Still reading this one. If it wasn't for a book club discussion, I probably wouldn't be trying to finish this novel. I don't know if it's me or the book, but I'm just not feeling the story.
I did read a few graphic novels over the weekend. Those were really good. Check out my goodreads challenge page to see them!
Have a good week!!
Currently Reading:
Title: The Golem and the JinniAuthor: Helene Wecker
Date Started: June 10
Goodreads Summary:
In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
Check out my Goodreads 2019 Challenge to see what I've read this year.
Ugh nothing worse than reading something that you are not enjoying because you feel you have to. Telling your book club you couldn’t finish it is a perfectly valid point of discussion.
ReplyDeleteMy plan is to read as much as I can before the meeting...if I finish it, I finish it but I'm not trying to finish it before the meeting.
DeleteIt took me years to be comfortable with not finishing a book, but I'm finally in a place where I'm okay with giving up on a book.