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I’m fully back into the swing of Fall fiction and have finally found books I’m enjoying! And, it was perfect timing because I had a fantastic weekend trip with grad school girl friends in Atlanta (Plan B after Hurricane Matthew eliminated Charleston). Though I didn’t read much while in Atlanta, I did have two solo plane flights, so I got some good reading in then. I never thought there would be a time when I’d look forward to air travel, but flying without your toddlers is pretty awesome if you love to read.
I finished reading…
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (September 13, 2016)
Yep, this one is one of my favorite books of the year. Review to come.
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood (August 9, 2016)
This novel took me through a range of opinions, but I ended up really liking it. Review to come.
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I’m currently reading…
The Eastern Shore by Ward Just (October 18, 2016)
I had to read this slim little novel solely because of its title…as my husband and I got married on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. I’m only 30% in so far, but I’m not feeling particularly hopeful.
Upcoming reading plans…
The Mothers by Brit Bennett (October 11, 2016)
I’ve been hearing great things about this buzzy debut novel and Bennett recently got named to the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35.
How was your reading week?
Lots of awesome reading going on here. 🙂
Thank you…I’m enjoying it 🙂
I enjoyed All the Ugly and Wonderful Things…and got Commonwealth this week. I have bookmarked The Mothers on Amazon.
Thanks for sharing…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
I’m about to pre-order The Mothers from Amazon and I just read your Wonderful Things review.
I bet The Eastern Shore was a lovely setting for a wedding. Happy reading!
It was 🙂 Turns out, though, that it wasn’t at all clear why the book had that title within the first 30% so I put it down.
I think Commonwealth will be on so many “best books” lists this year! I’ve been curious about All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, so look forward reading to your review.
I agree! And I need to write that review 🙂 Will take care of that this week.
My book club is reading Commonwealth, I’m looking forward to it. The only other book of hers I have read is Bel Canto. Right now I’m reading The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Flying child free is such a gift! You can sleep and read – When I flew home from Paris alone I literally read 5 books due to flights and delay. Amazing.
I need to get Commonwealth and The Mothers on my library list! I feel like the wait is going to be epic.
A solo Paris flight?!! I’ll take that one! Mine was only 2 hours, sadly…
And I’m halfway through The Mothers now and it’s fantastic…definitely get on both of those!
This is the second blog where I have seen The Mothers today. I hope you enjoy it. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
I’m about halfway through now and it’s fantastic. My kind of writing.
Cannot wait to hear your thoughts on The Mothers! There is definitely a lot of buzz around it.
I’m about halfway through now and it’s fantastic. One of those rare buzzy books that lives up to the hype!
I keep hearing such great things about Commonwealth. I’m looking forward to reading your review.
I have a business trip coming up in January. Two nights in a hotel room, by myself… I’m already planning what to read, hahaha.
Review will be up next week…most likely Thursday. And jealous of your solo hotel room nights!
Travelling is perfect reading time – only if child free, of course! I hope you enjoy your current reads, have a great week!
Yes, that is the key 🙂 Although my kids have started to get into their ipads on flights, so I can get a little reading done.
I got The Mothers for my BOTM pick! Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts 🙂
Yay! It’s awesome so far!
I can’t wait to hear what you thought about Ugly and Wonderful. It got so little attention, probably because of the subject matter, but I loved it. I’m also anxious to see what you think of The Mothers and appreciate you vetting Eastern Shore which I have now removed from my TBR. Woo hoo!
Review of Ugly & Wonderful going up next week. After an up and down road, I ended up at 4 stars. Would be great for book club.
LOVING The Mothers!
Ha well! I never look forward to air travel, but I do enjoy having all that uninterrupted reading time. It’s a silver lining to a rather stressful cloud. :p
I’ve seen Commonwealth on so many blogs recently, definitely intriguing me!
It seems strange to write that I loved All the Ugly and Wonderful Things because some (much?) of the book was on such disturbing subject matter. But…it was beautifully written and I’m glad I tackled it.
It was definitely disturbing and that turned me off for a bit, but Greenwood managed to win me over by the end. She completely convinced me, which is a testament to her writing and storytelling.
I’m almost finished with Commonwealth and definitely loving it! Glad to hear your reading picked up 🙂 I had All the Ugly and Wonderful things on my library list at one point, but I took it off for some reason? I can’t even remember why! Maybe it needs to get added back on.
So glad you’re loving Commonwealth! I just loved her tone. Ugly/Wonderful is definitely an odd book and veers into creepiness, but it ended up working for me overall.