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I hope all of you who are football fans enjoyed the Super Bowl yesterday. As for me, I used the day as an excuse to grab a little extra reading time. Had the Seahawks made it to the party, I’d have been much more interested! January proved to be an excellent month of reading for me. I hope I can be as successful in February, but it seems I’m off to a rather slow start. We’ll see!
Last Week’s Read:
I finished Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith early last week and have been trying to decide how I feel about it ever since. Overall, I was disappointed, but think I would be less so had the publisher’s description been more accurate. I’m not yet sure about a review.
Currently Reading:
We Were the Lucky Ones is Georgia Hunter’s debut novel. It’s drawn from her own family’s experiences as Polish Jews trying to survive during WWII. We Were the Lucky Ones is refreshingly different from most other WWII stories, and I am thoroughly enjoying it. (In fact, I want to get this post done so I can get back to it!)
Likely to Read Next:
February has SO many books I want to read that it’s made picking where to go next almost impossible! For that reason I plan to start two books this week. I’m planning on reading Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders just as soon as I finish We Were the Lucky Ones. I’m really looking forward to reading Saunder’s first novel billed as being “hilariously funny, horribly sad, and utterly surprising.” I’m planning on downloading the Audible version of Katie Kitamura’s new novel, A Separation, just as soon as it’s released on Tuesday. (Actually, 9:00 PM Monday night if you live on the west coast.) I’ll be listening on the drive to work Tuesday morning!
Have A Great Week of Reading!
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So glad you’re enjoying Georgia’s book! And I’m psyched to read A Separation as well.
Seahawks: Russell Wilson is from my hometown and is my younger brother’s age. Russell went to our rival high school and my bro played football against him…and was friendly with him. Went to his wedding to his first wife, who I coached on swim team when she was young. Small world, right?!
Happy reading this week!
Finished WWTLO this morning. I really, really liked it!
My two sons will be so jealous about your family’s connections to Russell Wilson.
Susie, I’m so glad that you’re enjoying We Were the Lucky Ones; I think it is AMAZING. I’m going to be talking about it (and thinking about it, too) for a long time to come. Sounds like we’ll be doing the exact opposite soon; I’m going to listen to Lincoln in the Bardo and read A Separation – ha! I’m so excited for Lincoln in the Bardo; I hope my expectations don’t get the better of me.
I’m really enjoying Lincoln in the Bardo, but listening to it would be amazing! I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on it.
Ooo, I’ll look forward to your review of “We Are the Lucky Ones”. The book sounds incredible.
I’ll be reviewing it on its publication day, 2/14.
February is full of great book releases!! I’m so tempted to buy a copy of We Were the Lucky Ones instead of waiting for a library copy. Happy reading!
I keep seeing the buzz for The Separation, but I think I’m waiting for some rave reviews from fellow bloggers to finally convince me!
I did some reading during the Super Bowl too, but I made sure to be there for the nachos! 🙂
I’m starting A Separation today. I really hope it’s worthy of a rave review!
The Superbowl was on while I was reading. I looked up for the commercials and when something exciting happened. Come see my week
here.Happy reading!I’m looking forward to getting hold of a copy of We Were the Lucky Ones, it’s getting lots of positive reviews on Goodreads and the blogging community
Desperation Road looks good to – enjoy that one.
Happy reading
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