TBR Jar Fail
My last pick from the jar was “A Bloodsmoor Romance” by Joyce Carol Oates. Already when I first picked it I had some reservations. It is about 5 sisters in a Victorian style setting, and apparently these sisters are very sexual and impulsive to the great embarrassment of their surroundings. I felt like this could go either way for me, and when I got it home from the library it turned out to be MASSIVE! So it lingered on my shelves until it was time to return it, and I decided to just give it up and pick a new book. So I picked out “Goodnight Nobody” by Jennifer Weiner, a murder-mystery set in surbubia, starring Kate, a mother who is not quite settling in with the other moms at the playground. I read the first chapter or so of this, and it did absolutely nothing for me. I’ve enjoyed Weiner’s books before, although I have to admit I find them of the enjoyable-but-forgettable variety, but I just wasn’t in the mood for this one. So I DNF’ed it and promptly returned it to the l...