Oddly enough, I really find reading a
short story collection slows down my reading habit. It’s not that I didn’t
devour (and totally love!) Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery and Other Stories, just that hopping in and out of
storyworlds means it’s a little harder to plunge into a whole new one once it’s
finished.
I ended up following the taut horror
of Jackson’s stories with the totally wonderful This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. It’s a gorgeous
coming of age story that deals with shifting friendships and mental illness
very tenderly.
I finished up the month with Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik which I’m
really still making my mind up on. It’s an engaging and compelling story, and
Anolik is an interesting writer, but I can’t help but feel with a few changes
it could’ve made a terrific YA novel instead of this adult crime novel it
currently sits at.
So yeah, a quiet few weeks of
reading! How about you? What did you read in April?
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