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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost done [b]The Sentence by Louise Erdrich[/b].  I like it -- but also took a long break in the middle so it can't have been [i]that [/i]compelling. I've enjoyed the odd slice of native american life it explores; and how it processes recent events, pandemic, BLM protests, etc.

Reading the Secret Book of Flora Lee, by Patti Callahan Henry, and love it; already trying to slow myself down so as to not finish it too quickly.  But it pushes all my buttons--English countryside/shire, escapes into imagination, myth, bookstores & booksellers--so perhaps it will not be so universally appealing![/quote]

I loved The Round House and have been meaning to read other books by her so thanks![/quote]

And I'm intrigued by Erdrich & was wondering which of hers to turn to next, so thanks for the suggestion! (And if there are any others from her works that folks would recommend, I'm all ears.)

To report back on Flora Lee, I really enjoyed it but was a little let down by the ending which... (POSSIBLE SPOILER... ...?) 
...felt a little too tied up in a bow. Still, it probably is my pick for feel-good book of the year.

Currently 75% through reading On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Vuong). It is worthwhile, but I came in with very high hopes, and I am not sure how I feel about his very lyrical style. It is basically a book-long poem and I wonder if a different format (a memoir consisting of more distinct personal essays/poems?) may have worked better.  I am also terribly anxious about all the "main characters" and it feels sort of like holding your breath for the whole read (which, if it was his intention, I suppose was successfully executed!)[/quote]

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