Reading List Update

49. My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman
50. Which Brings Me to You: A Novel in Confessions by Steve Almond & Julianna Baggott

You can get the plotline for Lipman's story by clicking on the link. It was a very fast, interesting read.

Which Brings Me to You had a fascinating premise that roped me in. It's written as a set of letters back and forth between two strangers who meet at a wedding and live in different cities in different states. They mail letters back and forth, only telling each other about the past, never talking about the future, until they feel like they know each other completely. Then they meet in person again. The book sounded great, but didn't deliver like I'd hoped. I didn't realize how boring it would be to read only about the past, with no developing plotline or forward movement. Granted, they do meet in the end, but only for about 10 pages of the book. So I didn't love it. I mean, it was okay, I wouldn't burn it or anything, but I've read some really great stuff this year, and this book doesn't make my list of favorites, for sure.

Yikes, I'm still 10 books away from my goal, and only 1.5 more months in the year! It's not looking good.