the measure, by nikki erlick (i loved the concept of this book - that one morning, every adult in the world gets a box on their doorstep with a string inside. the length of the string corresponds to how long you will live. do you look in the box or not? short string support groups pop up. short stringers are suddenly not eligible for certain jobs. super interesting, and made me think about whether i would look or not [i don't think i would...]. but this was meant to be a short story or a novella, and i tired of some of the plot lines by the time the book was over. glad i read it, but i'm not running out to recommend it.)
a spot of bother, by mark haddon (this was a re-read, and i remember loving it when i first read it 10 or so years ago - thinking it was laugh out loud funny at parts. i liked it on the re-read, but definitely didn't love it. stick with the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.)
booth, by karen joy fowler (this one i did love! and actually don't remember what month i finished it but whatever - i'm sticking it here with september. this is historical fiction, and the story of john wilkes booth's family, from his parents moving to the us past booth's assassination of lincoln and then death. karen joy fowler is a beautiful writer, and i loved how she brought this family to life. i did a ton of googling after the fact [never during the book! keep the mystery alive!], and there is a lot of documentation to support parts of her plot lines...while others are really fabricated. but i loved the way she took us back to a specific place and time in history and explained how booth could have gotten to a place where he killed lincoln. highly recommend, especially if you are interested in history! i talked about this one a TON while i read it - always a good sign.)
