Comments on: It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:01:32 +0000

In reply to Kristin. Isn't it wonderful?! I am not exaggerating to say it has kept me sane this year. Well, as sane as anyone can be these days.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:49:41 +0000

In reply to Catherine. Yes, it just didn't progress until the last 50 pages or so. The writing was evocative, but the characters just never caught on with me. But I finished and moved on to a great nonfiction book: The Book of Joy. I'm joyful just reading it!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:46:14 +0000

In reply to Tara. Complete agreement on Elvis! It was Lizzie who got to the point of bugging me.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:45:22 +0000

In reply to Kristin. Wow! I've not read it. What about it slows you down? Is it just not compelling? I've got to believe the writing is gorgeous but if the story is slow it would be a problem for me. You have to be in the mood for slow!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:37:47 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. I made it through, but was never really sure about the point.

By: Sarah's Book Shelves

Sarah's Book Shelves — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:09:02 +0000

I couldn’t get into No One is Coming to Save Us either….gave up early on. However, I did love Rabbit Cake 🙂

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:27:50 +0000

Of course both of these are on my list. I think I even have Rabbit Cake in ebook format. I might still give that one a go someday since I have it, but thanks for the insight and input. I think I’ll skip No One despite really liking the cover. 🙂

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:46:46 +0000

I’ve got an “it’s not you, it’s me” book right now. I’m sorry to say that it’s “Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison. According to Wikipedia, “This book won the National Books Critics Award, was chosen for Oprah Winfrey’s popular book club, and was cited by the Swedish Academy in awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1] In 1998, the Radcliffe Publishing Course named it the 25th best English-language novel of the 20th century.[2]” So why am I having SUCH a hard time finishing it?

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:16:49 +0000

I now remember seeing and hearing about No One Is Coming to Save Us and thinking I might want to add it to my list; I guess it’s a good thing that I never got around to it – ha! I did enjoy Rabbit Cake but, I have to admit, toward the end it did kind of veer into territory that seemed a little out of range for me. I loved Elvis SO MUCH, though, that I ended up rating pretty highly, if I remember correctly.