I mentioned last year that I never do the ’52 books in a year’ challenge. I love reading, but it’s difficult to make it a priority when there’s a semester in session because there’s always so much that HAS to get done. So reading falls off the to do list. My StoryGraph* from 2023 didContinue reading “Books of 2024”
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First Friday Rec: The Nineties
Title: The NinetiesAuthor: Chuck KlostermanGenre: Nonfiction, essays, HistoryPages: 384Publication Date: January 31, 2023StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Reflective, FunnyHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Wandering around B&NOther Books by Klosterman: But What if We’re Wrong?, Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century, Raised in Captivity*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description:Continue reading “First Friday Rec: The Nineties”
First Friday Rec: Babel
Title: BabelAuthor: R.F. KuangGenre: Fiction, Fantasy, HistoricalPages: 560Publication Date: August 29, 2023StoryGraph* Moods: Dark, Emotional, ChallengingHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Book ClubOther Books by Kuang: The Poppy War Trilogy, Yellowface*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: A young orphan boy is taken from his home of China and brought to England to study translation (whichContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Babel”
First Friday Rec: Solito
Title: SolitoAuthor: Javier ZamoraGenre: MemoirPages: 384Publication Date: October 11, 2022StoryGraph” Moods: Emotional, Tense, SadHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Book ClubOther Books by Zamora: Unaccompanied*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: A nine-year-old boy takes a three-thousand-mile journey from El Salvador to join his parents in the U.S. – traveling through Guatemala, Mexico, and the SonoraContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Solito”
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