This book sounds interesting. Have you read any others by Ward? Salvage the Bones looks good too.
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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No, I haven't read any of her books yet. The PBS Newhour did a story on her a couple of months ago and I have wanted to read one of her books since then.
Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ is a ghost story about the real struggles of living | PBS NewsHour
Sing, Unburied, Sing was one of my top books of 2017.My message to Amazon:
Finished Prose Edda--very interesting! It made me laugh the way the author started by tying Norse mythology into the Christian mythos, but by mid book dropped that tack and just jumped right into storytelling. 
I read a couple of kids books that I'm teaching next term, one horrible (The Chocolate Touch)--I wish I'd read it before I decided to use it for book club, and one very good (The One and Only Ivan). Now I think I can finally settle down with Sleeping Beauties!
I read a couple of kids books that I'm teaching next term, one horrible (The Chocolate Touch)--I wish I'd read it before I decided to use it for book club, and one very good (The One and Only Ivan). Now I think I can finally settle down with Sleeping Beauties!
Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones.
It’s one of those novels that is so exquisite, so poetic, so hard-hitting, that it makes me want to put down my writing pen forever.
It’s one of those novels that is so exquisite, so poetic, so hard-hitting, that it makes me want to put down my writing pen forever.
Amazon is getting all my money!!!!Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones.
It’s one of those novels that is so exquisite, so poetic, so hard-hitting, that it makes me want to put down my writing pen forever.
Finished The Elevent Plague by John S. Marr
Now re-reading The Dark Tower--The Gunslinger
Now re-reading The Dark Tower--The Gunslinger
I'm on an Agatha Christie kick right now. We saw Orient Express over Thanksgiving and I realized my daughter hadn't read any AC books yet. We are remedying that now and sharing thoughts as we go. Quite fun! We're currently on A Hallowe'en Party featuring Monsieur Poirot!
Santa was very generous. I read the new Craig Johnson, currently reading Camino Island by John Grisham and Joe Hill's Strange Weather is next in line I think. I had given up on John Grisham as he had gone very samey, but this is a heist story and I'm really enjoying it.
Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones.
It’s one of those novels that is so exquisite, so poetic, so hard-hitting, that it makes me want to put down my writing pen forever.
Cody - did you watch the PBS Newshour interview with her that I posted? It's an awesome interview. I didn't know who she was and I was googling her as soon as the interview was over. I'm planning on reading Sing, Unburied, Sing next (after Dolan's).
I get these urges sometimes too!! can read 5-10 in a row when the mood strikes me. Because they are neat, cozy, wellplotted and, in a undefiniable way, very charming books. Right now i'm taking a break from Genghis khan (he has just defeated his main rival among the mongols and become their khan and is now about to attack the chinese) and have started reading The Moving Finger, a Miss Marple story and a favorite of mine.
I finished Christine and plan to start reading Artemis by Andy Weir tonight. I really liked The Martian, and I'm anxious to see how he follows up such a successful debut novel.
I finished reading Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier while we were on our hiatus. It fills in a lot of the blanks left from the limited television series.
Finished the political book and have started on Schindler's List. I found a TPB at the thrift store last weekend and had never read it so thought I'd try. I saw the movie once and have never been able to watch again so I'm hoping I can make it.
I cannot get the image of the red coat out of my mind and this is after years of seeing it when it was in the theater. Very powerful film.
