The Vanishing Point: A Novel | 
pickReaders follow a pair of photographers, Rye and Julian, from their art school days as roommates to middle age. Jealousy and ambition. Covetousness. Secrets. Switches gears to a portrayal of a young man struggling with substance abuse. I liked it but, my hopes were a bit higher. Low pick.
A Stranger Like You: A Novel
pickBrundage is a treasure and one of my favorite lesser known authors. She writes some of the best dark literary thrillers out now, and this is no exception.
Charismatic Rye and circumspect Julian meet in a photography workshop and both covet the same woman, Magda. Years later, Rye is world renown, and Julian works in advertising. As Brundage slowly reveals the connections among these classmates, dark secrets emerge. Best book this month so far!
#RecentAcquisitions @AardvarkBookClub was on point and got my order here super fast! I also headed to the library and picked up a few, including Pete and Alice, which is a pandemic book. Very curious! I also got a short story collection and Brundage‘s latest from Amazon.
pickEthereal writing , a feeling of being untethered, of floating upwards. A story about photography , relationships , there are so many stills in the pictures in my mind as I read… shadowy , unsettling.
A good book , except & maybe it‘s my frame of mind at the moment… but I had to slow down & take this in small doses, the stark & harrowing descriptions of heroin addiction were very real & the author doesn‘t shy away from them. Trigger warning …
Getting set up on the couch for the evening… book , wine ,chocolate… It‘s all good ❤️
When she let out the dogs she stood on the cold porch, listening to the night, the language of the country, the animals, the insects, the distant train, then the edge of quiet that came at last, like the final sentence of a novel.
She will soon be fifty. A certain corruption has frayed the seams of her heart. The news frightens her , the government, the widespread complacency. She doesn‘t know how to think about the future. If the planet can heal
That summer he learned there was something intoxicating about transience, when you are in between, moving from one place to another, unscheduled, open to the day before you, open to the land, unafraid of the passing of time. The beauty of the land washes over you. It forgives you. It says: Start here. Begin.
I‘ve been looking at this book longingly for way too long … ( it‘s been the carrot on the stick )
Well , I started it just now … my 3d Brundage… and I‘m loving it already 🤞🏻 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
Todays book from my postman ! I don‘t know when I‘ll get to read this .. but I‘m excited to have it waiting for me .. 🧡🧡🧡
New books hitting our library shelves today. I want so many of these but I must resist!!! Ahh!
pickThe story of 3 students from the Brodsky photography workshop and the intersection of their lives. Rye becomes a famous photographer, Julian (always jealous of Rye) becomes very successful in advertising and Magda, who is loved by both men.
I really enjoyed this story as I love a good character driven story. Very well written from the view points of all involved.
