The Wilderness | 
pickFirst of all, this cover! The Wilderness is certainly making the rounds on the bookish Internet. I loved The Turner House, her first, so I knew I would give this a go. I love a novel about a group of friends. These 4 women (and a 5th In periphery) show up for one another, except when they don‘t and we get to see it all. They are different and lead various lives, but felt like accurate portrayals of people navigating our current time.
We do not care that there are still a million things on our to-do list. The last week and a half has been stressful and has taken its toll on my mind and body. So right now, all I want to do is read a good book, drink Diet Coke, and eat snacks. So, guess what I'm doing until it's time to pick up the kids?
#WDNCW #WeDoNotCareWednesday @dabbe
P.S: 25 pages in, and this book has me HOOKED
pickThis book on female friendship follows 4 women across decades in non-linear fashion as they deal with life and their relationships with on another. I found the pacing a little uneven but overall really liked the book. Pictured with our pretty sunset the other night.
#NBAlonglist, fiction
pickReally enjoyed this. Will certainly be correcting my error of never getting to The Turner House the many times I checked it out of the library, because her writing and characters were fantastic here. This ended up going somewhere I didn‘t expect but found *very* (and disturbingly) effective.
pickGreat story about friendship and life.
#Bookhaul! My order from B&N has arrived, with 3 books from the #NBAlonglist for translated lit and one from the nonfiction list. Then, I stopped into Beach Books in Seaside on my way home and picked up the tagged since it‘s now out. I‘m excited to continue my reading of the lists!
Checking out options for reading books from the NBA longlists - this is my only option currently for The Wilderness! How much?! And, seeing as I haven‘t had a CD player for over 10 years, I don‘t think so! 🤣
I‘ve purchased two physical books from the Translated Literature list and used two gift credits on Libro.fm for two NF books (thank you, Holly! 😘) I may also get Sad Tiger on Libro.fm but think I‘d rather have that in print.
I break up my reads into two parts on #bookspinbingo to encourage me to finish them, and it works! I almost got a full board!
@TheAromaofBooks
so-soThank you, Mariner, for the advance copy.
This book followed five women over two decades (though it heavily focused on Desiree and Danielle). We got to see how they grew into women and how their friendships evolved.
It was a bit slow for me but I highly enjoyed the various mentioned places in California that I've been to.
