This week, the National Election consumed my thoughts. As we waited to find out results, I was not in a head space to actually do much reading. This weekend, I was able to get away from the noise for a couple of days and dive into my latest read. I’m just glad to say that I have made a little progress and think I will get back on track next week.
What am I reading? I returned to My Library Shelf and picked up House Girl by Tara Conklin. I’m nearly 100 pages into it, so my knowledge of what the book is about is limited at the moment. What I do know is that it is two stories in one novel. Josephine is a house slave in confederate Virginia. Carolina is a modern-day lawyer in New York City who has been hired to try a case involving reparations. I anticipate that the two stories will intersect eventually, but I’ve not gotten there yet. Conklin’s writing is fine, I suppose. I have to decide if my struggles with getting drawn into the story is due to me or the novel itself. Still, I plan to keep plowing ahead and seeing what the book has in store in the week ahead.
Reading for Me 
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