Almost But Not Quite Satisfying

I feel like I’ve had a long period recently of reading books that were firmly located on the okay-to-meh end of the scale. Not bad books, just books that didn’t quite work for me. Then, after waiting for ages for a great book to come along, three came all at once. Well, four, if I’m completely accurate. This is a relief. Obviously I’ve had reading slumps before but rarely one that was quite as long.

I had one straight DNF – Small Miracles by Anne Booth, which was the book about nuns winning the lottery. When I heard the premise, ...