The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. I've just begun my second reading of her extraordinary story. Sue Monk Kidd is a master storyteller. I held my breath when I turned the book over and read the first line on the back cover: "I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth." Brilliant.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez got me back into reading. Know it’s mainstream now because of the show but definitely need to revisit that wonderful and surprising book.
Am currently rereading Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON for about the third time. His descriptions of places and characters set the standard for placing and populating noir fiction.
When I read Fourth Wing, then Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros for the first time last year, I set the books down, pondered my TBR list and decided, "I'm a grown up, I don't need permission to do something ridiculous like immediately re-read these books. I want to go on that adventure again!" I picked up Fourth Wing the very next day after finishing Iron Flame and reread the series. Shortly after, Onyx Storm was released in January, and I read that one twice too :) I've never been so engrossed in a story that I immediately wanted to reread it. Good job Yarros.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. As someone who writes historical fiction, her Cromwell trilogy is the 21st century’s North Star.
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. I've just begun my second reading of her extraordinary story. Sue Monk Kidd is a master storyteller. I held my breath when I turned the book over and read the first line on the back cover: "I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth." Brilliant.
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG by Andre Dubus III — Rereading it really allowed me to soak up both POVs in a whole new way.
With so many books in the world, I have a hard time reading one twice. But "Winter's Tale" was astonishing, so I needed to astonish myself again.
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. I was a huge Pynchon reader, but it's been awhile, Pynchon and Faulkner have always been on my 'repeat' list.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez got me back into reading. Know it’s mainstream now because of the show but definitely need to revisit that wonderful and surprising book.
(Mainstream might not be the right word for it, maybe ‘in pop-culture
conversation.’ Know it was already well known and regarded, read it a few years before the show.)
Planning to carve out time to re-read “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune!! I ugly cried repeatedly. It’s a beautiful story.
Am currently rereading Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON for about the third time. His descriptions of places and characters set the standard for placing and populating noir fiction.
When I read Fourth Wing, then Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros for the first time last year, I set the books down, pondered my TBR list and decided, "I'm a grown up, I don't need permission to do something ridiculous like immediately re-read these books. I want to go on that adventure again!" I picked up Fourth Wing the very next day after finishing Iron Flame and reread the series. Shortly after, Onyx Storm was released in January, and I read that one twice too :) I've never been so engrossed in a story that I immediately wanted to reread it. Good job Yarros.