this month i read:
the line that held us, by david joy (i joined the book of the month club (so fun!) with the caveat that i would not let it mean i accumulated books that i didn't read. book of the month lets you skip months, so my rule for myself is that i have to finish the previous book before i can get another. this has resulted in me getting books about every other month. this was my first! "appalachian noir" is the genre they listed for this, which is pretty spot on. i love books set in the appalachian mountains, so this was a winner for me. not the best book i've ever read, but a gripping murder/kidnapping mystery nonetheless!)
the great alone, by kristin hannah (so i had super high hopes for this one...that were kind of dashed. i LOVED the nightingale, and this was her most recent release...and while this was a fine book i wanted it to be as amazing as the nightingale and it wasn't. the school librarian said it well when we talked about it - i'm tired of reading books about domestic abuse. so depressing! and while there were some good relationships and love stories in it, it was a pretty depressing read. it was...fine? read the nightingale instead!)
an absolutely remarkable thing, by hank green (another book of the month selection...this is the first novel by the brother of the great YA author john green, and it was a great mystery around the appearance of a bunch of statues all around the world on the same night, how people react to them, and the role of the media in all of that. just truly original as a story line, which i loved. highly recommend! i kept wanting to see what would happen next.)
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