this month i read:
the bees, by laline paull (okay, so veronica recommended this to me and i was like, "um, a book where all the characters are actual bees? no thank you." but then several months later i heard about it again and then all of a sudden i was reading it. but...actual bees as main characters is weird. i made it through the book but wasn't rushing home to read it. you are allowed to skip this one.)
midwinterblood, by marcus sedgwick (oooooh i loved this book. young adult, mysterious island, odd characters, multiple story lines that aren't hard to keep separate. our school librarian gave me a copy of the book and told me to read it and she was so spot on with her recommendation. will definitely be reading more by this author! title is weird. book is tons better than the title would suggest!)
the circle, by dave eggers (another one i really enjoyed; i read this for one of my book clubs. super creepy version of the future that is just a tiny bit less private than ours and a tiny bit more connected electronically...and it snowballs out of control. i was totally fascinated by the world-building in this story and sped through it even though it was almost 500 pages. highly recommend!)
and every morning the way home gets longer and longer, by fredrik backman (well, i freaking sobbed my way through this. it's a novella that i read in one sitting while going through three kleenex tissues...a lovely way to think about aging and the relationship between multiple generations and definitely i'm glad i read it. love this author!)
not my father's son, by alan cumming (i listened to the audiobook of this and cannot recommend it highly enough. alan cumming reads the audiobook (a big plus in my world), and this is the story of his relationship with his father and grandfather. fascinating, can't-believe-this-is-nonfiction stuff, and he is a lovely writer. i like alan cumming as an actor and this made me appreciate him as an artist even more.)
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