Just starting this now. For January, my favourite read was The Authenticity Project. February it was Prequel by Rachel Maddow. And from those two, Prequel is moving on. For March, Hamnet by Maggie O‘Farrell was my favourite. The best of the rest was Killers of the Flower Moon. Looking forward to see what my favourite for April will be.. 🤔 #readingbracket2024
pickThis nonfiction account of the worst plagues in history is shockingly funny. Wright shares the facts, but with a dark sense of humor that I loved. She is honest about her bias against certain leaders and doctors who made horrific choices. Who knew that reading about plagues could be so incredibly entertaining? Highly recommended!
“Pretending any historical age before proper indoor plumbing was a glorious epoch is a ludicrous delusion.”
pickI like Mara Rutherford‘s writing style. This did not grab my attention quite as much as Poison Season, but I still enjoyed it. I also like that it‘s a standalone fantasy book. I don‘t always want to read a series!
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I had no idea what to expect going into this book, but wow was it a fantastic read. I laughed. I cried. I read on the edge of my seat. I'm definitely going to read more Connie Willis.
“Mr. Dunworthy opened the door to the laboratory and his spectacles promptly steamed up.“ Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
I have 4 chapters left and I can't wait to get home and finish! This book is intense, but so good.
#firstlinefriday #doomsdaybook #conniewillis
These are six of the women‘s prize for fiction long/short lists that are unread on my shelves.I am sure I have more. I just have to dig them up. I have decided to try to read one per month starting in February.Ones that I have read so far in the past few years are:
The bookshop
The Silence of the Girls
Sing Unburied Sing
Circe
An American Marriage
Black Butterfies
#womensdozen #womenshalfdozen
pickI don‘t know why this took me a while to understand what was going on with the time jump. I liked it when I got in the groove. I really loved how some passages were written. It drew you in and made you love the characters.
