It’s also a book about the different lives that people lead, often concealing private pain and anxiety, and of the unlikely bonds they forge. It’s a simple tale and, as the title suggests, it’s a book about books. Suffice to say, I was impressed by her dedication to the task - writing for an hour every morning before turning to her day job - and appreciative of how she framed the story. There’s a suggested reading schedule with each book club pick, but I finished this one well ahead of time, and then let things sit until I watched an online author talk on March 2 that gave me more insight into the origins of the novel and how Adams went about writing it.
I mention her background because it’s relevant to the characters, the setting and the story itself. “The Reading List” is the debut novel by Sara Nisha Adams, a London-based writer in her mid-20s who is of Indian and English heritage. I knew it made sense to get some recreational reading done first, and that’s why I zipped through an easy-to-read novel I discovered in January through the PSU Alumni Book Club, an online book club that I joined last year.
Sure enough, I was diving into a weekly mix of books, academic journals and magazine articles assigned for classes in political science and geography (more on those later this month). When the year began, I knew I’d soon be devoting a chunk of time to serious reading associated with two courses I planned to audit during the winter term at Portland State University.
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