BOOKmarkable: adventures in reading. Explore the magical adventure and intimate journey of reading in fiction and non-fiction alike to amplify your reading enjoyment!
I will share my latest reading adventures and have conversations with other readers to learn about their great finds to help you find yours, with discussions and conversations about my (and your) latest, greatest reads.
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BOOKmarkable: adventures in reading. Explore the magical adventure and intimate journey of reading in fiction and non-fiction alike to amplify your reading enjoyment!
I will share my latest reading adventures and have conversations with other readers to learn about their great finds to help you find yours, with discussions and conversations about my (and your) latest, greatest reads.
This was such a fun conversation on a hot summer day with a deep dive into the lure of Irish writing, the need to prune what we read to find what's next (with Karen’s own special formula for choosing what to keep reading), and a bit of an examination of the joy of the reading experience.
Here are the books and authors we mention:
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John IrvingThe Diviners, Margaret LaurenceA Fine Balance, Rohinton MistryBecky Chambers (Sci Fi author)A Study for Obedience, by Sarah BernsteinFayne, by Anne-Marie MacDonald (loved in audio read by author)The God of Small Things, by Arundhati RoyThe Fraud by Zadie Smith
Irish writers and books:
Sally RooneyAnn EnrightTana French (mystery writer)Donal Ryan
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabeBrooklyn and Nora Webster, by Colm ToibinBina, by Ankara SchofieldA Ghost in the Throat, by Doireann Ní GhríofaApeirogon, by Colum McCannSmall things like these, by Claire KeeganSnow, by John BanvilleSoldier, Sailor, by Claire KilroyCheckout 19 and Pond, by Claire Louise Bennett Scottish writers and books:Robert Louis StevensonIan RankinMungo by Douglas Stuart
BOOKmarkable
BOOKmarkable: adventures in reading. Explore the magical adventure and intimate journey of reading in fiction and non-fiction alike to amplify your reading enjoyment!
I will share my latest reading adventures and have conversations with other readers to learn about their great finds to help you find yours, with discussions and conversations about my (and your) latest, greatest reads.
