I really enjoyed this story set in Kamchatka about the disappearance of two young girls and how it effects many people in this small, isolated region. Prepare for the feel of linked short stories that eventually connect instead of a thriller/suspense novel.

I loved this historical fiction set in 6th century Wales. Lots of drama - conflicts between the Old Ways and the new Christians, good detail about the times, and a decent love story. Recommended!

In my next life, I want to be a copy editor. This book is as funny as grammar gets!

Always excited to start a new novel by Siri Hustvedt!

My airplane reading today. Hooked me right in!

A lovely book made even lovelier by this Persephone edition #persephone

I just bought my first two #persephone books! They are so lovely!

Set in a northern coastal town with the highest rate of alcoholics per capita, the teenage narrator falls in love with an older man damaged by his time in the Iraq war. This book is smart, sad, fantastical, and real. Oh, and did I mention the narrator might be a mermaid?

Some interesting thoughts, but I felt this could have been accomplished in an article rather than a full length book.

#7Days7covers Day 7 #covercrush Loved this challenge!

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Atwood took on everyone‘s high expectations in writing this book, and overall I think she succeeded. It doesn‘t have the immediacy or shock value of Handmaid‘s Tale, but ultimately it‘s hopeful and satisfying.

Joining the club! Looking forward to forming my own opinion before reading too many reviews.

I loved this book from the perfect first paragraph to the last sentence. Dying (though she doesn‘t realize it) Hagar Shipley looks back on the entirety of her life growing up in Manawaka, Canada. A new favorite!

This book lived up to the hype, giving me lots to digest about motherhood and career/life balance. Also captures life in the 1990s suburbs so well.

I loved this literary thriller that takes the time to explore the ways women suffer abuse from men in small and large ways. It‘s not preachy or anti-male; it‘s subtlety done inside a fun thriller.

I started this book today by the author of Longbourn, a P&P retelling through the servants‘ point of view. I‘m intrigued that she‘s written something so different - a literary thriller this time - and excited to see how they compare.

I‘m still determined to finish this and enjoy it, but this volume has lost me a little. Hoping that the books included in volume 4 suck me back in! #1001books #virago

A young woman realizes she has spent eight years towards a dissertation founded on a mistake. What follows is a surrealist account of her unraveling life. This brief novel won‘t be for everyone, but I loved it.

I couldn‘t resist these in the latest nyrb sale! #nyrb

Starting the 7th novel of Dorothy Richardson‘s Pilgrimage, Revolving Lights. I‘ve been reading this all year and loving it. #virago #1001books

Paradise is a beautifully written, tragic novel centering around a conflict between an insular town and a nearby but separate house of misfit women. As always, Morrison‘s writing is poetic, profound, and emotional. I think this is one of her best. #tonimorrison

What happens when women discover they have physical power over men? I thought this book had a strong premise but weak execution.

Creepy short novel about a family that joins an anthropological experiment. The father‘s abusive nature finds an outlet and excuse while reliving the distant past.

Staring the New Year off with a reread in a beautiful Folio Society edition. #foliosociety #1001books #rereads

This is my holiday book haul - including a new kindle paper white. Excited to get to these in 2019!

Excited to read this!

Really good retelling of Achilles‘ story from the point of view of Briseis. Loved it!

Snow in DC in November is very rare! But I just happened to be reading this appropriately titled book. 😁

Starting this today, but my kids are home from school today so might not get much reading in!

I just couldn‘t connect with this ambitious debut novel. The disjointed, stream of conscious language combined with a brutally dismal plot was too much for me.

These seem like a good fall read.

Giving this a try but finding the writing style difficult. Anyone else read this?

Solid nonfiction about four sisters living in the 1700s. The masses of letters they wrote each other allow the telling of lives lived over 200 years ago. Always enjoy reading about the lives of women in other eras.

I‘ve started this book. Doesn‘t seem to be in print anymore, but I found a used copy. Loving it so far. #1001 books

Iced green tea made to order and a new book that I‘m excited about is getting me through a long work day.

Partly enjoyed it, partly bored by it, this story of Sophia‘s journey from mother to revolutionary was just ok. #1001books #nyrb

Loved it! Less gruesome than some in the series and I like the pace at which she‘s developing the relationships.

I just got my first pencil box from C.W. Enterprise! Excited to test them all out!

My strategy for getting on the library wait list for this worked! I “recommended” it as soon as it was announced and that held my place in line. Planning to put my other books aside for this one!

I think I‘m the only parent reading Sylvia Townsend Warner at flag football. 😜 #1001books

How can a book be over-dramatic and boring at the same time??? Not sure what happened to the author of my beloved Jane Eyre, but I found this book pretentious and heavy-handed. #1001books

Certainly well-written, but I just couldn‘t connect to this book. The purposeful choice to stay in the mind of sexist, full-of-himself, clueless Frank Wheeler worked for the point of the book but not for my reading pleasure.

I loved the beginning section of this book about tree and human interaction. The middle was a bit much for me with ecoterrorism dominating. Overall still a good read. #bookerprize2018

Struggling to get into this one. Anyone read it and have some words of encouragement?