That's interesting to hear your thoughts. I'm an older reader and this century is really yours and your contemporaries. I've read most of your selection and pretty much in agreement with you. I'm from Australia and if I can encourage you to pick up a book from Australia I'd like to. Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright just won our two most prestigious awards and it's a madcap book with lots of interesting content, it's a long book and a bit of a commitment but worth a try. Happy Reading
This was fun! I remember loving the gold finch the first time I read it but when I tried to listen to it as an audio book years later I couldn’t get through it. I also didn’t love tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. I think I had heard too much hype before getting to it. 😢 happy reading!
Personal favorite is Play it as it Lays, but it’s a novel and she’s known for her essay work! Would still recommend that, or Slouching Towards Bethlehem, which is a great place to start with her essays.
T&t&t didn’t work for me either. The only brilliant thing about that book was the manufacturing game she built in the beginning. It’s hard for that “tragic plot twist” to hit me since I personally find that character kind of narcissistic and passively manipulative lol. I get that she wants to write unlikable complex characters, but without giving those characters an arc triggers some empathy, it’s hard to feel bad for them.
That's interesting to hear your thoughts. I'm an older reader and this century is really yours and your contemporaries. I've read most of your selection and pretty much in agreement with you. I'm from Australia and if I can encourage you to pick up a book from Australia I'd like to. Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright just won our two most prestigious awards and it's a madcap book with lots of interesting content, it's a long book and a bit of a commitment but worth a try. Happy Reading
Cloud Atlas is a favourite of mine, enjoy!
This was fun! I remember loving the gold finch the first time I read it but when I tried to listen to it as an audio book years later I couldn’t get through it. I also didn’t love tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. I think I had heard too much hype before getting to it. 😢 happy reading!
I need to read more Joan Didion. Which one of her books is your favorite?
Personal favorite is Play it as it Lays, but it’s a novel and she’s known for her essay work! Would still recommend that, or Slouching Towards Bethlehem, which is a great place to start with her essays.
@@zeketreads Thanks! I will deff check them out!
T&t&t didn’t work for me either. The only brilliant thing about that book was the manufacturing game she built in the beginning. It’s hard for that “tragic plot twist” to hit me since I personally find that character kind of narcissistic and passively manipulative lol. I get that she wants to write unlikable complex characters, but without giving those characters an arc triggers some empathy, it’s hard to feel bad for them.