pickLeonard and Hungry Paul, by Rónán Hession (2019)
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Premise: Two friends who live the kind of quiet lives often looked down on manage a series of changes prompted by one‘s sister‘s marriage and the other‘s dipping tentative toes into the dating world.
Review: This is an absolutely delightful, big hug of a novel. ⬇️
pickA book about nice people trying to make their way into the world. Leonard and Hungry Paul are two friends that live their lives in a simpler kind of way, they are not very experienced in the world, but they have a clarity about how they see it that benefits everyone in their lives and the reader. Very funny and easy read.
pickA very quiet, enjoyable characters book.
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
This was such an epiphany moment - and a perfect description of what it feels like when I‘m picking my next book.
(The tweet is written by the author of the tagged book - which I haven‘t read but this tweet suggests good things)
https://youtu.be/1h4pgQqW5xo
Rónán Hession (the author of Leonard and Hungry Paul, and Panenka) is one of the most passionate readers I know, and he speaks so darned eloquently about what he reads. Here, he shares an hour‘s worth of recent reading as well as teasing the heck out of us about his forthcoming novel. Do check it out!
pickA humorous and enjoyable book full of good people muddling their way through life. It made me laugh out loud. A gentle, life-affirming read.
pick1st week of the year, back to work, dark damp mornings , so this gentle book has added a bit of sunny sky back into my week as I fell in love with the story of two men in their 30's, somewhat at odds with the world but close friends bonding over board games, and with ancillary characters (esp Paul's parents). As changes happen to both men the relationship shifts slightly. Lots of so so reviews on litsy but already one of my bks of yr
Bookish Pair: This reminded me in tone of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain (2021). 14h