Rarely do I give a talk or do a book signing where somebody doesn’t ask me who I like to read. Like most authors, I’m an omnivorous reader and always have been. Most recently I’ve read several excellent books.
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout. I’m still reading this and find the author paints word pictures of fairly ordinary people in her small town wonderfully. It goes to show that everybody is fascinating if you know enough about them.
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: by Jonathan Evison. This very satisfying story is a first-person account of a sensitive man in a sensitive situation. The writing is straightforward and reads quickly, the tale pulling you along very much like a private-eye novel, though this is not a mystery. Five stars. I enjoyed it immensely.
The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly. Connelly never disappoints and this was my second reading of The Fifth Witness. The book is at once complex and real enough and rich enough in texture to be true, though it’s fiction. I also have recently reread The Lincoln Lawyer, which may be Connelly’s best. I hate saying that, because they’re all so good.
More soon, including my favorite movie of the year.
. . .hey earl, thanks for the shout-out! . . . so glad you connecte with TRFoCG!
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