Perfect happy hour reading.

Listened to the audiobook because I tried reading the real book a year or so ago and couldn't get into it. I enjoyed the first half but--with the exception of the portions about Nazi Germany--lost interest in the remainder. And I'm a UW alum!

I just finished listening to this on audiobook and I'm glad I chose that format. Hamilton's narration made her well-developed prose even more personal. While our lives are quite different, we share similar challenges. I feel like I read this at the perfect time in my life.

Meh. I decided to read this because I adore "I Am Pilgrim," and I'd heard good things about it. The pacing was off and the characters and relationships inauthentic.

I just started Homegoing, the latest Powell's Indiespensable selection. I'm really excited about this one.

Woohoo! I feel like I won the lottery because I managed to snag this on Overdrive on its release date. Too bad my cat won't let me read it.

This book is pretty weird. I'm almost finished and I still don't know what I'm supposed to get out of it. Despite that, I'm kinda' digging it.

Round two for my squeamish interactions with zombies.

Q: Which novel do I repeatedly recommend to friends? A: This one. It has something for everyone.

Only about 1/3 of the way through but already invested in the richly drawn characters.

Ugh. Read this because it came so highly recommended... by an Amazon employee... and it's published by Amazon. Trite, ridiculous, and boring "thriller."

Nonfiction telling the story of the doomed whaleship Essex. Not your typical dry nonfiction as this one features mutiny, a murderous whale, people lost at sea, and more. One of my all-times favorites. Do NOT see the movie; read the book!

A unique and disturbing crime novel about a serial killer who turns his victims into art installations. Good beach read for morbid folks like me.

I'm super squeamish about blood and guts and *especially* zombies, so I've been unable to watch the TV show despite its rave reviews. I took the easy way out and read this compendium, which is thrilling without any jump scares or gore.

Epic Dickensian novel telling the story of Theo, orphaned in the same place (the Metropolitan Museum of Art) where he finds his future (the titular painting). Tartt's prose is luscious & painterly.

Best book I read in 2015. Contemporary novel detailing the life of an Irish-American woman and her relationships. Can't recall a novel that more accurately portrays a marriage or family better than this one.

So I'm not usually a fan of this genre, but this novel totally sucked me in. And how could I not be, with nonstop action featuring a superhuman intelligence agent on the trail of a diabolical terrorist. Plus, bioterrorism. Seriously unputdownable.

This memoir cements my opinion that Carrie Brownstein is a polymath and the total shiznit. It moves from her childhood through her career with Sleater Kinney and discusses her personal struggles and relationships along the way. Must read.

An evocative & disturbing novel about a doomsday-obsessed father & his daughter, who begin a new life in a remote European forest. Super dark, but I like the dark.

I loved this book, and not just because I used to live in the Virginia town where Mann has lived nearly her entire life. Her memoir is as meaty and complex as any Southern gothic novel.