PS I no longer participate in WWW.WEDNESDAY via that link because her blog won't accept Blogger comments. I mention this only to save you the frustration I experienced trying to link up.
1. What are you currently reading? Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli. I am a big fan of (some of) Liza's work. Her Emmy-winning special, Liza with a Z, is ridiculously rewatchable. But as a personality, she makes me uncomfortable. I do not connect to her emotionally. I find her too schmaltzy, too undignified, inauthentic ... Maybe I'm wrong about her. Let's see. Besides, I find Garland endlessly fascinating, and there's sure to be a shit-ton of Judy here.
2. What did you recently finish reading? The Last Coincidence by Robert Goldsborough. A young woman that Archie watched grow up – Noreen, the favorite niece of his long-time love, Lily Rowan – is raped. The word "rape" is never used, but that's obviously what happened. The girl refuses to press charges but Archie takes matters into his own hands and confronts her attacker. Pages later, the creep is found dead. Genius detective Nero Wolfe is persuaded to solve the murder.
I appreciated the discretion and sensitivity used when addressing the rape. I also appreciated the way Nero Wolfe treats Noreen. Wolfe has never been comfortable around women and sex is a mystery to him. But he doesn't approach her as broken, or a victim. He respects her as an adult and a client. As a survivor of sexual violence myself, I liked Wolfe for that.
3. What will you read next? I don't know, but I'm sure it will be non-fiction.
PS A note about The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. I'm not including it here because it's really more of a workbook than a book. Which is not to say I haven't found it helpful. I even downloaded the worksheets!
