![The Nickel Boys: A Novel by [Whitehead, Colson]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41cFc108RGL.jpg)
It’s so, so, so good. But it’s also heartbreaking. Colson Whitehead is a writing master.
Category: Currently Reading
Currently Reading: The Killer You Know
I’m on full-on summer reading mode, which means I binge on psychological thrillers.
I’m currently reading The Killer You Know by S.R. Masters. It’s sufficiently plot-twisty with an original story line, which is saying a lot. When you read a lot of thrillers, they start to blend together. I particularly like the shifting narrators and time periods in this one.
From the publisher:
“What if your childhood friend turned out to be a serial killer? After fifteen years apart, a group of friends discover that one of them might be resurrecting a game from their past. This time with deadly consequences.”
Vacation!
Travel time means book time. Here’s what’s going in my travel bag:
Reading Next
This one has come highly recommended by one of my trustworthy reader friends. It’s a novel, but I am hoping it is also a how-to guide.
Currently Reading
This is a wonderfully creepy thriller about a family in Dublin with a really big secret–so big it’s buried in the back garden.
Currently Reading
Open Your Eyes by Paula Daly
Amazon says: “A surprising and gripping thriller of pride, ambition, and envy, Open Your Eyes is an unsettling whodunit about the illusions of a perfect marriage that confirms Paula Daly as a writer at the forefront of domestic suspense.”
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![The Kinship of Secrets by [Kim, Eugenia]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XabnfXymL.jpg)
Reading While Sick
I’ve been sick for what seems to be the last decade, but a calendar suggests it’s only been about eight days. Nevertheless, illness has been cramping my style. For a while, I was too miserable to even read, which is a new low for me.
(You know how when you go to the doctor and she asks you to rate your pain based on a set of faces ranging from happy to grumpy? The lowest one should just be a book with an x through it. That’s my low.)
Anyway, I’m kind of back, and I started reading again last night. I’m re-reading an old favorite for a directed studies group I’m leading. After all these years, I still adore Catcher in the Rye.
What about you: Love it or hate it?
Currently Reading
I’m currently reading two things:
First, a stack of student papers fifty-three miles high. I’m counting the days until I’m done with those–not because they are bad but because I’m just ready to let my brain have a break.
Between papers, I’m reading John Boyne’s newest book, A Ladder to the Sky. It’s everything I hoped it would be. It may end up being my favorite book of the year. I can’t wait to get back to it.
Christine Seifert 