I sometimes say to my children when they are telling me about their woes, “Oh, the world.”
In the midst of this unsettling time, I find myself saying “oh, the world” to myself more and more. The beautiful world, so interconnected and vibrant and interesting, is now on hold at best, in grief, at worst.
Reading can only soothe us so far. And yet, if we are reading something something really engaging, we can actually feel better and more connected. This past quarter, bookclique bloggers read some incredible books and wrote some incredible reviews. Check them out here:
Ellen Feldman, Paris Never Leaves You
Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here
Ann Klotz, Reading During a Pandemic
Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Valeria Luiselli, Lost Children Archive
Chanel Miller, Know My Name
Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea
Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth
Yoko Ogawa, Revenge
Richard Powers, The Overstory
Ian Williams, Reproduction
Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here
