I love Book Riot’s Inbox/Outbox feature, so I thought I’d do my own weekly end notes of books I’ve started and books I’ve finished. A quick inventory of my revolving bookshelf.
Let’s Begin:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
“Started” is a dishonest descriptor. “Started…again” is probably better. I’ve had this book on my reading queue since I picked it up at the Tattered Cover in March. It was one of the biggest books of 2013, and it felt like once a week someone eagerly asked me if I had read it yet.
Almost 8 months later my answer is…Well, no. Not yet. But I’m giving it another go. I’m intrigued by all of the buzz around it: winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, named one of the New York Times Book Review’s best books of 2013, and it was wildly praised by pretty much every person that I know and several other major trade publications. I’m trying to read more ‘literary fiction’ and up my reading game. Here’s hoping.
Shelf Assurance 