The Girls' Guide To Hunting and Fishing

I read Melissa Bank's The Wonder Spot a couple years ago and enjoyed it, so I picked up her first book, The Girls' Guide To Hunting and Fishing. Bank did not disappoint. I was in a bit of a reading slump--one of those times when everything you pick up seems bland and nothing grabs you. And though this book wasn't exceptionally exciting or interesting, I was hooked by the first page as I loved the character's voice. Thankfully that character, Jane Rosenal, is carried throughout the seven interconnected stories so the reader can follow her through her life as she navigates her way through relationships. Bank writes with humor and poignancy, with that ability to write about something that makes you shake your head even though you did or thought the same thing yourself before. I loved this book and am looking forward to when she comes out with another book, be it a novel or short story collection, either will suffice.