Today’s a banner day. It’s the last day of school at my school, and the summer stretches out before me like a patient etherized on a table. No, wait, like the winter of our discontent become glorious summer.
Can you tell I teach literature?
But this is legal hooky for us teachers. We get to read what we want to read, not four-pages-past-where-our-students will be discussing.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy.
I have things I want to read. First of all, I need an audiobook with the cliffhanger-nature of the television series 24 and the intrigue of fine-chocolate literature. Anybody got any suggestions?
And I’ve filled my Kindle like a hoarder with books I couldn’t read until now. Top of my list is Ariel Lawhon’s The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress.
I just finished co-writing a new book (to be published by Credo Publishing this summer) and have other books to work on.
But for now, it’s reading-hooky.
What will you be reading?
3 comments:
Ooh, suggestions! Yep. "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt fits that description perfectly. Also "The Goldfinch" (same author) which just won the Pulitzer - but it's about three times as long and would take about a month to listen to on audio book. But is equally amazing. :) If you've never read Donna Tartt, you MUST MUST MUST. You would love her.
I also have Ariel's book on my TBR list! It sounds so intriguing.
Congrats on finishing another book, and happy reading!
Congratulations on another school year ending well.
I am reading two books right now:
Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky and The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
Karen, thank you for the suggestion. Obviously other people share your enthusiasm for Tartt, because when I looked at the wait list for her two books at the public library, there are about a bazillion people in line ahead of me for them!
Laurie, tell us what you think of those two books.
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