The randomness of the world

I know I am 5 years late to this but I read A Little Life last week and I am still thinking about it a lot.  My daughter was reading it for her book group over Christmas and since she mostly reads Buzzfeed quizzes and fan fiction (I am not knocking either of those things but I only post for contrast) I was surprised to see her with her nose stuck in a physical book of such length.  She was desperate for me to read it too so we could discuss.

I took it on the plane to Melbourne for a work day trip last week and by the time I got home had read 400 pages and was hooked.  The next day I read another 200 in the evening and polished it off on Wednesday night.  

I can understand why she was so desperate for me to read it.  You feel like you need a support group for all the trauma but despite that it is wonderfully uplifting and forensic on self loathing and anxiety.  I will be seeking out her other writing.

Last year I set myself a target of reading 50 books. I think I read 59 but GoodReads is weird in its counter so that may not be quite accurate, anyway, I surpassed the target any way you count it.  This year I am going for 75 but adding in that 25 of those need to be non fiction so I don't just fill it with detective fiction.

Comments

[Lisa]

I absolutely loved that book, especially the first 3/4 of it.

[ganching]

I've picked it up a few times in bookshops but for some reason didn't buy it. I think I might have it as my holiday book and then we can talk about it.