I've been reading about three books a week over the last couple of weeks. It's kind of tiring and I think I've read myself out; if that's even possible. The sad thing being that I don't remember what I read last week. I get a mental block every time I try to think about it. I can, however, tell you what I read this week.
1) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
I've been reading quite a lot of his books lately and I like the comedic nature of this one. He's very good at creating these likable characters and capturing the readers' interest. John Green is also as talented at capturing the humor as he is at framing bitter and heartbreaking moments. (I bawled my eyes out when I read his other book The Fault in Our Stars)
2) Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
She is by far one of my favorite authors. It amazes me how she can take everyday issues and turn them into literary gold. This book was so electric and fascinating that I finished it in a day.
3) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Now I have to say that I almost stopped reading this one. I was really stumped when it came deciphering what was a conversation and what was an inner thought. There were no quotation marks. None. But I'd already gotten into it, so I decided to just finish it. Let me just say, that I have spent the whole afternoon utterly confused as to what happened in the end. There was the jump across time and I think it threw me a bit. I think I'm going to be mulling over this one for a while.
I think I need to stop reading for a while. My brain needs to recover before I can digest anymore words, characters, stories and lack of quotation marks.
That's a lot of reading! Sometimes it is good to take a break from reading and just be...Thanks for sharing these titles. Perhaps others will post titles as well.
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