Monday Musings

Mondays-they just aren't ever easy unless you have them off or take them off in my case that would be a no. So we do our best, with lots of caffeine! And with me a great book podcast!

I recently discovered Diving In Podcast hosted by Laura & Virginia, they hail from Australia and have great taste in books. This past week's episode was on Twins - books with Twins. They made me even MORE excited to read The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (if you have not read The Mothers by her, wow!) but i have now put 2 other books on my list:

-Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - alright another confession, I try to stay away from anything doing with Shakespeare. I have my husband and good friend who have to constantly explain the meaning of his works except his sonnets. His plays are just not for me but how the girls described this book, its less about him and more about his family. His wife Agnes and then the twins, Hamnet and Judith. I knew his son dies at a young age but didn't know Hamlet sprung from that. So of course my middle name is tragedy, I am now interested!


-A Saint of Texas by Edmund White - about two twin girls, Yvette & Yvonne, living on a Texas prairie (giving me Giant the movie vibes) who drift apart pursuing different paths in life- one goes to Paris (that cover!) and one to Columbia. It doesn't seem like too plot heavy and can be read on those "i don't want to think" days.


Weekend Reading Updates:

-Finished How Much Of These Hills Are Gold - if you haven't seen my IG post. This was a 2/5 star for me-I listened to a podcast after I read it to see if I could gleam insight on something in the book I didn't fully grasp. It is suppose to be more artistic than a story that is set before you but like one IG book friend described it "she tried to hard to be Cormac McCarthy" who is the KING of Westerns period.

-still reading Wow, No Thank You & Gods of Jade and Shadow

-I have my local book club on Wednesday and have some really good suggestions for our next book!

Any book on your radar from podcasts? Let me know!!