Reading

Today a recommendation for the best book I have read this year: The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

This is probably the hardest book I have ever read--in terms of content. It has some horridly difficult and painful themes. But there is something so stunning and achingly beautiful in this book. I can't say any more about it (and usually I can can go on and on about a book I like).

I read it back to back twice. And it stayed with me for weeks. It is not the kind of book I will run to reread on a dark, winter day--it is not the cozy comforting book you reach out for over and over again. But I will read it again.