Victoria, one of the things I like about you is that you’re not afraid to mention what intergalactically acclaimed books don’t do it for you. One of my favorite reasons to meet someone for dinner is to get to the book recommendation swapping portion. I’ll often say, “well everyone but me loves this best-selling novel, so you should probably give it a go.”
I’m also frothing at the mouth/ experiencing pre-dread for any conflicted feelings or fights I’ll pick with my husband after reading The American Ex-wife. I share your fondness for books about cults and religious extremism - my all-time favorite is Escape by Carolyn Jessop.
Endings are hard for me. Once I got a personalized rejection for a short story with the feedback, “We just wanted a little more from the main character at the end.”
So did I! Only I didn’t have any better ideas so I had to stick with the donut thing.
I thunk it’s okay to say I didn’t enjoy a book because I’m under no illusion that my opinion makes it a bad book. It’s obviously great for many other people. I’m just out here finding my tribe. :-)
I bought the audiobook of American Ex-wife, but haven’t been able to listen yet. I loved Escape by Carolyn Jessop.
Endings are just plain hard! In my WIP, I’ve changed mine three times.
If you do a roundup of your favorite religious extremism reads, I'm here for it! I also really liked Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots. The Netflix series was good, but the book blew me away.
Victoria, one of the things I like about you is that you’re not afraid to mention what intergalactically acclaimed books don’t do it for you. One of my favorite reasons to meet someone for dinner is to get to the book recommendation swapping portion. I’ll often say, “well everyone but me loves this best-selling novel, so you should probably give it a go.”
I’m also frothing at the mouth/ experiencing pre-dread for any conflicted feelings or fights I’ll pick with my husband after reading The American Ex-wife. I share your fondness for books about cults and religious extremism - my all-time favorite is Escape by Carolyn Jessop.
Endings are hard for me. Once I got a personalized rejection for a short story with the feedback, “We just wanted a little more from the main character at the end.”
So did I! Only I didn’t have any better ideas so I had to stick with the donut thing.
I thunk it’s okay to say I didn’t enjoy a book because I’m under no illusion that my opinion makes it a bad book. It’s obviously great for many other people. I’m just out here finding my tribe. :-)
I bought the audiobook of American Ex-wife, but haven’t been able to listen yet. I loved Escape by Carolyn Jessop.
Endings are just plain hard! In my WIP, I’ve changed mine three times.
Thanks for reading!
If you do a roundup of your favorite religious extremism reads, I'm here for it! I also really liked Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots. The Netflix series was good, but the book blew me away.
I need to watch that!