October Review and November Preview

October was a slow month for reading and I'm not quite sure why.  It seems like the weather and waning daylight would be more conducive to crawling into bed with a book early each evening.  But, instead the days seem to be flying by with too many activities on the calendar and obligations to tend to before the holidays and the year get away from me.  But, while I haven't been reading that many books, I have certainly been buying and borrowing them, so there is so much to choose from and I'm looking forward to find time here and there in the next month to sneak more reading in!

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)

Books Read in October:

1. Solito by Javier Zamora (Memoir/Shelves/Book Club)
2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Fiction/Shelves)
3. School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (Fiction/Library)
4. Nevada by Imogen Binnie (Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for November:

1. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Fiction/Book Club/Library)
2. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction/Shelves)
3. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton (Memoir/Library/Bookshelves)
4. Someone Else's Shoes by JoJo Moyes (Fiction/Library)

Happy Fall Reading!

~ Anne

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