorry, Littens! 😣
Oh for fuck‘s sake, this is one of those books where characters are referred to by their full names over and over again? I haaaaaaaate that. Ugh. Please tell me it stops at some point??!
This has a middling average rating on Goodreads and a kinda low one on Litsy, so I‘m a little hesitant about picking it up after a DNF ... but I‘m being good and sticking with my TBR as the Littens decreed 😜📚 #nowreading
This is cheating a little, BUT, I live close to the North Carolina border. David Sedaris (Raleigh, NC) loved and recommended this book in a Condè Nast interview. #agameoffavorites #localauthors #day4 #adaylate
I‘m thinking of doing a #makemereadit style challenge in September to help me tackle the books I‘ve received from other #Littens in swaps and #giveaways Would anyone out there be interested in joining me to #lightenmylittenload?
#stripes #readingresolutions
It‘s been a while since I read this, but I do like the cover.
Onto the next #audiocrochet combo, Meg Wolitzer and the neverending afghan. Seriously, I don‘t think I‘ll ever get this thing to blanket size. #24in48
This book is literally saving me from the depths of despair right now. “Everyone and everything was shocked”😂😂😂
pickMeg Wolitzer is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. She sure knows how to create characters I care about. I prefer this to The Female Persuasion — and I loved that one too!
Finished the second quarter of #booked2018!! All were good reads. Into the Wild was my favourite 🖤 Looking forward to making my choices for the next one 😁
pick“You didn‘t always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got the standing ovation. You could cease to be obsessed with the idea of being interesting. Anyway, she knew, the definition could change.”
I really liked this. Kept me turning the pages. Can‘t wait to read more by her. #booked2018 #friendship
My book haul from my fav thrift store 📚📚
That night in July, Nixon was still over a month away from being lifted off the White House lawn like a rotten piece of outdoor furniture.
Day 5: #rainbowbookstack Have worked 40 hours over the past 3 days (with at least 30 more before Friday 😩) so reading isn't in the cards, but I am really proud of myself for managing to fit in a #riotgrams post each day!! #litsylifegoals 😅
Finally reading again. Who has something to say about this one??? I'm not sure if I love it or hate it!
When all your library holds come in at once...
pickIt's #Recommendsday! Great book, beautifully written. I enjoyed it very much except for the sad parts, but the book feels very believable, authentic, true to life. Characters are complex & intriguing. It has: teenagers at art camp; living in NYC; rich & famous; poor & struggling. Lots of interesting, exciting things happen. And some bad things. Overall it's a book worth reading. The audiobook is fabulous!
Full review: https://bit.ly/2IL8E0B
