I’m actually a little embarrassed that it has been a year since I did my last library loot. I am a child of libraries and have spoken about my love for them in the past but in the last year I’ve ended up buying more physical books and e-books. Hopefully I’ll be visiting my library a whole lot more this year and making it work for me.
On with this mini library loot as I only checked out two books this time and they are two very different books. I didn’t actually choose either of them because they are both book club picks – the fact that my library had both in stock when I went there after about a year is nothing short of serendipitous. So here we go!
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I’ve actually finished reading this one already – it only took a few days. I’d heard lots of good things about it and it was quite an easy read. Coming of age stories aren’t really my type of book so I felt like it was too long for my liking but the writing was done well and it is a beautiful story about a pair of Mexican-American teenage boys called Aristotle and you guessed it, Dante.
An American Marriage – Tayari Jones
The second book is An American Marriage which I know close to bought about bar that it is an award winning title. As the title and blur suggest, it’s about an African-American couple and how their marriage is affected when Roy, the husband is sent to and returns from prison on a wrongful charge. I’ve started reading it and I’m really liking the writing style. Plus this author is a WOC meaning that it checks one of my New Year’s Resolution requirements.
So that’s it, a mini loot this time around. Have you read these books? What did you think?
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