Slightly different from my mid-year favorites, these are books I rated well, but did not make it onto my favorite list. Fiction Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri These short stories sat with me, and I remembered them well after reading them.  They had weight and sometimes inspired lots of thoughts.  I very much look… Continue reading Mid-Year Highly Rated Books

"This is so weird."  - Me, about 1,000 times while reading the first quarter of Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.  And it is.  So weird.  And the writing style definitely takes some getting used to.  (And also James is blunt with his writing.  I did not find it to be gratuitous, but I… Continue reading Mid-Year Favorites

I read zero of the books from my previous post.  *sigh*