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Happy New Year! It’s always amazing to me how quickly the two week vacation I enjoy over the holidays goes. I have great plans for getting huge tasks accomplished and it never seems to quite work out. On the other hand, I was able to spend a lot of time with family and friends which is far more important. I did manage to do a little organizing for the coming year and to read a few books!
Last Week’s Read:
It feels like I finished The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian a long time ago, but it was only last Monday night. I’m a huge fan of this author, and while I enjoyed the book, it definitely wasn’t one of my favorite Bohjalian novels. I’ll have a full review next week.
Currently Reading:
I think Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaram may end up being my favorite 2017 novel so far. I’m close to the 75% mark and hope to finish in the next day or two. This is a longer book (480 pages) and with everything going on the past week my reading has been a little disjointed. Despite that, I’m always eager to get back to this story of a young boy and the two women who both desperately love him.
Likely To Read Next:
New York City is one of my favorite settings for books and that’s just one of the reasons I’m looking forward to The Futures, Anna Pitoniak’s debut novel. The story follows a young couple as they take on the city in 2008, just as banks are failing and markets are crashing. Reviews have been a little mixed, so I’m anxious to decide for myself.
Have A Great Week of Reading!
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I have The Sleepwalker to read and hope to dig in this coming week. I look forward to your review. The new year always has my head spinning with all the books I would like to read.
I love books set in NYC, too. This is the first I’ve heard of The Futures and it sounds good. I’ll look forward to your opinion.
I actually loved The Sleepwalker…and I don’t know if it was my favorite of his, since each one is very different.
The Futures looks very tempting…I also love NY settings.
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I’m about 75% done with The Sleepwalker…I like it so far…we’ll see how it ends. Curious – what is your favorite Bohjalian? I think mine is The Double Bind.
And – I’ll be reading The Futures this month as well, but probably won’t pick it up for another few weeks.
I thought it was fine, just not amazing. It’s hard to pick a single Bohjalian favorite, so I have two: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands and Skeletons at the Feast.
Oooh, The Futures sounds interesting, Susie; thanks for putting this on my radar! I’m with you on The Sleepwalker; I wrote a review (it won’t go live until next week) and tried to be kind – ha! 🙂 Like you, I feel like this holiday “vacation” has gone by really quickly; I also tried to get some organizing/clean-out done, and was somewhat successful, but I’d like to do some more. Hope you have a great week!
I haven’t heard anything about The Futures, so I’ll be interested to read your thoughts. The beginning of each year is like a big rapidly filling book shelf. I also have many 2016 books and before I want to read. No, it never ends. Enjoy your week and thank you for stopping by my blog. I cleaned out my drawers today and 50% of my closet. I want to keep up my energy and momentum…I have so much “stuff”!
I’m glad you got to spend time with your family! I know a lot of readers who adore Bohjalian, but the synopses never quite convince me to pick up his newer books…
Will be looking forward to your review of The Sleepwalker.
I just finished his book, The Guest Room. Intense but good.
Happy Reading in 2017!!
Elizabeth
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