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I'm so excited for my #auldlangspine list from @CSeydel. The only book on the list I've already read is My Friends by Fredrick Backman.

I'm going to prioritize reading In Cold Blood, Tress of the Emerald Sea, We Solve Murders, Mickey7, and The Stardust Grail in January, but there are so many other interesting books on this list that I'll hopefully manage to read at some point!

Thanks @monalyisha for organizing!

This book was readable but the cheese factor was not for me right now. Blame the news. #ReadingUSA #Kansas

from Chicago to
Santa Monica — get your kicks
on Route 66.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #retroart #Route66

Teen + husband at their weekly bourbon night (well bourbon/whiskey night for the husband, hanging out with their friends for the teen 😂) means I can have a Mama Night at my favorite local bar/restaurant!

#ReadingBracket2025 #BookBracket2025 #ReadingBracket #BookBracket

Strong contenders this month but a clear winner with Capote‘s true-crime classic. But is that Brandon Sanderson I see sneaking into the Wild Card spot? #October

Witches! Ghosts! Ghouls! Set as a Western, complete with a shoot-out! This book was such a great surprise! It‘s the first of a series - can‘t wait to get my hands on the next one ♥️

Absolutely tremendous narrative nonfiction about a botched robbery, a senseless mass murder, and the two young men responsible. Capote successfully navigates a sensational high-wire act: he writes complex, deeply humanizing portrayals of the murderers without seeming to excuse their actions, neglect the victims, or minimize the horrific crime. I found it fascinating how a variety of circumstances lined up just so, leading to the murders. 5⭐️

Moving semi-autobiographical novel about an African-American boy growing up in Jim Crow-era Kansas with his family. He is smart, thoughtful, and observant of the racism of his small town, a microcosm of race relations at the time. They are not prosperous but hard-working, hopeful, and loving. They know they are lucky too, as there are others in town who fall into poverty, bitterness, and sometimes violence. Real, raw, funny and searingly human.

A wonderful reimagining from the perspective of a little known Aunt Em, Dorothy of Frank L. Baum/Wizard of Oz fame.

Now I need to hunt down others from this author.

"...you told me how you got your eyes blowed out in an explosion...can you remember what you used to see before that...?"
"...I do remember things like they were then...Sometimes I fill up my dark world with people of all kinds of colors...I think sometimes if all the people in the world were made up of colors like that instead of just some black and some white, it would be a happier world..."
"Maybe your world's prettier'n ours."

#coffeeandabook