I am adding this to the list even though I did not finish it. I think I'm just not an Ann Patchett kind of gal even though she writes the type of fiction I normally like and I admire that she owns an independent bookstore. But I find her books really slow and hard to get into. Bel Canto? People raved about it and I just thought it was ok. It was slow. The Dutch House? read it recently for book club. Good writing, good characters, but the story line was so subtle and it was so slow. This one I can also tell that the writing is good, the characters so far I like, but I just can't get into the story. It is so slow. 3 days later and I can only read one chapter a night before I'm falling asleep. There is no spark there to grab me. So I'm putting it down about 100 pages in.
