DMPL Book Chat discussion

See which books staff read for this challenge below. If you've completed this challenge, let us know which book you read and what you thought about it! Also, don't forget to register for the 2023 Reading Challenge at dmpl.org/readingchallenge.

I read The Maid by Nita Prose. I feel a bit like I spoiled it knowing that Florence Pugh is being cast for the movie as she was all I could picture. BUT, I will add that I feel she is well-cast! All-in-all, a bit predictable in a way that left me wanting more but kept my interest enough that I'll see the movie.

I read “Boys Come First” by Aaron Foley. It was a lot of fun!

Just finished The Reading List. It isn’t a life changing book, but I found the characters lovable and the story sweet.

I ready "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt. Really pleasant and satisfying story! The premise is there are people working at an aquarium in a town outside Seattle, which houses an incredibly intelligent octopus. Chapters alternate focus between characters, including the octopus (who was probably my favorite). The octopus is super observant and smart, and he starts to realize things about the employees and circumstances that the poor, daft humans don't even realize. So he tries to meddle in their lives to get everybody on the same page. Part cute story, part mystery (the octopus doesn't give away his realizations or schemes right away!), part love letter to the Pacific Northwest. Had the feel of "Big Little Lies" but if one of the characters had been a super-intelligent cephalopod.