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You Think It, I’ll Say It

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Thank you to the lovely people at Random House for my copy of You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld.  All thoughts and images are my own.

THE DETAILS:

Title: You Think It, I’ll Say It
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Genre: Short stories
Pub date: April 24, 2018
Read if you like: Her Body and Other Parties and snarky thoughts about the state of our society.

Morgan’s thoughts:

I have a confession to make: I have become a complete short story addict.  This collection is just another genius group of stories to add to the list of incredible collections I’ve read this year: Her Body and Other Parties and All the Names They Used for God.  You Think It, I’ll Say It takes a more realistic, less horrific approach, but is no less entrancing.   Continue reading →

Educated

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Thank you to the lovely people at Random House for my copy of Educated by Tara Westover.  All thoughts and images are my own.

The details:

Title: Educated
Author: Tara Westover
Genre: Memoir
Pub date: February 20, 2018
Read if you like: The Glass Castle and picking your jaw up off the floor after it has dropped multiple times.

Morgan’s thoughts:

This was a completely mind-blowing read.  I’m not sure what I expected, but this was not it.  I was shocked by the level of access Westover gives the reader into her past.  Her honesty is so compelling.  Once I got into the second half of this memoir, I found it nearly impossible to put down. Continue reading →

Asymmetry

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Thank you to the lovely people at Simon Books for my copy of Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday. All thoughts and images are my own.

Synopsis: (as told by the back of the book)

Alice, a young editor living in New York City during the early days of the Iraq War begins a surprising and tender affair with the famous older writer Ezra Blazer. Locked in a holding room at Heathrow Airport in late 2008, the practical economist Amar, raised in Brooklyn but on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is interrogated by immigration officials and reflects on his past. Years later still, a BBC journalist conducts an interview with Blazer about life, love, and legacy. How do these moments connect? How do these characters impact one another’s lives? Continue reading →