#bookreport @Cinfhen
The first half of the week was all about a bunch of excellent books. All 5 of the finished ones were terrific.
Then I bailed on two in a row - yikes!
The Chosen and the Beautiful is a retelling of Gatsby from Jordan Baker‘s point of view. She seems bored with her life of riches and extravagant parties, and about halfway through I grew bored of watching her be bored.
Fox & I seemed strangely detached- I may come back.
Cinfhen I read this one last year and really liked it![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments 3y
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other AstonishmentsCinfhen Too bad about the Gatsby retelling… I‘ve seen good reviews but I totally get why you #hibernated for now!!! 3y
Hooked_on_books I bailed on TCATB too. It felt so constrained by the source material that I found it really stiff. I wish she‘d used Gatsby as inspiration rather than literally trying to rewrite it. 3y
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