https://youtu.be/rx5HzLL4Qgc?si=gKVZ5bul94ZBRNe2
Introduction
Mystery guest
Week in Review
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
Shawn invokes the escape clause
Cormorant Lake by Faith Merino
Something in Disguise by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Watching You Without Me by Lynn Coady
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
I‘ve tried both the audio & print and am having difficulty getting into this one. I really thought this would be squarely in my wheelhouse. Maybe I‘m not focusing and need to come back to it another time.
@shawnmooney and I have been reading the novels of Elizabeth Jane Howard in publication order and this is our current read. As usual, it‘s brilliant!
pickHis books never disappoint. A couple of unexpected things near the end. Quite a bit of romance. One thing annoyed me. The kid character was supposed to be 9. I had to keep reminding myself of this fact as she sounded and acted like a 14 year old. Glad I read it.
pickSuper good. I like both perspectives. Seemed like a very real and nuanced account of living with a family member with SUD. Beautifully written, want to explore more Susie Boyd
pickTo sum up this story of mother daughter estrangement: bleak. 😕
pickGlad I listened to the recommendations, because I really enjoyed this one. The writing felt both contemporary and timeless, somehow. The themes are evergreen, I suppose - mother/daughter relationships and the difficulty of truly knowing another person, even someone as central to one's own life as a parent. Riley has a keen eye for detail, and her style is lean and biting in the best possible way.
A little spontaneous book haul today from a new to me indie shop 🖤
bailedI expected to love this novel because at the outset the humor seemed delightfully cheeky! (Pun intended) 😢 Sadly, there was something about the writing that felt disjointed and I couldn‘t find the flow. I got almost 3/4 of the way thru and skipped to the last chapter to see if I could tell where the MC ends up. Seems a rather morally dubious ending. @Jess_Read_This
