August 2016

I read:

Thoughts:

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund: Review to come closer to publication date.

True Crime by Chloe Hooper: I’m not sure I understood what happened in this book.

Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga: Review to come closer to publication date.

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel: Right after Tesfa and I read this book, we found a wasp nest and Tesfa got stung. Coincidence?

Life As I Blow It by Sarah Coronna: Proving once again that other people’s drunk exploits are as boring as fuck.

Sweetland by Michael Crummey: So dour. Exactly what everyone thinks of when they think of heavy Can-lit. Not that Sweetland is bad or anything: there just isn’t even a glimmer of hope for most of the novel.

Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton: Reviewed earlier this month.

Bread and Butter #1 by Liz Mayorga: Review to come closer to publication date.



Favourite book:

I would have said:

except that the ending went all f34908dfjlv, although really how was one supposed to write out of that? But the ending let me down, so I’ll say:

instead.



Most promising book on my wishlist:



I watched:



I wrote:

Faeries.