I’ve yet to read more of Kingsolver’s works, but I know enough from the two I’ve read that this woman is a magnificent storyteller.īut, I suppose everyone has an off day. Apart from making me terrified of ever owning a banana tree and of fire ant attacks, this novel is epic. The Bean Trees let me know there was a wonderful world of books beyond the token classics and pop-culture novels of my youth, and I couldn’t wait to explore the previously unknown genre of “Contemporary Fiction.”Īnd, The Poisonwood Bible. Prior to that, I had mostly read Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins, with the occasional Jane Eyre or To Kill A Mockingbird thrown into the mix. The Bean Trees was eye-opening for me when I read it the summer before high school. She’s a legend who writes some damn fine novels. On the plus side, that TBR pile that looked so intimidating just a week ago is now looking pretty darn manageable.īut, I mean…BARBARA KINGSOLVER.
To add yet another title to my Did Not Finish tally, and to have it be the third time I’ve had to do this in about a month.
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