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MOLLY The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud "The concept of this book hooked me right from the start - Kamel Daoud has rewritten The Stranger, Camus' classic existentialist novel set in Algeria, from the perspective of the Arab victims. I'm just a few pages in, and already, Daoud lyrically delivers the critiques of colonialist literature … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
GREGORY Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler "According to Chandler, Los Angeles in 1940 was a very down and out town. Searching for a missing woman, Philip Marlowe strolls through a segregated city deflecting gangsters, drunks, and exhausted cops. This is a great portrait of depression-era LA where the drinks are rye, everyone wears cheap suits, … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
JENN G The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro "The Remains of the Day has been on my to-read list for a while--practically everyone I know has raved about it--so I finally picked it up the other day. Narrated by a mid-century British butler who is the very definition of the word restraint, the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
BETHANY Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson "I've been meaning to pick up this sci-fi classic for years, so I'm glad that Neal Stephenson's upcoming event inspired me to finally read it now. Although I'm probably not the ideal target audience (never having been into computers, car chases, OR graphic novels, which this was originally envisioned as), … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
SARAH H. Carsick by John Waters "It starts with wishful thinking, then moves to worst case scenarios. Somewhere in between lies the truth about the John Waters' hitchhiking journey. It's hilariously funny, outlandishly absurd, and downright disturbing (especially the part about the exploding goiter, ick). So basically, it's just like his movies!" You can … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
KAITLYN Sewing Basics: All You Need to Know About Machine and Hand Sewing by Sandra Bardwell "Not so fast, said the craft gods when I bought my first sewing machine thinking I'd have a designer knockoff finished in less than a month. I soon realized that sewing has its own, very particular ways and I was … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
ALTHEA Authority, Vol. 2 of The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer "I'm reading the Southern Reach Trilogy, by Jeff Vandermeer. I just started the second book in the trilogy, Authority, and I am about fifty pages in. These books should definitely be read as a trilogy. The first book sets the stage, and the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
STEVEN W. How To Sharpen Pencils by David Rees "David Rees has transformed the humdrum necessity of pencil sharpening into a genuine art-form to be celebrated alongside Monet's landscapes, Beethoven's Sonatas, and Sagan's cosmology. In How To Sharpen Pencils, he shares the joy of pure craftsmanship with the reader, effectively demonstrating the proper way to … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
ALTHEA The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins "Once again I find myself reading a genre I don't normally read- specifically, a mystery. I could not put this book down. I finished it in literally three days. It was like an even better and darker Gone Girl, but instead of exploring a relationship from the perspective … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
CINDY The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye "This chapter book is about Aref and his parents, who are about to move from Oman to Ann Arbor, Michigan. His grandfather takes him around town to do their favorite things together for the last time before he leaves. They go fishing, they sleep on the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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