My 11 year old is reading this for one of his novel study books and it is beautifully written. It tells the story of a girl who moves from Syria go Cincinnati and her experiences of moving to the states, her worries about her family back home, and her Muslim identity. It felt very real and poignant.

I loved this book. A story of friendships I found it to be really beautiful. I found all the characters really relatable and the storyline engrossing even though I have no interest in gaming and have never played video games beyond Tetris and Mario brothers. Also any book set in boston in the late 1990s/early 2000s fills with me nostalgia picturing the T station, the science center, and all the stores mentioned in Harvard Square.

Sneaking in a little reading during warm-ups. Really liking Girl With The Louding Voice.

A soft pick for me. I expected to love this and went in thinking it would be more along the lines of A Secret History. it definitely captured Bodie and society‘s obsession with murdered and missing women but it didn‘t quite all gel for me. It did become a page-turner but not until after the 50% mark. I did like the boarding school memories and insights into those social dynamics.

Not my favorite in the series…but still a solid beach read. Reacher heads overseas to try and catch a sniper.

4.5. I love the Lucy Barton books and pretty much everything Elizabeth Strout writes. She is able to capture the reality of the small moments that make up life is in this way I find really moving. Lucy reflects on her life with William and their continued friendship decades after their marriage has ended. Thanks @BarbaraBB for recommending this from my vacation stack

I love my Wednesday mornings at the library cafe. An easy read and good coffee is the best way to tackle the mid-week blahs.

I think this book is probably really divisive. It has no traditional plot and is instead a series of observations and anecdotes about life in NYC as a young journalist in the 1970s. Some of the descriptions of her experiences are funny, others quite shocking, and most quite insightful. One of my favorites was her description of lawyers having found the strongest “or” in the English language in the phrase “well knew or should have known.”

I‘m going on vacation soon and have put together this book stack but I can‘t take them all…the Makkai is definitely coming…welcome opinions on which others to bring with me. I also have a kindle loaded up with mysteries and thrillers I like to read on planes and on the beach. Always need to cover e-reader and real books.

A lovely comforting read about the friendship between Nina Totenberg and Justice Ginsburg and about friendships more generally, as well as love, grief, and navigating a heavily male profession.

3.5 stars. She notes at the beginning that her sample is skewed. While she does talk to Lgbtq teens and Black and Hispanic teens it is primarily focused on white college bound kids from the upper middle class. Helpful to see teenagers perspectives on masculinity, sex, and how they view society‘s expectations of them.

Mysteries/thrillers and YA are my go-to reads when stressed. I really liked this one. A murder on a plane of a French woman who held the secrets of many. A great locked room mystery.

I loved this book. I listened to it and the narration really added to the rhythm of the book. 18 year old middle sister stands out in her community for many things, among them, reading while walking. Her descriptions of life during “the troubles” in Ireland captured the constant feeling of being watched and on alert and aware of even minute things are impacted by the conflict. The structure of the sentences was beautiful and surprising.

I‘m only on page 100 and already all the other book mentions in this book are giving me TBR overload. The only problem with a book about books is it makes me want to read more books!

New book. New mug. Haven‘t started this one yet, but really liked “Long Petal of the Sea.”

Damon‘s story of growing up in Lee County, VA had me hooked from the beginning. Kingsolver had empathy for each of the characters and drew them as whole people. she examines what has made Appalachians vulnerable to the ravages of pills and hopelessness a broken social services system, and tells a humane story of the people here. The language in the book was so beautiful. Loved it all but especially Angus and Annie and Mr Armstrong.

Lots of feelings about this one. A near future dystopia where CPS is in overdrive and sends mothers to a reeducation camp where they must learn to be good mothers to robot dolls before their children can be returned to them. Felt a bit long in the middle and sometimes a touch too over the top, but made me think and brought me to tears close to the end.

Oh this page! Late 80s and early 90s captured. I remember buying a bottle of Exclamation! And washing my face with noxzema nightly. I can still smell it. Loving this graphic novel of middle school in 89-91.

A lighter read for a Saturday morning. Having been wanting to check out Telgemeier‘s graphic novels for a while.

This is the book my 10 year old is currently reading for his novel study. I found this coming of age story about a boy and his pet fox who become separated and have to learn how to live on their own to be really moving. I like watching how both the boy and the fox change while maintaining a connection.

This is the book my 10 year old is currently reading for his novel study. I found this coming of age story about a boy and his pet fox who become separated and have to learn how to live on their own to be really moving. I like watching how both the boy and the fox change while maintaining a connection.

Really looking forward to this one.

I love this series - guaranteed page-turner for me. Bosch investigates a cold case and an apparent suicide. As always no one comes out looking totally clean and politics and other motives abound.

1st book of 2023. Look at why there is resistance to use of property destruction and other tactics in the climate movement and whether such tactics are more effective than non-violence and whether they are accepted in the climate space. Not sure I quite buy the argument fully but did buy the urgency of climate change and the need for action. I did like the focus on hope and working for change as opposed to doing nothing because “we‘re doomed.”

Here are some of my favorite reads from this year. In addition to those pictured I also really enjoyed “daisy Jones and the six” prob my best listen of the year - full cast audio; and “a tale for the time being.”

I had a very good year in books. Met my goal of reading more big books and more poetry.

Perfect read for a short flight. Thanks for the rec @Cinfhen I really enjoyed this collection of essays about the author‘s life in Israel with his wife and young son as well as his experiences traveling as an Israeli author. The essay about buying an apartment in Warsaw was particularly moving.

I‘m heading to Israel with my mom next week and picked up some books for the library to start immersing myself in some Israeli non-fiction and novels. Also downloaded To the End of the Land and a A Tale of Love and Darkness. @Cinfhen any recommendations of books or restaurants or other suggestions? We‘ll be in Eilat and Jerusalem. My mom has been many times, I‘ve only been once in 1997.

Took a little work break to soak in fall colors.

Sunday afternoon reading under the new blanket knit by my Baba. #cozytime

Highly recommend. Desmond describes the lives of people in Milwaukee facing multiple evictions and their struggles to get out of poverty and the obstacles the housing system puts up. Told through personal stories it is clear that the author earned the trust of the people in the book. Should be required reading for anyone interesting in the housing crisis in the us and it‘s interaction with race and poverty. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I loved “we‘re going to need more wine,” and am looking forward to getting into this one. Spending some time this morning at my library‘s cafe with a cafe au lair and this book.

“I‘m so glad I live in a world where there are octobers.” October is my absolute favorite month. It is pouring rain here today but I‘m so happy fall is here. 🍁 📚 👻 Happy to light my Anne‘s Octobers candle and set up some spooky decor.

My most recent book haul. Excited for many of these titles. #bookdepot #bookstack #fall2022

I was in Columbus for a soccer tournament this weekend and had the pleasure of spending some time browsing in this wonderful book store. Loved the set up with all the little rooms…could have stayed all day.

I think all mothers can identify with Nightbitch at some point . A stay at home mom, struggles with the demands and monotony of caring for her toddler as well as the loss of a sense of identity and ambition. Her husband is traveling for work and she‘s doing all the emotional work as well as the actual housework. Then she begins to discover a strange transformation that eventually leads to her finding herself again.

Currently hiding in my room reading this book - taking a mom time out . Feels appropriate.

I loved this essay collection. It had a lot of insights into the book/publishing/Mfa world - how book covers are selected and the happenstance of assignments in the iowa writer‘s workshop…it also had a deep humanity as in the title story of her friendship with Tom Hanks assistant. through the whole book was infused with her gratefulness for her life her appreciation of luck and privilege, and the imperative not to take our days for granted.

This is the second Wagamese novel I‘ve read and I‘ve loved both. A story about homeless people winning the lottery could easily tip into cheesiness but this is a beautiful and empathetic story of people who are often unseen. Each character was whole and real and I teared up several times. It is a very human book. As the novel progresses we learn each characters back story and how they ended up unhoused and how they cope with newfound luck

New kindle cover making me smile today.

I almost never bail on a book but I couldn‘t get through this one. I know a lot of people love the disc world books…but at least this first one was not for me. I‘ve been told they can be read out of order but I have a hard time not starting at the beginning. Any recs on one I might like more?

Starting my week off right with a pretty breakfast and a good book. The love songs of WEB DuBois.

I loved this book - the most interesting and propulsive books I‘ve read in a long time. It goes through the lives and thoughts of famous physicists and mathematicians in the WWI and WW2 time period - Einstein, Bohrs, Heisenberg etc…how their discoveries impacted them, their obsessive thoughts and how their theories changed the understanding of the world and led to unplanned consequences and how they cope.

I am loving this series of books. This one skips 5 years from the one before and focused on Batty Penderwick an almost 11 year old girl as she deals with grief, discovers a new musical talent, and strikes out with her own neighborhood business. It tackles typical childhood problems, the kids have good mentors, the girls are interested in a wide variety of topics and are good friends to each other.

I have enjoyed the fun and light romances in this series. Each relationship centers consent and features characters who are diverse in looks, body types, etc. Multiple characters have disabilities or are not neurotypical. Like these as palate cleansers - predictable in the you know a happy ending is in sight way - but that‘s what I‘m looking for in this kind of book.

I really liked this book though some part of it was nostalgia and familiarity. Her descriptions of Boston and particularly the Cambridge/Somerville area in the late 90s are spot on. I kept realizing, I‘ve ridden that bus, been to that restaurant, walked through that building. It felt both very specific to that time and place but also a great encapsulation of the feeling of being a college freshman.

I appreciated this book‘s approach to making your home functional instead of spotless and rhythms over routines. A cleaning book that actually contemplates busy lives, anxiety, and being overwhelmed. Took away some helpful tips about prioritizing and tidying and the comfort that it‘s ok to give yourself a break.

In the wake of all the upsetting news this week I need a book to take me away and not keep me up at night. This was perfect. It captured the beauty of the all the national parks and the stories behind them as well as a good road trip telling.

It‘s been forever since I‘ve posted…reading this for my office book club and definitely recommend as an easy read to understand the constitution and how it‘s principles and interpretation have impacted Black people. Written with humour and in a way you don‘t need to be a lawyer to get (even tho I am a lawyer).

A long week calls for cookie dough, wine, and Maisie dobbs on audio.