Thanks to the
flashreadathon I am more than half way through The Paying Guests. I read a lot of it on Friday evening and
Saturday. I worked Sunday so I didn’t have huge chunks of time. I find the book
very unsettling, particularly the events of the middle section. What I’m most impressed about is how the
characters’ subtle intentions grow into powerful relationships. An evening of drunkenness and one of medical
crisis are so powerfully written, I wanted to turn away and not watch like a
bystander at a traffic accident. Sex
scenes are also passionately written.
I am beginning Orange
is the New Black, a book I would likely not be reading except that it is a
book club pick. Should be an interesting
follow-up to the non-fiction Just Mercy as book group compares prison conditions – both fictional and non. Have not watched the television show.
New to me. Guess I’ll find out.
And still working on Rebel Yell and The Body Keeps the
Score.
The Paying Guests sounds good so far from what you're saying. I'll be interested to hear what you say about Orange is the New Black. I haven't read it yet, but it seems important in what it has to say.
ReplyDeleteRead Just Mercy instead. Orange is the New Black is an ultimately forgettable memoir.
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