The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter - Timothy Miller

I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. I didn't dislike it, but there was something about it that I just couldn't connect to for some reason. The story was interesting, the setting was interesting, I have no idea what the issue was. Sometimes I think that maybe I just wasn't in the mood and if I had been I would have loved it? Who knows. So if you're on the fence, definitely check it out. 

Hungry Ghosts - Kevin Jared Hosein

This book was well written and affecting but extremely bleak. Set in 1940s Trinidad, the book is full of characters that seem fully real, even as they are trapped in a system that seems to be set up to thwart them at every turn. It will definitely live in my mind for a long time. 

Sankofa - Chibundu Onuzo

This book club choice for April was a good one. I can absolutely sympathize with Anna, who wants to know more about the paternal side of her family as part of her own history has been kept from her. I can also understand the lengths a person can go to when the possibility of learning more is presented - and of feeling lost in the world, having no particular purpose. The book is well written and I enjoyed it.