What Fiction are you reading this week, January 19, 2025?

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16. I was about 1/3 of the way into The Consequence of Anna by

Kate Birkin, when I finally just gave up on it. It was a nominee for Pulitzer Prize 2024, but I can't for the life of me see how. The author's unnecessary use of obscure, unusual words was a real hindrance to the flow of the story. One amazon.com review listed a few such instances:

Some examples of her writing style. Some of you might need your dictionary/thesaurus handy.

“They stood there in silence, endeavoring to stimulate their cerebral cogitations in the face of the insoluble emotional quandary.”

“His tone and demeanor inimical admiring the pulchritudinous scenery.”” '

Her corybantic thoughts defenestrated from the past . . .

She was abashed at her quondam social artifice . . .

the health and welfare of my mercurial cousin is impuissance.

Don't know where I'm headed now, but will definitely not be returning to that book. I'm glad to see that others are having better luck with their book choices!