Books Read in April

 Books Read: 

1. How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key (Memoir/Library/Book Club)
2. Cold Crematorium by Jozsef Debreczeni (Non-Fiction/Library)
3. Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by (YA Fiction/Borrowed)
4. Search by Michelle Huneven (Fiction/Library/Book Club)
5. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (Romance/Library)
6. By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle (NonFiction/Library/Book Club)

Books Read in March

 Books Read:

1.  Good Material  by Dolly Alderton (Fiction/Library)
2. The Lost and the Found by Kevin Fagan (Non-Fiction/Library)
3. Parachutes by Kelly Yang (YA Ficiton/Borrowed)
4. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, Shanna Tan (Fiction/Library)
5. How to Read a Book by Monica Wood (Fiction/Library/Book Club)

Books Read in February

 Playing a lot of catch up!  I have been tracking my books in Goodreads but just haven't been able to keep things organized.  This year seems a bit more busy/overwhelming that past year - but it could be more an issue of focus and motivation than actual time!  

Whatever the case, here are the books I managed to finish in February:

1. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue (Fiction/Shelves)

2. The Mother by Yvette Edwards (Fiction/Library)

3. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (YA Fiction/Shelves)

4. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Science Fiction/Shelves)

5. The Racism of People Who Love You by Samira Mehta (Memoir/Library/Book Club)

6. Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance/Shelves)

7. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (Fiction/Library)

8. Darkness Visible by William Styron (Memoir/Library)

On to updating the next month!

Books Read in January

January always seems like the longest month.  It starts with a few days off, and some time for reading, and then it marks the return to school and work and lots of trying to catch up with everything.  I typically read a good number of books in January, so I was happy about how the month went on that front!

Books Read in January:

1. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (YA Sci-Fi/Borrowed)
2. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds (YA/Library)
3. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Mystery/Library)
4. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Mystery/Shelves/Book Club)
5. Weyward by Emilia Hart (Fiction/Library)
6. Playground by Richard Powers (Fiction/Book Club/Audio)
7. Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld (Fiction/Shelves)
8. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune (YA Fantasy/Shelves)

Looking forward to having some time off in February for the kids' school break to get some reading in!

Books Read in December

Closing out 2024!  I read about 20 fewer books this year than last, but I don't think it was a function of longer books or spending time doing more "living."  I have to admit that I was probably spending too much of that extra time on screens.  There are certainly things I do need to take more time for in 2025 - like meal prep and exercise, but I think I can/should be more mindful about the amount of time just scrolling in the evenings and mornings is taking up!  Let's see if I can make 2025 a little more productive - and a little less zombie!

And to close out the year, here are the books I read in December:

1. The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers (Romance/Library)
2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA Fiction/Library/Book Club)
3. Subtle Acts of Exclusion by Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran (Nonfiction/Library/Book Club)
4. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (Nonfiction/Audiobook)
5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Mystery/Library)
6. Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood (YA Romance/Shelves)
7. The Women by Kristin Hannah (Fiction/Shelves)

Here's to clearing more of my shelves in 2025!

Happy Reading,

Anne

Books Read in November

 

Books I read in November:

1. I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel (Non-Fiction/Library)
2. Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (Fiction/Borrowed)
3. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Short Stories/Library/Audio)
4. All Fours by Miranda July (Fiction/Library)
5. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (Short Stories/Library)
6. Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior (Romance/Shelves)
7. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir (YA Fiction/Library)
8. The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Anthology/Library)
9. The Mystery Guest  by Nita Prose (Thriller/Library)
10. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (YA Fiction/Library)

With 73 books read so far in 2024, I won't read the 100 books I did last year ,but I'm looking forward to finishing out the year strong.

October Review and Ten Before the End!

 

Books Read in October

1. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout by Cal Newport (Self-Help/Library)
2. The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley (Fiction/Library)
3. Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann (Fiction/Library)
4. The Housemaid is Watching (Thriller/Library)

Ten Before the End: I have read 60 books so far this year.  I read some thing where people are trying to read 10 more books before the end of the year, so I thought I might as well jump in and get organized!

1. I'd Rather be Reading by Anne Bogel (Non-Fiction/Library)
2. Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan (Romance/Borrowed)
3. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Short Stories/Library)
4. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan (Short Stories/Library)
5. 1619 by Nikole Hannah Jones (Non-Fiction/Library/Book Club)
6. Not Even the Dead by Juan Gomez Barcena (Fiction/Library/Book Club)
7. Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA/Library/Book Club)
8. All Fours by Miranda July (Fiction/Library)
9. Weyward by Emilia Hart (Fiction/Library/Book Club)
10. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir (YA/Library)

Looking forward to closing out the year with lots of quiet reading time!