August Review & September Preview

 

Goal Books for August:

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese (Fiction/Book Club/Shelves)
2. Something New by Lucy Knisley (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Library)
3. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Library)
4. L'Appart by David Lebovitz (Memoir/Library)

Books Read in August:

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese (Fiction/Book Club/Shelves)
2. Something New by Lucy Knisley (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Library)
3. L'Appart by David Lebovitz (Memoir/Library)
4. Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (Fictin/Shelves)
5. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Fiction/Shelves)
6. Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Shelves)
7. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (Fiction/Shelves)
8. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (Fiction/Shelves)
9. The Way of the House Husband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono (Graphic Novel/Library)
10. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse W. Sutano (Mystery/Library)
11. Dear Ann by Bobbie Ann Mason (Fiction/Shelves)

Goal Books for September:

1. True Biz by Sara Novic (Fiction/Library)
2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Fiction/Shelves)
3. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Library)
4. The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland (Non-Fiction/Book Club)

July Review and August Preview

 

Goal Books for July:

1. Something New by Lucy Knisley (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Library)
2. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan (Fiction/Shelves)
4. Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier (Fiction/Shelves)

Books Read in July:

1. Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Fiction/Library)
2. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier (Fiction/Shelves)
4. Housekeeping v. The Dirt by Nick Hornby (Non-Fiction Essays/Shelves)
5. The Wonder Test by Michelle Richmond (Fiction/Shelves)
6. The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Shelves)

Goal Books for August:

1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergese (Fiction/Book Club/Shelves)
2. Something New by Lucy Knisley (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Library)
3. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Library)
4. L'Appart by David Lebovitz (Memoir/Library)

Happy Reading,

Anne

June Review and July Preview

The start of summer means it's time for a little reading competition.  Only one of my kids is interested in reading as a part of a competition - and I don't want to push the other two, who read enough, but definitely at a slower (and some may argue, more enjoyable) pace.  As usual, I am also trying to read books off my own shelves rather than borrow too many from the library.  I haven't succeeded too well on this front.  I seem to just keep buying more books for my shelves and then going to the library! 

Goal Books for June:

1. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (Fiction/Shelves)
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Fiction/Library)
3. The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Library)
4. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Mystery/Library)

Books Read in June:

1. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (Fiction/Shelves)
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Fiction/Library)
3. The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (Fiction/Library)
4. The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz (Mystery/Library)
5. The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Library)
6. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Mystery/Library)
7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Fiction/Shelves)

Goal Books for July:

1. Something New by Lucy Knisley (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Library)
2. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan (Fiction/Shelves)
4. Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier (Fiction/Shelves)

Happy Reading,

Anne

May Review and Goal Books for June

 

Goal Books for May:

1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Fiction/Library)
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Fiction/Library)
3. Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv (Nonfiction/Library/Book Club)
4. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (Nonfiction/Audio/Book Club)

Goal Books for May:

1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Fiction/Library)
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Fiction/Library)
3. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (Nonfiction/Audio/Book Club)
4. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Mystery/Borrowed)
5. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (Fiction/Library)
6. Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Fiction/Library)
7. Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv (Non-Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for June:

1. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (Fiction/Shelves)
2. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Fiction/Library)
3. The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Library)
4. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Delila Harris (Mystery/Library)

Happy Reading,

Anne

April Review and May Preview

 

Goal Books for April:

1. The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Shelves)
2. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert (Nonfiction/Book Club/Library)
4. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Children's Lit/Shelves)

Books Read in April

1. The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Library)
2. Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert (Nonfiction/Book Club/Library)
3. Island of the Blue Dophins by Scott O'Dell (Children's Lit/Library)
4. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (Fiction/Library)
5. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (Horror/Shelves)
6. The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling (Romance/Shelves)
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Fiction/Library)
8. A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Library)

Goal Books for May:

1. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Fiction/Library)
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Fiction/Library)
3. Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv (Nonfiction/Library/Book Club)
4. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (Nonfiction/Audio/Book Club)

Happy Reading,

Anne

March Review & April Preview

 March was a slow reading month for me.  I can't quite figure out why because there was so much rain - and it was the perfect weather for reading.  Our power even went out for a 24-hour period and we had a cozy family evening reading by the fire.  My 10-year-old daughter and I started listening to audiobooks on our sometimes lengthy commutes to her various games and practices, and I felt like I had other opportunities to read.  Part of the issue might be that I also got sucked into a television show I'm watching with my husband (Under the Banner of Heaven) and I have been working hard to get to bed at a reasonable hour each night and forcing myself to close the book even when I want just one more chapter!  Whatever the case, I did have some good reads this month, but the TBR piles continue to grow!!

Goal Books for March

1. The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Shelves)
2. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Nonfiction/Book Club)
3. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Fiction/Shelves)
4. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 

Books Read in March

1. The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Shelves)
2. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Nonfiction/Book Club)
3. Suspect by Scott Turow (Mystery/Library)
4. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (Mystery/Children's Lit/Shelves)

Goal Books for April:

1. The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Shelves)
2. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert (Nonfiction/Book Club/Library)
4. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Children's Lit/Shelves)

Happy Reading,

Anne

February Review & March Preview

The days are just flying by over here!  I am working hard to keep up.  I'm finding myself in the car more than usual for commuting and shuttling kids to practices, so trying to incorporate some audiobooks into the mix.  We'll see how that goes.  Here's how last month went:

Goal Books for February

1. Suspect by Scott Turow (Mystery/Library)
2. Non-Fiction Book from Shelves
3. Fiction Book from Shelves
4. Of Women and Salt (Fiction/Book Club)

Books Read in February

1. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia (Fiction/Borrowed/Book Club)
2. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson (Fiction/Library/Audio)
3. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (Memoir/Graphic Novel/Hoopla)
4. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham (Graphic Novel/Borrowed)
5. Babel by R.F. Kuang (Sci-Fi/Library)
6. Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson (Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for March

1. The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (Mystery/Shelves)
2. The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama (Nonfiction/Book Club)
3. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune (Fiction/Shelves)
4. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 

Happy Reading!