5 ⭐️ Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green- great follow up to Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
5⭐️ Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy- sweet, cozy little story
4.5 ⭐️Autocracy Inc by Anne Applebaum- comprehensive explanation of the changing world order
A collage of the covers of the books Leslie read this month with her rating for each book included below
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January reading wrap-up
Reviews for each book in the comments
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3 ⭐️
📒 The Circle- would have made a great short story
📒 Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask- lots about the Ojibwe, but no other tribes
📒 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder- fun, not mentally taxing
📒 Summer War- boring, meandering plot
4 ⭐️
📗 Percy Jackson- fun, but I probably won’t read the series
📗 Bird Box- very suspenseful
📗 Bridge of San Luis Rey- beautifully written
📗 Piranesi- weird in the best way
Image is a cover collage of the books listed below
5 ⭐️
📕 A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping- almost as cute as the first one
📕 Ragpicker King- intricate plotting with a nice twist at the end
📕 Long Island- that ending!!
📕 Red at the Bone- family drama with beautiful writing
Covers of the seven books Leslie read in October. Five stars Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. 4.5 stars Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson. 4.25 stars Kindred by Octavia Butler. Four stars Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz, Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave, Tom Lake by Ann Patchet. 3.25 stars Diavola by Jennifer Thorne.
📚💙 Crooked Kingdom was perfection. Why are there only two books with these characters?! #booksky
Collage of the covers of the ten books Leslie read in September. Titles, authors and ratings are listed in the post.
I read more than I planned to this month. Better Ways to Read the Bible was my favorite. Awake and Mother Mary are both very good. More details in comment
I really liked Heir. I enjoy a little political intrigue with my fantasy, and this had the right balance for me.
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Covers of the books Little Bee, The Marriage Plot, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Carnegie’s Maid, Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Leave the World Behind
August reading wrap-up. I LOVED Tress of the Emerald Sea.
A collage of books Leslie read last month. The books were Howl’s Moving Castle, My Friends, The Women, Every Heart a Doorway, Middlegame, Divergent Minds, Down Among the Sticks and Stones, and You Belong Here
This was a below average month of reading, but I did really enjoy the newest Backman book and the first book in the Wayward Children series.
📙Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
📙Congratulations, the Best is Over by R Eric Thomas
Liked
📘Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark
This month I:
Loved
📕Killer Story by Claire St Amant
📕Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Really liked
📙Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
📙The Round House by Louise Erdrich
📙The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley
📙Ring Shout by P Djeli Clark
📙Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze
Collage with ratings of all the books Leslie read this month
Not picture- my reread of The Charm Offensive. It’s not a perfect book, but the OCD representation meant so much to me. Seeing yourself in a character is a wonderful feeling, and I hope that everyone gets to experience it.
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
A collage of movie posters from the 29 movies Leslie has seen.
I have so many movies I want to watch! Walk-e, Parasite and Oppenheimer are at the top of my list.
UGH!!! You can’t just start a war with Iran because no one came to your birthday party.
I’m loving the Atlantic’s humor author. The sass is next level! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
You, sir, have made a gross miscalculation. Meow.
Trump reaches a “deal” to pause the tariffs he imposed on China. I guess all those manufacturing jobs aren’t coming here now, the tariffs won’t replace income taxes, and all the other amazing things they were supposed to do for us are over. So much for Liberation Day.
Explain? I’ve definitely bought prescriptions from Canada for about 20% of the going rate in the US.
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
I think ChatGPT deserves partial credit
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Ratings collage Witchcraft for Wayward Girls 4.25 Gliff 4.25 Prophet Song 3.5 How We Learn to be Brave 5.0 Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet 3.25 Dune 3.5 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing 4.0 The Madstone 3.25
March wrap-up
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When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
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Solito was incredible! My book club read it last year and I’m still thinking about it.
I loved it! I majored in economics and I loved learning about the concept of gift economies.
