three books this month! i'm back on track.
people of the book, by geraldine brooks (i…did not ever get into this book. this is the book that i read for weeks and weeks, just a few pages every night before i went to bed [because (a) i was so tired from how crazy my job was, and (b) i didn't like this book enough to go to bed early to read it]. this is a fictional story based on the real life sarajevo haggadah - who the author believes wrote and illustrated it, and the path it took from the 1400s to the present. it was a little too intellectual for me, which makes me sound like i like fluffy books, which isn't quite true. i don't know - this book didn't do it for me.)
we are called to rise, by laura mcbride (oh, i loved this book. it's the story of four people in las vegas who start out unconnected and their lives intersect by the end. a 50-something mother, an elementary school kid, a CASA worker, and a soldier. it was sad - very sad at points - but somehow also optimistic and uplifting, and i really enjoyed it. melissa picked this as our book club pick for last month, and she gets a gold star. i'd highly recommend it!)
david and goliath, by malcolm gladwell (in a surprise move, i found a note i'd written myself in early september that just had this book's title on it, and then i realized i had never included it on the blog AND OMG I READ THIS [LISTENED TO THE AUDIO BOOK] IN SEPTEMBER AND THIS COULD TOTALLY COUNT FOR SEPTEMBER AND I'M NOT [QUITE] AS MUCH OF A SLACKER AS I THOUGHT! oh, malcolm gladwell, how i like your books. this book is short pieces on interesting subjects, and there well written and will leave you pondering them after you finish reading [listening]. seriously: if you haven't read any of his stuff you should get on that.)
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