Last August was apparently such a hectic month I only finished TWO (!) books. I suppose what little time I had for reading went straight into preparing for the upcoming school year and helping First Son prepare for all those college applications.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson - link to my post (Kansas Dad's purchased copy)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - Like many others, I waited and waited and waited for another Susanna Clarke book after Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (which I read just after First Son was born through most of a night when I most certainly should have been sleeping). The writing and tone of Piranesi was beautiful and comforting, but I was so agitated by the mystery of Piranesi's past, I couldn't enjoy it. I think that was perhaps the point, which I recognized but failed to accomplish; Piranesi had a kind of acceptance I could not. (a copy Kansas Dad received as a gift)
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