The Sunday Post #244

 

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The Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.

 

 

The Sunday Post #244

 

 

On The Blog Last Week

 

• On Tuesday I shared my favorite quotes from Fredrik Backman books.
• On Saturday I wrapped up September.

 

 

On The Blog This Week

 

• On Tuesday I recommend some books for fall.
• On Wednesday I show you my most-anticipated October book releases.

 

 

 

 

In My Reading Life

 

I encountered an excellent problem last week. I started reading two books and loved them both so much that I couldn’t decide which one to pick up. I wanted to be reading both at the same time!

The book I ended up reading most often was Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie. I guess it’s a retelling of Antigone? I don’t know that story, and I didn’t know Home Fire was a retelling until I got to the author note. It’s about 3 British Muslim siblings. The brother runs away to become a jihadist like their father, but then he changes his mind and wants to come home. Unfortunately, it’s not simple to escape from a terrorist group and re-enter the UK without serious legal trouble. While he’s running for his life, his two sisters befriend the son of a politician. Do the sisters actually care about the son, or are they just using him to get their brother home?

I have to admit that I had a hard time getting into the book. The beginning is very focused on college life and casual sex, and I just didn’t care. After about 50 pages, the story shifts to family drama. Then I was hooked.

The relationships are spectacularly complicated. You can’t trust anybody’s motives. The characters seem honest, but are they? Who are they most loyal to? They get themselves into giant messes. There’s causal racism and hypocrisy. Then the end . . . I did not see that coming. I couldn’t put the book down because I needed to know how all the problems would be solved. They’re solved in the most shocking way possible. If you enjoy literary fiction about complicated families, add this book to your list.

The other book I’m reading and loving is Beasts Of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang. It’s quite bizarre. It’s about a man who thinks his pet pig can stop tornados and hurricanes. I have no idea where this story is going, but I’m excited to find out.

 

 

In The Rest Of My Life

 

Five things that made me happy last week:

 

1. I had an excellent reading week, even though I only finished 1 book.
2. Hockey! Congrats to the Lightning for winning the whole thing. Now that hockey is over, I don’t know what to do with my life.
3. I have now done yoga every single day for 8 months. I’m still terrible at it. If I do yoga for a year, do you think I’ll be able to do crow pose? I have doubts.
4. Fried chicken and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I cheated on my diet and have zero regrets.
5. I spent a whole day deep cleaning my bedroom, TV room, and bathroom. I hate cleaning, but I hate dog hair even more. It’s still mostly hair free in here!

 

 

 

 

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Take care of yourselves and be kind to each other! See you around the blogosphere!