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There are certain times when it is appropriate to drop everything you are supposed to be doing and get into bed with your new book.

Sometimes I like to pick up a book with the intention of understanding why people like it so much, a way to connect with others and be a part of the species. But I'm worried this one may turn my stomach, and I'm prepared to take it in small doses with heavy respites into other, murkier stories.

I came at this tome worried it would be a chore to finish. My big summer project. But, no - Freedom is sheer delight, and I'm blowing through it rapidly. Finish tomorrow or Tuesday.

While finishing the plaintive, sweet, nostalgic Gilead, I decided it was a good time to read, as a way to offset the treacle, the trashiest and goriest novel in my possession, complete with a severed head on the cover.

Featured as one of the novels in the "Great American Read," I'm going to give this one a look.

I wanted to read another book this summer from the author of The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai!

Which of these 100 novels on the "Great American Reads" list is your fave? Which would you rather poke your eyes out than have to sit through?

https://www.pbs.org/the-great-america...

Super-interesting and well written so far. I'm very glad I discovered this delicious dual bio.