Hi Haze! Yes we corresponded over The Correspondent … lol. Many layers of correspondence with this one. And the letters made it a pretty quick read. I hope you are keeping up with school. Have a great week!

Hi Tracy — I’ve read the Woolf and Patchett novels. I had a bit of a hard time with Mrs. Dalloway but State of Wonder was a good one. Unusual. I’ll look to see your thoughts & reviews.
I think you’d like The Correspondent epistolary novel … it’s been popular and I just finished it. It’s a quick, easy, engaging read. I found it touching, & a tad sad.
I’m not sure what you will think of the Kitamura book … it’s a bit of a puzzle. Some people seem to like it, others not so much. But I will continue to read her.
Enjoy your week.

I think I read Reading Lolita in Tehran with my book club but I don’t see it on my blog, so it must have been pre-blog, before 2009? Hmm. I will need to reread it! It is a bit like another great book — Life & Death in Shanghai by Nien Change. Both are memoirs of strong women who got through terrible regimes in history. I need to revisit both.
Daddy-Long-Legs was a book that my mother read to me when I was young. About an orphan who keeps in touch with a benefactor. I think I liked it more as a kid but I listened to it on audio last year. Interesting YA book written in 1912!

Of the other two you reviewed, the one that sounds the most appealing is The Lion Women of Tehran. I have ordered a copy of Audition by Katie Kitamura.

I just finished reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, and before that I read State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Both of those were challenging reads for me but worth it in the end.

I have not read Reading Lolita in Tehran, but it’s been on my mental tbr list forever.

As far as novels composed of letters, I think I’ve read a lot. I’ll probalby include a list or collage of those after I read and review The Correspondent. BTW, I’ve never read Daddy-Long-Legs. Sounds intriguing! 🙂

Hi Wendy, I hope you get to The Lion Women of Tehran … I don’t know many bloggers who’ve read it, but it’s quite popular on Goodreads. And The Correspondent is a cute one … it flies by quickly. You’d like it.
Wishing you a great week as well!

Hi Rachel, I can relate to what you say about Taylor Jenkins Reid … I hated her tennis novel Carrie Soto Is Back, and I am a tennis player. I hated the character of Carrie Soto. But then this novel Atmosphere is much different … and I liked it much better. I think it’s a bit different than her others. I actually think you’d like it … but I wouldn’t return to her back list.
I’m not sure what you will think of Sandwich and Wreck …. it’s sort of hit & miss humor & family stuff. See what you think. I hope you have nice days ahead. Happy fall?!

So glad to hear Flesh is your favorite so far. I had heard a podcast where author Zadie Smith had talked the book (Flesh) up quite a bit, so that made me want to get to it. I am on a wait list for it at the library. I guess next week the Booker shortlist will come out. I am quite interested to see what will make it. But I think Flesh will & Sonia & Sunny. Keep going with the Booker list!