I started the second book and Welty’s short stories are just not my thing at this point in my life. Her early works at least. Planning to take some time off and visit her later works to see if it’s the style or me.

I just couldn’t find a way to engage with any of the characters. I felt it took a long time for the stories to get to the conflict. It was all just word soup to me; after reading 6 pages, I would stop and realize I didn’t recall anything that had happened.