Comments on: Reckless and The Lightkeeper’s Daughters

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:58:55 +0000

In reply to Jillann. Hi Jillann, thanks for stopping by! I agree with you. Yeah luckily I thought the 2nd section is where she had her best storytelling & flow but then at the end it got a little too crazy for me. I did like the whole setting and such. It did get a lot of high reviews on Goodreads but I think I gave it 3.5 stars. Did you get to the Kingston Book festival this year? We have our book festival here soon.

By: Jillann

Jillann — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:57:16 +0000

I just started reading The Lightkeeper’s Daughters and my first reaction is that I’m finding the beginning very choppy. I’ve just started the second section which has a better flow. I’m thought I would like it more considering all the buzz. Jillann

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:22:36 +0000

In reply to Kate @ Parchment Girl. Hi Kate, yeah I agree I think George Saunders will likely win the Booker; I'm midway into the book at the moment; we'll see. I'm eager to get to the Wolves novel, which looks quite good. Happy reading!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:17:35 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Hi Jane, thanks fall is a nice time of year here. I'm getting to Bardo this week and have a copy of History of Wolves from the library. It'll be nice to hear what you think of them too. Enjoy your reads!

By: Kate @ Parchment Girl

Kate @ Parchment Girl — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:50:29 +0000

I’ve had a copy of History of Wolves on my review stack since January and I still haven’t gotten to it. But I need to read it soon. I am really curious about it. I think Lincoln in the Bardo will probably win. The premise is really brilliant and it’s quite funny, though as a whole it fell flat for me. Exit West too, unfortunately.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:30:10 +0000

I’ve started paying attention to award lists and plan to read The Leavers and Lincoln in the Bardo yet this year. History of Wolves is also appealing as is The Light Keeper’s Daughter.

I think I would find a Reader’s Digest version of Reckless interesting, but reading the whole book might wear thin.

Happy Fall!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:06:07 +0000

In reply to Naomi.

Thanks Naomi. Yes I recall your lovely photo of the lighthouse on your trip — so perhaps you should read the Lightkeeper’s novel! I think I preferred The Light Between the Oceans, which also is set at a lighthouse; that one off Australia. Still I loved the settings of both. I’m reading Cusk’s novel Outline now so I will see what I think. I would love to get to History of Wolves soon. Enjoy your Giller reading list!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:51:47 +0000

In reply to Judy Krueger. Thanks Judy, that's wonderful. I will do! Great.

By: Judy Krueger

Judy Krueger — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:15:03 +0000

In reply to Susan Wright. You can listen to all my songs on CDBaby.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:14:22 +0000

The photo at the top of your post is beautiful!

I hope you do get to read Outline and Transit – I’ll be curious to know what you think. I wonder if they are very different from one another… maybe I’ll like Transit more than I liked Outline.

So many fun lists! I would love to read History of Wolves, and I’m also curious about Elmet.

I’m usually drawn to books about lighthouses, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I eventually read this one. Not right now, though – too many in line!