What I'm reading Wednesday...

Thirty-second challenge finish of the year.

Though "Prompt #31 - Audio Book Has Multiple Narrators" seems to be a direction to listen to it as an audio book, I checked the list of rules, and as long as there is an audio version that has multiple narrators, it is allowed to read the the physical book.  I wasn't in the mood to listen, so I checked out the hard-cover book from the library.

I found it difficult getting used to the format the author used, of laying out the chapters in only quotes of the characters...as if the author/interviewer asked each of the characters about a particular event, and then transcribed all of their answers and grouped them on the page...prefaced only by the speaking character's name.  I may not be describing that well, but it took me over a hundred pages to get somewhat comfortable with it.  It was interesting seeing how the different characters each interpretted a memory from their own (and sometimes conflicting) viewpoint.

I did like it, but it was a little challenging.

Thirty-third challenge finish of the year.

When my friend, the other Kathleen, finds out I liked, no loved this one, she will not believe it.  Why?  Because I have told her so many times that I never want to read another book hyped as a literary award winner or finalist.  I might not have read it if it wasn't our book club's selection for July.  Generally I find award winners either really depressing, or too high brow to enjoy.  

This starts out with the characters of Huckleberry Finn and Jim hiding out on the Mississippi River, and it is a true adventure story.  Two or three events were far fetched, but probably no more so than Mark Twain's version. 

I could not put this down.  I read about a quarter of it in one evening, and then the next morning I picked it back up, and could not put it down until I got to the end.  At almost the end, another character said, "Who are you?"  By now,  James was seeming like such a super hero to me, that in my head I almost expected him to growl out, "I'm Batman!"  LOL   Now, this is in no way a super-hero story, but the character of James started out strong, and grows throughout the story, hence to me he almost seemed like a super-hero by the end.

Thirty-fourth challenge finish of the year.

I read the first book in this series in 2016, and this one has been on my Kindle almost that long.  So, I'm extremely happy to have finally gotten to it.  Very likeable characters (except for the villain), and easy reading escapism.