4 - This is the story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett
WHY I PICKED IT: I read everything by Ann Patchett
ELAPSED TIME: 9 days
RATING: Good
This collection of essays is almost a memoir. Almost, because there is other stuff too (want to know how to be a writer? write!) and also because it doesn't follow a standard narrative, rather it weaves various topics together that only just brings it to the title at the end... The essay of how she and her husband got together is good, that it is followed by an essay about her and her dog and ends with one about her friendship with a nun is fantastic.
What keeps this book from being Very Good is that the first few essays were more of a grind. A better way to frame it is to reverse the question: What keeps this book from being Meh is that the final few essays were truly a joy to read.
(as an aside, I LOVE that she started her own independent bookstore; I now want to do the same!).
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
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