September Review and October Preview

 

Moving into the cozy reading months.  I'm taking some time here and there to go through my bookshelves - try to give away the ones I've read - and make room for the stacks I've brought back from bookstores and the library.  Hoping to find more time to curl up for a few hours and make my way through them.

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)

Books Read in September:

1. True Biz by Sara Novic (Fiction/Library)
2. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Library)
3. The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland (Non-Fiction/Book Club)
4. Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabeas (Fiction/Library)
5. Boxers  by Gene Luen Yang (Graphic Novel/Library)
6. Saints by Gene Luen Yang (Graphic Novel/Library)
7. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (Romance/Shelves)
8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer (Non-Fiction/Library)
9. Welcome to St. Hell by Lewis Hancox (Graphic Memoir/Library)

Goal Books for October:

1. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction/Shelves)
2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Fiction/Shelves)
3. Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Fiction/Library)
4. School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Fiction/Library)

Happy Reading!

~ Anne

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