Hi there!
Spring, no doubt, has finally sprung. I celebrated another year around the sun on Monday, then hopped on a plane to Atlanta on Wednesday.
For those of us who call California home, we’ve weathered several atmospheric rivers, including one that downed a tree in our backyard (and resulted in several neighbors coming together to chop the rest of its leafy brethren down), and another that made me wonder if I’ll be able to grow anything besides radishes and spinach in the garden this year.
I taught a class on the book of Luke, fielded a bunch of emails for this year’s Guns to Gardens, took my youngest to baseball practice, and my oldest to soccer practice.
On the plane and at home, in the comfy leather chair and propped up against a heating pad, I’ve also done a lot of writing and reading - the latter of which I want to offer you today.
So, here are three fiction books I’ve read lately that you might want to check out:
The Latecomer (Jean Hanff Korelitz): as I told a friend earlier today, it’s like family drama meets Judaism with a slice of Mormonism on the side. And sometimes a snarky dose of religion with a side of deeply twisted familial dynamics is often just what the doctor ordered.
Kira-Kira (Cynthia Kadohata): having just read this middle grade novel to the boys, I wouldn’t have thought that book about a Japanese immigrant family’s experience alongside a heavy dose of death would have been their favorite, but all three of us didn’t want the gorgeous story to end.
Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder): how do you describe a book that’s so “out there” at times, yet completely and wildly appropriate for the rage buried within so many of our mothering selves? I really need one of you to read this, entirely because I need to talk about it! Raw steak eaten like a dog, optional.
I hope to be back to our regularly scheduled programming (ahem), next week, but in the meantime, what fiction are you loving these days?
Happy reading!
Loved The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson. Read it twice. & The Den by Cara Reinhard[read for my book discussion group] also The Attic Child by Lola Jaye & Finding Me by Viola Davis. So many great reads the past few weeks.
My book to share is “my Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fedric Blackman (A Man Called Ove). Original, Life provoking fairy tales; multigenerational characters…a blessing to be different!!!
Muddah Mis