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September 18, 2023


top ten books on my fall 2023 tbr list
posted by soe 1:02 am

::Sigh:: I believe this is the first time I’ll have failed to read a single book I put on a seasonal TBR list, assuming I can’t cross any off before Saturday.

However, this will not stop me from participating in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl and making a list for the fall. Here are ten books I’d love to read this autumn:

  1. Cultish by Amanda Mantell (this is the September pick for my friend’s reading group)
  2. Woman Without Shame by Sandra Cisneros
  3. Travis Baldree’s Bookshops & Bonedust
  4. A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
  5. Bill Watterson’s The Mysteries (Yes, of Calvin & Hobbes fame)
  6. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  7. Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel
  8. Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (I mean, how can you not with that title?)
  9. Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge
  10. Melinda Taub’s The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch (Doesn’t this sound utterly tantalizing?)

How about you? What are you hoping to read this coming season?

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August 2, 2023


#giftmasinjuly 2023
posted by soe 1:40 am

Many thanks to Monica from Newbery and Beyond for my delightful GiftmasinJuly package!

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Included were three (!) books from my TBR list — Neil Gaiman’s The View from the Cheap Seats; Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop, edited by Otto Penzler; and Lily King’s Five Tuesdays in Winter. I am going to have many happy hours of reading ahead of me!


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I also got some goodies from Iceland, including fruits of the forest tea and chocolate, and some new, fun stickers!

GiftmasinJuly

Thank you so much, Monica, and thank you to Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting this favorite summer swap1

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July 18, 2023


top ten one-word titles
posted by soe 1:05 am

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share our favorite reads with one-word titles. I highly recommend all of these:

  1. Summerland by Michael Chabon
  2. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
  3. Eliot Schrefer’s Endangered
  4. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
  5. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
  6. Naomi Novick’s Uprooted
  7. Booked by Kwame Alexander
  8. Obsidio (The final book in the Illuminae Files trilogy) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
  9. Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
  10. Mike Lupica’s Heat
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July 11, 2023


ten books i have checked out from the library
posted by soe 1:43 am

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl is a freebie, so I thought I’d share ten of the titles I currently have borrowed from one of the three library systems I belong to:

  1. The Wager by David Grann
  2. Ari Shapiro’s The Best Strangers in the World
  3. Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
  4. She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell with illustrations by Rogê Antônio and Luca Maresca
  5. Lucy Gilmore’s The Lonely Hearts Book Club
  6. Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
  7. Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee
  8. Shveta Thakrar’s The Dream Runners
  9. To Fill a Yellow House by Sussie Anie
  10. I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg

What do you have out from the library right now?

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June 28, 2023


top ten titles coming the rest of this year
posted by soe 1:38 am

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl asks us to share our most anticipated titles being published in the second half of the year. Here are some of mine:

  1. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
  2. A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
  3. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
  4. The Mysteries by Bill Watterson
  5. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  6. The Year of Second Chances by Lara Avery
  7. The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
  8. The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter
  9. Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski
  10. Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel

How about you? What books coming out later this year are you looking forward to most?

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June 20, 2023


top ten books on my summer 2023 tbr list
posted by soe 1:12 am

I always enjoy the seasonal topics posted by That Artsy Reader Girl as part of Top Ten Tuesdays. Here are ten titles I’m hoping to get to this summer (even if tradition dictates I’ll maybe finish only 20% of this list before fall:

  1. The Year of Second Chances by Lara Avery
  2. Elizabeth Acevedo’s Family Lore
  3. The Wager by David Grann
  4. Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron
  5. Brian Selznick’s Big Tree
  6. Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li
  7. Susannah Hoffs’ This Bird Has Flown
  8. Enter the Body by Joy McCullough
  9. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
  10. Jami Attenberg’s I Came All This Way to Meet You

How about you? What books are you looking forward to reading this summer?

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