{"id":3894,"date":"2018-08-17T11:32:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2018-11-11T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T20:31:33","slug":"judy-informs-us-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/judy-informs-us-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Judy Informs Us Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Judy Kennedy: &nbsp;Here&#8217;s what one of our favorite authors, Chris Bohjalian, has been reading this summer.&nbsp; Thought some of you might be interested in his choices.&nbsp; By the way, his new novel, The Flight Attendant, is one of his best &#8212; and very timely, since it&#8217;s about Russian spying, not flying! &nbsp;<\/em>Thanks, Judy<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\">Some of you have asked what I\u2019ve been reading this summer \u2013 before the summer comes to an end.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #003300\">In alphabetical order, here are some of my favorites. I can recommend them all with unfettered enthusiasm:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Cristina Alger, <em>The Banker\u2019s Wife<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Jennifer Egan, <em>Manhattan Beach<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Megan Maclean Weir, <em>The Book of Essie<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Stephen King, <em>The Outsider<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Ann Mah, <em>The Lost Vintage<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Paula McLain, <em>Love and Ruins<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Viet Thanh Nguyen, <em>The Sympathizer<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\">I\u2019m currently reading (and loving):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Megan Abbot, <em>Give Me Your Hand<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300\">Jodi Picoult, <em>A Spark of Light<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note<\/em>:<em> &nbsp;Another Louise Penny from Mette Lian on 11\/11\/18: &nbsp;&#8220;<\/em><strong>Kingdom of the Blind<\/strong><em>&#8220;. &nbsp;I guess I&#8217;m going to have to start with her first book and get reading! &nbsp;I&#8217;m busy reading &#8220;Sapiens&#8221; which is both astonishing and fascinating. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Judy Kennedy: &nbsp;Here&#8217;s what one of our favorite authors, Chris Bohjalian, has been reading this summer.&nbsp; Thought some of you might be interested in his choices.&nbsp; By the way, his new novel, The Flight Attendant, is one of his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/judy-informs-us-again\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25014],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-reads"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}