Book: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

[smittenbyu]

It's been a while since I read fiction...well, books really. Well, no. I have read some recently but they have all been related to parenting.

This one I came across through the book club started in one of the moms' group I joined. The Cutting Season by Attica Locke It's not a book I would have picked out on my own. I wouldn't have come across it in other circles I think. The storyline didn't seem all that intriguing. But it was a great read! It was a page turner and yet the tone was a leisurely tone set. Maybe to reflect the Southern culture. For a while although I was rooting for the main character, I didn't feel all that attached to her. She seemed rather detached and unlikable. Maybe it was the writing that was lacking. And yet I felt that is who she is. Not everyone is all passionate and animated.

I picked up the first book that Locke earned a lot of praise for, Black Water Rising. All courtesy the library eBook collection! It's nice to be using the Kindle after such a long time! I think it has been 3 years!

ETA: I forgot! I recently read Bossypants by Tina Fey! It's not fiction but it's not a parenting book either... kind of! Been meaning to write about it too!

Comments

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I'm guilty of reading more fiction than non-fiction, mostly fantasy, horror, short stories, and literary fiction. It's my form of escapism! :-) I did recently read a non-fiction book that I found fascinating: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet. I'd been puzzling why certain inventive cultures stopped being inventive, and finally I understand why.

[smittenbyu]

oh thanks for sharing! Sounds very interesting! :) will check it out!