What are you reading?

Poisonwood Bible was sheer genius.

Since I can't find anything new that I want to read, I pulled Isabel Allende's Daughter of Fortune off the shelf. Summer is a good time to reread favorites, anyway.
 
Jennifer Johnston. I know I'm not always the most observant, but how had I never heard of her until a couple of years ago and only picked up one, and now two, of her books this summer to discover she died in April this year and, given the lack of coverage, seems much less celebrated than her much lesser contemporaries? How Many Miles to Babylon? is a very different take on the absurdity of WW1. This Is Not A Novel (spoiler: it is and a very good one), is even better.

Now reading The Book Thief, having started and not finished a couple of years ago.
 
Book Thief is one of my favorites. I appreciate the narrator.

I've spent the day reading two popcorn books, The Dancing Girls by M. M. Chouinard (gave it a single star on goodreads, ending was rushed, and I guessed the "twist" well before the reveal), and The Fear by Natasha Preston (gave it two stars, but the ending was unsatisfying for the buildup of the "thrilling" moments). I don't think I'm the kind of reader they wrote for, and I think there are several authors out and about who write to be on the booktoks or whatever it's called and I've come swiftly to the conclusion that those who can discuss books should not always write them. Especially if it's written for popularity reasons.

I've got bookmarks in two other books as well, both started over the weekend, and both will be read slower. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (one of my favorite authors, but I'm not sure I'm going to like this one) and No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (translated by Donald Keene). I'm reading one that's been on my TBR for years, and one that's been added recently, to keep things fresh, I guess.
 
Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? by G M Ford. A friend loaned it to me. Written in 1995, it is the first in a series of twelve mysteries. It's good enough that I'll probably look for Book II.
 
Just started Uketsu's Strange Pictures. I'm enjoying the format -- text and picture clues -- though I am embarrassing myself by occasionally pressing my finger and thumb to the paper and trying to zoom in when I can't quite see something clearly 🤡
 
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