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From April 4th edition of Shelf Awareness. 😡

GPS missed it by “that much” on Monday, but I did find the used bookstore Turn the Page on my way out of Williamsburg yesterday. (It‘s not in the Litsy database.

I managed to restrain myself and only bought the tagged book.

It was also charming to listen to big band music while browsing, and even the bag is cute.

With all due respect to the books I will finish before Wednesday, I went ahead and put together my #Top24of24 list. My favorite fiction of the year is The Book Censor‘s Library and my favorite NF is Challenger. There‘s also some really good stuff in the next tier and if I‘d waited an hour, maybe this list would be different.

Personally, I find the NYT to be rather snobby about books. Anyhoo, I've read 9. Out of the 9 I bailed on 3, loved 3, and found the others ok.
There are 4 I want to read. The rest I either never heard of or purposely ignored.
BUT! I was shocked and pleasantly surprised to see Random Family on the list. I loved this book, it's such an unknown gem. I've never seen this book mentioned anywhere nor heard anyone talk about it. I highly recommend it!

#CoverLove #Black

Anyone else have shelves of Penguin classics?

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This was on my tbr pile of books I bought at an op (thrift) shop because it looked interesting… not sure how long I‘ve had this one - but it absolutely sent me down an internet rabbit hole to discover what I could about Ruth M. Hawker - which I‘ve since added to her GR page. Put my GR librarian powers to good use.

I‘ve never seen this kind of notice before! Truely a glimpse into a different time.

A rather gorgeous slice of life fiction about town girl, Heather, who gets sent to spend her holidays with her uncle who lives on a remote outback farm when her mother is called away to take care of a sick relative. Heather makes a friend, learns to ride a horse, writes a brilliant essay about her holiday and overcomes several sticky situations with good cheer.

Originally published in 1950 - this is a nostalgic look at (white) rural life in 🇦🇺

My daughter has read 200 books for the program #1000booksb4k!!! 🥰📚👏🏻

Her aunt designed the onesie. And on the back is the “spine” of the open book 📖!!!

I‘m sharing the prompts for #nonfictionnovember and what I might choose for these prompts.

1. I‘ll probably choose one of my Christian nonfiction books for this one because Christian nonfiction makes me feel uncomfortable.

2. I‘ll probably choose a True Crime book for this one.

3. I haven‘t decided yet. I‘ll have to see if I can find something for this.

4. I‘ll probably read a nonfiction book about something I‘m interested in.