Lingering Challenge Wrap-Up

[kalloway]

How did it go?

Did you finish something from days gone by?

Or did you get distracted by a new shiny?

Either way, I hope you're having a lovely new year!

Comments

[kalloway]

I finally read Ron Hansen's 'Nebraska' and hated it. After hating the entire thing, I found a note in the back from my mother's (now deceased) best friend with her thoughts on it. And maybe that's why my mother wanted me to read it? I don't know. But I returned it to my mother, made sure she saw the note, and now it's finally gone from my shelf.

Also worked on a book about cemeteries that I received for Xmas, and some freebie ebooks that I don't want to have lingering.

Happy New Year!

[fred_mouse]

Yay for getting the book read and gone!

[kalloway]

Yes. It was on the shelf for like three or four years and now it's finally gone. \o/

[fred_mouse]

*\o/*

[impala_chick]

Still reading the same book I wanted to finish by the end of the year! But it's getting really good, so I bet I'll read the ending much more quickly.

[fred_mouse]

Progress for the win!

[impala_chick]

Thanks :) I finally finished it!

[fred_mouse]

Congrats!

[kalloway]

That's still something! Hope you've gotten farther/finished~!

[impala_chick]

I finished!! :D

[kalloway]

\o/ Fantastic!

[fred_mouse]

I concluded that I am in entirely the wrong headspace to read about a girl child dealing with the complexities of fighting for their place against a person in power, and put the Keladry quartet aside. Instead, I looked at the pile of books that I'd read a bit of and put aside for 'later' and read Far from the light of heaven by Tade Thompson. So, yes, a lingering book, but not the one I was planning. I can't say I enjoyed it, but I'm glad I've read it.

[kalloway]

Congrats on reading a book, even if it's not what you intended! (And also yay for self-care and knowing not to force yourself.)

[fred_mouse]

Thanks! And yeah, I'm finding myself less and less able to deal with reading about plucky younglings dealing with systematic discrimination/bigotry, regardless of context. Stories about plucky underdogs have their value, but I need my escapist fiction to be more escapist.