December Review and Looking to 2023!

 

This may have been the first month of the year where I read all my goal books!  I enjoyed many of the books I read this month, and I think that may be a function of just having some time off and being able to relax.  I read my first audiobook - and while I didn't like the actual book - I think I am starting to get into the experience and I can see myself listening to more audiobooks while I cook and commute and do other things where I can't be reading a physical book.  We'll see what 2023 has in store for my reading habits!

Goal Books for December:

1. When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed (Graphic Novel/Library)
2. Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Shelves)
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (YA Mystery/Library)
4. Free Food for Millionaires  by Min Jin Lee (Fiction/Shelves)
5. Better Than We Found It  by Frederick & Porsche Joseph ed. (Essays/Shelves)

Books Read in December:

1. When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed (Graphic Novel/Library)
2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (YA Mystery/Library)
3. Free Food for Millionaires  by Min Jin Lee (Fiction/Shelves)
4. Better Than We Found It  by Frederick & Porsche Joseph ed. (Essays/Shelves)
5. Death by Bubble Tea  by Jennifer J. Chow (Mystery/Library)
6. Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon (Non-Fiction/Library)
7. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Fiction/Library)
8. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Fiction/Library)
9. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance/Library)
10. Less by Andrew Sean Greer (Fiction/Library)
11. 2 A.M. in Little America by Ken Kalfus (Fiction/Audio Library)
12. Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach (Fiction/Library)
13. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (Romance/Library)
14. The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb (Mystery/Library)

Goals for 2023: Work on clearing my shelves of books that have been there for 15+ years!  I have several books that are quite long, and I think I have shied away from taking the time to read them.  But, even if it means I only read 12 books in 2023, I am going to get through a few of them - or make the decision to DNF and move on to clear the way for more books!

Happy Reading,

Anne

Books Read in November and Goals for December!

 

Goal Books for November:

1. Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
2. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (Fiction/Library)
3. Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Shelves)
4. Nonfiction Book

Books Read in November:

1. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (Fiction/Library)
2. The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka (Fiction/Library)
3. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (Children's Fiction/Library)
4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Fiction/Library)
5. Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass (Children's Fiction/Library)
6. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA Fiction/Shelves)
7. The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson (Children's Fiction/Library)
8. All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep by Andre Henry (Non-Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for December:

1. When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed (Graphic Novel/Library)
2. Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Shelves)
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (YA Mystery/Library)
4. Free Food for Millionaires  by Min Jin Lee (Fiction/Shelves)
5. Better Than We Found It  by Frederick & Porsche Joseph ed. (Essays/Shelves)

Books Read in October and Goals for November

 

My TBR piles are overflowing.  We had our school book fair this month and I bought "too much," after having already visited a couple bookstores with one of my kids and picking out just a few.  My kids have also received a lot of books lately - many of which look very interesting and I feel like I want to read before they outgrow them and don't want to talk to me about them anymore.  It's going to be a busy winter - and only two more reading months in 2022!!

Goal Books for October:

1. Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
2. The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Mystery/Library)
3. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (Children's Mystery/Library)
4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Children's Literature/Shelves)
5. Nonfiction Book

Books Read in October:

1. The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Mystery/Library)
2. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (Children's Mystery/Shelves)
3. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Children's Literature/Shelves)
4. A  Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Non-Fiction/Shelves)
5. Nightcrawling  by Leila Mottley (Fiction/Borrowed)
6. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Mystery/Shelves)

Goal Books for November:

1. Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
2. Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (Fiction/Library)
3. Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Shelves)
4. Nonfiction Book

September Review & October Goals

 

Goal Books for September:

1. Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
2. Something from my shelves at home
3. A non-fiction selection

Books Read in September:

1. Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
2. Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (Fiction/Borrowed)
3. Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta (Fiction/Shelves)
4. Stamped for Kids by Jason Reynolds (Nonfiction/Library)
5. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction/Shelves)
6. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for October:

1. Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
2. The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Mystery/Library)
3. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (Children's Mystery/Library)
4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Children's Literature/Shelves)
5. Nonfiction Book

Happy Reading!

Review of August & Goals for September

 

Goal Books for August:

1. By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Borrowed)
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA/Library)

Books Read in August:

1. By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Borrowed)
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA/Library)
3. Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
1. The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (Romance/Library)
4. Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Mystery/Library)
5. Her Honor by LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Non-Fiction/Library)
6. Scat by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Library)
7. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Fiction/Library)

Goal Books for September:

1. Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien Chen (Mystery/Library)
2. Something from my shelves at home
3. A non-fiction selection

Happy Reading,
Anne

July Review & August Plans

 

Goal Books for July:

1. French Braid by Anne Tyler (Fiction/Library)
2. Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
3. Squirm by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Library)
4. Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Romance/Shelves)

Books Read in July:

1. French Braid by Anne Tyler (Fiction/Library)
2. Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
3. Squirm by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Library)
4. Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Romance/Shelves) 
5. The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh (Mystery/Library)
6. The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward (Fiction/Library)
7. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (YA/Library)
8. The Lying Club by Annie Ward (Thriller/Library)

Goal Books for August:

1. By the Book by Jasmine Guillory (Romance/Borrowed)
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (YA/Library)

June Review & July Preview

 

My summer reading brain is in full swing.  I think this past month I only read cozy mysteries, graphic novels, and children's literature/YA - maybe one romance!  Nothing too taxing!  And, I admit that I am loving it.  But...I haven't read a non-fiction book in awhile, so I do want to challenge myself a little in July to stretch a bit on that front.

Goal Books for June:

1. Hour of the Witch y Chris Bohjalian (Fiction)
2. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (Mystery/Shelves)
3. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA)
4. Hoot by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature)

Books Read in June:

1. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (Mystery/Shelves)
2. Hoot by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Shelves)
3. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
4. Flush by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Library)
5. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum (YA/Library)
6. Heartstopper Vol. 2 by Alice Oseman (Graphic Novel/Library)
7. Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman (Graphic Novel/Library)
8. For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington (Children's Literature/Library)
9. Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
10. Heartstopper Vol. 4 by Alice Oseman (Graphic Novel/Library)
11. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn (Romance/Library)

Goal Books for July:

1. French Braid by Anne Tyler (Fiction/Library)
2. Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien (Mystery/Library)
3. Squirm by Carl Hiassen (Children's Literature/Library)
4. Book Lovers by Emily Henry (Romance/Shelves)

Happy Reading!

~ Anne