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Last week I made a #BookReport and didn‘t post it. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I read some exceptional books this week (top) and some very good ones (middle). Bottom row is 👎🏻

Poverty and Flight both taught me a lot, and Singer‘s Gun and Done reminded me that I do enjoy a good mystery now and then. Ducks (review soon) is one of the best graphic memoirs I‘ve read! Pilgrims reminded me of the power of a good story, and I loved the ace rep in Mermaid.

Audiobooks are getting me through life right now. 😂 I‘m so glad I was able to catch up on a few reviews today, and I had a really great birthday weekend overall!

Best on top! Two fantastic short story collections and Hello Beautiful. The rest are in no particular order. #lazy 😉 The Exceptions was a great look at sexism in STEM academia, but it got a bit long. The Lipman was some fun 🧠🍭, but the Shapiro was really hard/dark. #BookReport

So my disabled mom fell. She didn‘t break anything, but things are hard right now. I have a bit of time to read but not much for social media. I will be back eventually, though!

Best on top, other picks in the middle, ones I didn‘t love on bottom. More discussion of Madam ⬇️.

I‘m glad to have read one for #AuthorAMonth and hope to get to Mice this week! My #doublespin (Pachinko) was good. It was 💯 worth it to splurge on High! #BookReport

This was a difficult week for me, so I went through a spate of bails. However, I did manage to finish seven books, including a fantastic reread of Anthropocene and some other enjoyable books, too. I am loving the daffodils. Molly is going next Sunday for pictures with the Easter bunny and is getting a new outfit for the occasion! Hard times pass. Fortunately, there are always books, dogs, and friends. 💜 #BookReport

Another busy week! I had two bails halfway through. Maame I‘m going to come back to with my #LMPBC group, but I just wasn‘t enjoying the new Moyes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really loved the two business entertainment books about CBS and HBO (top row), and Silent was an enjoyable suspense novel with a great narrator. I‘ve been hitting the memoirs hard this month! Pat, Unraveling, Sleep (review soon) were great, but Dyscalculia wasn‘t my jam. #BookReport

Best on the top, especially Molly! 💜 I had my first February 5⭐️ (Hijab), and while I genuinely enjoyed a lot of the books I read this week, the new @SGJ book is the only other over 4⭐️ read. I rarely like second books in trilogies, but it was fantastic!

The rest, minus BFF, were between 3.25-4⭐️. Some were really unique (Employees and Bug), and I learned a lot from Moons, Savage, and the Wood.

I‘m picking Eagles for you, Cindy! #BookReport

Busy morning, but I will try to get to the three reviews I haven‘t written (books on bottom). I‘m glad my filling for vegan rice paper dumplings is done!!

Best on top. Reading Erdrich has been such a joy this month! Delay was one of the best memoirs I‘ve read in awhile. (I‘m going for quality over quantity in that genre this year!)

Scattered and My Volcano fall into the wonderfully weird category! ToBAF for sure! #BookReport

Happy Lunar New Year. All the Hope of the year of the Rabbit. I am happy that my new year finds me preserving the 3 to 5 pm weekend hours for reading.

This was a great kickoff to the year! Two 5⭐️ books already, Plainsong and Night Watchman, and both from challenges, which is why I do them! 🤩 My other two #ALSpine reads, Bell Jar and Ghosts, were great also. I made my #roll100 goal of one each from print and audio even though they weren‘t fantastic. (Climbing Mount TBR one book at a time!) Babel is a new fave from the #tob, but Age of Vice was a bust. Review of Drinking Games soon. #BookReport

My last #BookReport for 2022🥰 I ended the year with some decent reads….I especially enjoyed BOTH of my #ReadingTheAmericas books😁and my #LastFirst The Exiles (and Demon Copperhead) are FABULOUS so far 🙌🏻
Happy New Year friends xxx Can‘t wait to see what books are in store for 2023😁

A Christmas evening #BookReport about a fantastic week! All picks! Two 5⭐️ and a 4.75⭐️ on the top row. Touch was a close runner up. I had a couple of light listen audiobooks (Mustique and Feldmans) and two nonfiction that gave me a lot to this about (Fire and Wizards). Fire and Wizards sounds like an unauthorized HP spin-off! 🤣 Dr. No and Aesthetica were light picks, but I may have gone in with expectations too high. Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎅🏼

Big reading week! And already two bingos! #BookReport

Bottom row is to be reviewed, but Violin and Island aren‘t my favorites on in the #tob shortlist. I did enjoy my M2M reread though. Driver‘s is one of the best celebrity memoirs I‘ve read this year.

I enjoyed both #AuthorAMonth and #Bookspin, which I finished for the year this week, and I really want to thank Soubhi and Sarah for running these every month! 👏🏻💜

Bring on Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼

I stayed up last night finishing the AWESOME O‘Farrell, so I‘ve been dragging today! Iykyk 😂 Other favorites on the top row.

I am still trying to figure out what to write about The Friend, and I finished it Tuesday. She‘s another author whose backlist I want to tackle.

Just finished Jaded Women. Too many characters to keep track of! Mona went into hibernation for #Peru #ReadingTheAmericas2023. I liked the photo with the holly tho. #BookReport

A really fantastic reading week. All picks. The print books were especially on point, but my favorites were What If 2 and Other Birds. One engaged my brain and the other made my heart sing! The Kleeman was amazing too; I couldn‘t put it down. I think One‘s Company will have a lot of Litsy fans when it catches on. Review of Off with Her Head tomorrow! #BookReport

Also two #BookspinBingos! I‘m having my highest avg print pages per day this year! 🎉

I missed doing a #BookReport last week, so this is a combo of the last two weeks. My four faves are on top, including my first 5⭐️ of September Best of Friends! Life on the Mississippi was incredibly fascinating, too.

I haven‘t reviewed Jillian yet, but I think you‘ll enjoy my photo essay with Molly when I write it! 🤣 Also, I‘m one free space away from a bingo, and I might‘ve just bought three new books. 🤓 Pic soon!

Some weeks are #reread weeks. Iykyk! I revisited the King, Taylor, Lawson, and Irby, and my thoughts on them all continue to be positive.

Last White Man was a disappointment. I always think I‘ll enjoy Hamid more than I do. Raising Lazarus was better than Dopesick, and I recommend it to all the other Littens interested in the opiate crisis.

I was interested in Celebrities, but the library #audiobook just cut out in the middle. Weird. #BookReport

Rogues and Nightcrawling were my top two this week, but I enjoyed everything! I‘m still four reviews behind (including my top two 😂), but hopefully, I can get caught up tomorrow. 🤞🏻 Hurricane Girl still has me thinking more than her prior books. I‘ve finished my first #AuthorAMonth choice (Ghost) and have checked out another from the series. #BookReport

Have a great weekend y‘all! 🇺🇸🎆🎇

Moshfegh is an incredible writer, and Lapvona is an immersive world that I couldn‘t put it down. I stayed up until 2 AM Saturday to finish. Every print book I read this week was awesome, but special shout outs to The Displacements and Tracy Flick. Highly recommend both!

On the audiobook side, I‘d recommend Cabin Fever to everyone. Top notch narrative NF!! Let‘s Not and It All Comes were my favorite fiction audiobooks. #BookReport

I‘m having trouble concentrating on print this month so I only finished two books for #CampLitsy. I enjoyed our How High discussion and can‘t wait for True Biz!

I am digging fiction this month, and I really enjoyed The Midcoast and Remarkably Bright Creatures! Counterfeit was enjoyable for a summer light fiction day. The Guest Room was fine.

I haven‘t felt like writing reviews of the other two NF books. Maybe today. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #BookReport

I didn‘t think I had read so much this week, but here we are! I read four amazing essay collections: Happy, Bethlehem, Embrace, and Patriarchy. It‘s a genre I don‘t read enough of for how much I enjoy it. The Bohjalian was disappointing, and while Rabbit Cake was good, it still didn‘t live up to my high hopes. Maybe I just don‘t like juvenile narrators. Good Eggs was a wonderful surprise, and I‘m excited to discuss Basic Black today!! #BookReport

What a week! All fiction! 🤯

The Ozeki and the Egan were long and totally worth it! I still haven‘t reviewed the Egan, but it was totally right book/right time.

Red Island House and Yerba Buena were disappointing, but I enjoyed Carol and my reread of The Smash Up. Cats suffered from a poor narrator, and I just finished If, Then a few hours ago. It‘s more literary than sci fi, which was a bit bait and switch. 🤔 #BookReport

Slow reading week, but some FANTASTIC books!! I‘d recommend all these completed books to various readers in my life.

The tea: I wasn‘t invested in Libertie. It was just too slow. Piper‘s book was self involved navel gazing, but since I own it maybe I‘ll come back. 🥱 Tagged ⬇️

I‘m enjoying my 5th yearly reread of All Grown Up. I truly get something new each time. This year it‘s very personal, and I doubt I‘ll share.

Happy weekend! #BookReport

It‘s been a slower reading week for me. NonFiction just takes longer to digest.

I hope to finish Islands of Abandonment this weekend, and maybe also Lab Girl. They are both excellent.

I picked up the second Percy Jackson to give my brain a break, but honestly I think I‘m going to bail on it… not connecting, so it‘s probably destined for my LFL.

Doing my #BookReport early b/c Molly & I are TIRED!

Best of the week are Matrix 🙌🏻 (read my review) and Several People Are Typing.

The two bails…I really tried. Vessel suffered from poor translation. People We Keep was not my book.

I really enjoyed the 100 pages I read of the Rooney today! I know @Cinfhen says she skews young, but I can see my younger self in her books. Last Flight I‘m have trouble getting into, but it‘s my #bookspin. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Second week in a row that I‘m doing a #BookReport with Molly sleeping on top of me. While she‘s good for snuggling, she makes it hard to be productive!

Best of the week was definitely Sorrow and Bliss 💜

I‘m trying to let Molly sleep (we don‘t quite have a rhythm), so here‘s my 3 AM, in the dark #BookReport @Cinfhen 👍🏻🤗

Other than my bail, I didn‘t have any stinkers this week, but the standouts were definitely The Lost Family and Rewind.

I‘m enjoying my current read but not loving it. I was all hyped up for it, so maybe that‘s my problem…or maybe I‘m feeling so much joy that I can‘t relate to grief. 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

I, like you Cindy, must tackle my #ARC #MtNetGalley this week!
Going to have to put my #pagecountphobia inducing Outlander aside, and try and finish my 4 #ARcs before month end. (Who am I kidding?) 😳
Good week of reading though…💕
#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

Definitely haven‘t been reading much for some reason. I mean I do have great books to finish and attractive stacks of TBRs. I think it‘s just my mood right now. @Cinfhen

#bookreport #weeklyforecast
- Loved the 3 I finished this week.
- currently loving Animal on audio, and finally trying Outlander (as one of the longest book on my TBR for #pop21 advanced) and the #pagecountphobia is real! 😳
- Next up are a couple of recent releases, calling me from my nightstand!

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast in one!

The Sea Prayer was a beautiful, heartbreaking picture book I read for #pop21
Liked The Atmospherians, as odd as it was!
Addie was a re-read for a bookclub this week (this time on audio).
I enjoyed The Maidens for its setting, but can‘t seem to really get on with thrillers right now… good not great…🤷‍♀️
And the new Casey McQuiston was such a disappointment, as I loved RW and RB, and this was really meh! ☹️

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

I adored both books I read this week…. Two ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads! Deborah Levy is a recent favorite of mine, and The Guncle was a delightful surprise… laugh out loud funny and ugly cry poignant, all in one read…. 🌈

Only just started my Claire Fuller, plan to really get stuck in on my next day off.
I have a couple of ARcs to read- Both late, one end of May, one June 1st release. 🤦‍♀️One day I‘ll catch up!

#weeklyforecast & #bookreport @Cinfhen

- A great reading week. Enjoyed all four books I finished.
- In progress, Part 3 of Deborah Levy‘s ‘living autobiography‘ is excellent so far, The Guncle is fun on audio, and I‘ve just started the Claire Fuller, but the first chapter has me invested….

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Finished 3 this week... All great reads.....
Only just started all my in progress but so far so great... 💕📚

#bookreport @Cinfhen
I‘ve been a bit of a flighty reader this week..... picking up and putting down so many things. But did manage to finish 3, plus really enjoying all 3 in progress. 💕📚

#bookreport @Cinfhen
So Lucky & Shadow Tag were both great reads (if very different in tone!) and so far Secrets of Happiness is written so well, but I‘m thrown by the title and cover? 🤷‍♀️
There seems to be very little happiness in any of the loosely connected characters‘ lives, and the cover looks like a ‘personal growth‘ book!

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Not much reading this week... struggling a bit with my anxiety, and busy at work... But I enjoyed the one book I did finish!
Just starting ‘So Lucky‘ for the #bakedgoods prompt for #booked2021 💕🍩
And my next #ARC and a #pop21 read up next....

@Cinfhen My April reading summary. Had to power through a couple of them, but I‘m pleased overall. My favorites for the month:
Of Mice and Men
A Memory of Violets

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Loved Fair Play and Fleabag, and Hot Stew was pretty good but not great....
Just started Super Host and have no idea what I‘ll read next.... but I‘m sure it will be an #ARC as I‘m always a bit behind! 🤷‍♀️

I will say, this was a wonderful reading week. There‘s so many choices that I‘m not sure where I‘m going next. #reportcard @Cinfhen

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

- Not too shabby this week with my reading 😊

- 3x Arcs that I absolutely loved, plus a slim satire from a favorite author that was sadly decidedly meh!

- Just started the #NYRB for my artist pick for #pop21 and the intro by Ali Smith is fabulous! Plus I love this author!

- Next up, Fleabag the scriptures for my April #IRL bookclub. I kinda think Phoebe‘s a genius, so can‘t wait to get stuck in. 💕📚🎧

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

Finally getting close to catching up with my Netgalley! Read 2 ARCs this week, both in release week, and started a 3rd with a 4th up next!!

Of my four books completed, I loved the Ishiguro and the lovely book featuring submissions to the learningtoloveyoumore.com website. 📚💕

I‘m really enjoying my in progress ARC , translated from the German. Women‘s inner loves and lives, kind of a novel of connected stories.

#bookreport and a very indecisive #weeklyforecast !!

This week was a re-read of Girl, Woman, Other on audio which was fantastic! 🎧 And a new release set in Australia which I really, really loved 💕🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Only just starting my #doublespin 🤦‍♀️ from PD James.... and some poetry for with a pretty cover for #pop21 and #booked2021 ....

Up next...... 🤷‍♀️

#Bookreport #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen
-Really enjoyed the three books I finished this week.... Acts of Desperation being a big standout.... loved it! 💕📚

- currently immersed in the Audio of Girl, Woman, Other... a re-read for my bookclub. Read it first time in print.... think I like it even MORE on audio 🎧💕
- just started an #ARC for The Performance... still seem to be always 1week behind release date! Can‘t get caught up! 🤦‍♀️😂

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

- Who is Maud Dixon? was page-turning enough but definitely a #borrownotbuy
- Loved my audiobook for #authoramonth 🎧💕 So atmospheric!

-Just started my #arc of Marguerite Duras‘s 1943 debut novel that is in translation for the first time...

-Next up another #arc plus an audio book with a mustachioed cover for #booked2021 🥸

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

- finished my #AAM yesterday. I know Zadie is not for some,but I loved it. And it was a #pop21 #womensprizewinner too 😊
- Loved the Deborah Levy. She‘s soooo good!
- Had a great zoom bookclub/happy hour with some girlfriends. Always feisty and fun! 🍸

- Started my new #AAM already, and also an #ARC for this week
- Next up are 2 more #ARCs for the 9th release and both work for Black & White covers for #pop21 too 👍

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast

Busy work week so not much reading, but enjoyed both things I finished...
-True Story was a re-read (this time on audio) for a Zoom Bookclub this coming week
- A bit late with an #ARC that came out on the 9th.... but really enjoyed the writing... will definitely look out for Jen Silverman in the future.

-just started On Beauty for #AAM and next up is another #ARC, this one due out on March 2nd (I‘m all caught up!)

#bookreport #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

- Enjoyed my reading this week. A super fun cozy-ish mystery, and a collection of ‘literary erotica‘ from some fantastic writers.
- Listening to ‘True Story‘ for my book club... And just started an #ARC of We play ourselves... so far so good.
- next up is On Beauty.... a #doubledip for #AAM and #pop21

#bookreport / #weeklyforecast

- I thought Girl A and 100 boyfriends were really good, but just so-so on our #buddyread. I‘m working like crazy all weekend, so missed/ will miss all the fun, but hope to be able to read all the discussion comments later tonight
- just started a fun mystery for #booked2021 and #pop21
- next up is my #authoramonth (On Beauty) and my #bookspin (True Story)which is a re-read for my #IRL currently Zooming Bookclub 💕

#bookreport & #weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

The Divines was a great recommendation for audio💕
And if you loved Circe, I highly recommend A Thousand Ships.... it‘s fantastic!

Just starting our Galentine‘s #buddyread and then next up will be 2 new releases for Tuesday (I‘m almost caught up on my #ARCs but not quite...... a few days behind release date at the moment!)