i am behind
two books from last month.... see, i am behind.
having so much summer fun, i just have not sat down to blog all about it.
shocking!!
the dew breaker.
by edwidge danticat
she uses the history of haiti and immigration to new york as the backdrop for this collection of vignettes that are all tied together. it is like reading eight short stories that are all linked together.... there was only one that i was thoroughly confused on how it connected. this is where i am thankful for my book club to enlighten me.... and help me appreciate a good haiitan fish cake. i think part of why i loved this book is the connection to my own neighborhood of brooklyn. the streets i walk, the neighbors i pass, could all have been part of this story.....
strides: running through history with an unlikely athlete.
by benjamin cheever.
okay.... i am a nerd.
i am also on a reading about running kick.
cheever sort of goes through the history of running. but i can't say it is complete or thorough. it is interesting and his writing can be down right funny at times.
there are fascinating ancedotes, like the first woman to run the boston marathon was told she should not because it might collapse her uterus. huh?! really?!
anyway.... not great literature, but a fun read.
having so much summer fun, i just have not sat down to blog all about it.
shocking!!
the dew breaker.by edwidge danticat
she uses the history of haiti and immigration to new york as the backdrop for this collection of vignettes that are all tied together. it is like reading eight short stories that are all linked together.... there was only one that i was thoroughly confused on how it connected. this is where i am thankful for my book club to enlighten me.... and help me appreciate a good haiitan fish cake. i think part of why i loved this book is the connection to my own neighborhood of brooklyn. the streets i walk, the neighbors i pass, could all have been part of this story.....
strides: running through history with an unlikely athlete.by benjamin cheever.
okay.... i am a nerd.
i am also on a reading about running kick.
cheever sort of goes through the history of running. but i can't say it is complete or thorough. it is interesting and his writing can be down right funny at times.
there are fascinating ancedotes, like the first woman to run the boston marathon was told she should not because it might collapse her uterus. huh?! really?!
anyway.... not great literature, but a fun read.
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