This year’s winner of the Women’s Prize will be announced June 6. These books are up for the award: In addition to these books, the 2023 longlist included: This year I’ve read 8 of the 16 books on the longlist. I’ve described them in order of my favorites. The Bandit Queens: This was a fantastic surprise…
Cathy at 746Books.com is once again hosting her 20 Books of Summer event. It’s a low-key challenge that I enjoy because it helps me organize my summer reading and pushes me not to just reach for the latest “beach read” (however you define that). You can also choose a 10 or 15 book challenge, and she’s…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the books we recommend the most to others. Nonfiction: As I was making my list, I noticed that nonfiction came up more than fiction. I think that’s because fiction is so much more dependent on individual tastes, where great nonfiction can appeal…
April was a much better month than March – I got my dad settled in a new home, my sisters visited, and life is starting to feel a bit more normal. I didn’t get much reading done, but I’m feeling good about what I’ve accomplished. My family, and my work, have been really supportive which…
I didn’t have much time to blog this month, and I kept my reading pretty light. I loved Less is Lost, which was a funny, moving and clever sequel to the excellent Less. In this book, Arthur takes a road trip as he tries to earn money to save his home for his beloved Freddy…
Every year I look forward to the release of the Women’s Prize longlist, because I get some of my best book recommendations from them. The longlist is a list of 16 books, selected from novels by women, regardless of nationality or residence, written in English and published in the UK after April 1 of the…
February began with a work trip to Washington and a weekend tasting wine outside of Seattle, but the rest of the month has been difficult due to family health issues. Here’s what I read in February: My favorite reads: I’ve already reviewed Signal to Noise and The Last Girl, which were both incredible reads. My…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is a “genre freebie”. I decided to write about something that I’ve been reading lately, historical fantasy novels. By this I don’t mean fantasy novels set in the past, I mean books that are primarily historical fiction, focusing on actual history and real places,…
January was a great month for reading! Of course that’s because it was a lousy month for other things, between the wintry weather and getting sick. But at least my reading year is off to a great start. Here’s what I read in January: My favorite reads: My favorite has to be Our Missing Hearts, which…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about authors we discovered in 2022. By my count, I read 54 new authors in 2022. Here are some of my favorites. There were a few others I thought about including on this list: Gabrielle Union, Susan Cain, Clare Chambers, Katherine Center, Jesse…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is about our bookish goals for 2023. I wrote about this already in this end of year post, so this will be more of a summary. 2022 was a stressful year, and my initial impulse for 2023 was to make things easy and not…
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is our top books we read in 2022. I already wrote about my top 2022 releases and my favorite audiobooks. These are my favorite books that I read in 2022. Those are my favorite books of 2022! What were some of your favorites?
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