a gate at the stairs
Inspired by Real Simple’s No Obligation Book Club pick from a couple of month’s ago, I put A Gate at the Stairs on hold at the library at the end of the year, and a couple of weeks ago I received a call that it was available to pick up. It sat on my coffee table for a while, fighting with the TV for my attention. Last week, when I was feeling particularly blue, I decided to take a bubble bath. Since I can’t watch TV in the bathroom (can you?), it was the perfect opportunity to crack open Lorrie Moore’s book.
It took a short while to get into A Gate at the Stairs, but once I did, I read it in less than two days. The author’s style was a bit too lyrical for my taste – some of her descriptions went on and on – but the story was interesting and the main character’s perspective on the people and events surrounding her was compelling.
To read a review of A Gate at the Stairs, click here.
What are you reading?
Just finished Tim O’Brien’s In the Lake of the Woods- wouldn’t necessarily recommend it, but it wasn’t horrible. Also reading David Hume’s Nature of Religion for the umpteenth time- a deceivingly thin book. About to begin The Devil in the White City.
I like to read!
I loved Devil in the White City. A really great non-fiction book. I just finished A.S. Byatt’s The Children’s Book and a book called The Northern Clemency. (we had a TON of snow). I would recommend both of those.