It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

It's the end of the semester, so I'm mostly reading student papers! But I still have to have my nightly read-to-relax time, so I've started two books, a memoir called The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner, which is about a woman who grew up in Mexico in a polygamous community, and Vintage by David Baker, whose main character is a novelist, food writer, and wine connoisseur (three of my favorite things!). I'm also almost finished with Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarity, which I've been listening to on audio as I commute to and from work. The book has some interesting characters and an appealing setting (Australia), and also a great twist that I couldn't have predicted, but I'm having trouble finishing the book because it's going on for a long time after the plot's climax, wrapping up every little detail in a way that seems unnecessary. Still the characters are appealing enough that I do want to find out what happens to them.

Last week I finished All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders. I'll be writing a book review of this one for Books & Culture, so I'm not going to say anything about it yet.

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