I may not blog otherwise, but by golly am I good at remembering it’s Wednesday.
What are you currently reading? Nothing. Strangely, this is not the first time recently I’ve found myself unaccountably between books of a Wednesday. Which makes for a boring post. Sorry.
What did you recently finish reading? Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus. This mystery is translated from the German, in which language the author is a bestseller. Eleven years ago in the town of Altenheim, there was a double murder of two teenage girls whose bodies were never found. Just released from prison after serving the maximum sentence for the crimes, Tobias still cannot remember what happened that night after the fair. As the police force slowly uncovers layers of hatred and duplicity in the town, Tobias meets another young woman who looks just like one of the murdered girls, the one they called “Snow White.”
What do you think you’ll read next? The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. I intended to begin reading this book during my lunch break today, but my boss took the office out for lunch instead, so I didn’t get a chance. (Between free food and an hour of reading, I’m honestly not sure which I would have preferred. No, I am sure, and if you know me, you’re sure too.) However, this evening I also picked up three books on reserve for me at the library, so my resolve might waver in favor of the new short story collection by Karen Russell, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. I didn’t care for Russell’s novel Swamplandia! but greatly enjoyed her first short story collection, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.
Audiobook update. Finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and began The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Despite its being read by a female–I prefer to listen to male readers–I am enjoying the first disc. I read the novel only once in…was it really February 2011? Two years exactly. So that must be why the story feels fresh to me.
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