Oh my goodness--my previous yearly reading record is 155--I am so going to beat that!!
Ann Patchett's Run
This has been getting mediocre reviews, which I think is undeserved--of course everyone is comparing it to Bel Canto, which really isn't fair, because it's not that epic sort of a story. It's much more comparable to Patchett's earlier, maybe more character-driven works. Anyway, it's about the two adopted (black) sons of a former (white) politician, and what happens when one of them is saved from being hit by a car. I really liked this, barring one identity twist that I don't think the novel needed. Patchett really has a gift for characterization and this novel's sympathetic family is no exception. A-.
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