GIRL READING

Girl Reading by Katie Ward -  The title and cover art held such promise!  The concept is delicious!  But the book.  Eh.  Girl Reading is a group of stories ascending through time.  Each story is about artists and subjects and their relationships.  A couple of the stories are magical, and a couple of them are so good that I am glad that I read the book.  What didn't work for me was the author's style.  She writes in the present tense with a sparseness that I found to be impersonal considering how personal the stories were.  She's also spare with punctuation, which makes the reader work even harder when conversations occur between the characters.  One gets used to the style, but it interferes with the stories.  So, yes, read it, and let me know what you think.  And if you're so inclined, Google Image search the words girl reading and enjoy a beautiful experience of art and reading coming together all over the world and throughout time. 

Bronze Sculpture by Dennis Smith