Today is Labor Day in the United States. I hope you have time off from work, as it should be, and get in some reading time.
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it.
It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and more.
Emma, Martha, and I also will share our picks from everyone’s links in the new feature Books that Caught Our Eye. We hope you’ll join us.
Here’s what I received:
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, narrated by Joseph Balderrama, purchased from Audible for my next book club pick at work.
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans – though no one calls them that anymore.
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition”. Now, eating human meat – “special meat” – is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.
Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost – and what might still be saved.
What did you receive?
Oh wow, sounds great, enjoy!
Thanks.
Oh my goodness! Shades of Soylent Green. I hope you find it … interesting.
Happy (?) Reading!
Thanks. I had heard about this book, but haven’t read it. My work book club is picking some diverse reading for me this year.