2020 Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge
I came the closest to completing the 2019 ATY Challenge of most all the year-long challenges in which I participated--only one more prompt needed!
Again, I am reading that book in 2020 and officially counting it for 2020 reading challenges,
but am also documenting it on the 2019 challenge so I know I did read them all...eventually!
I can count one book for multiple prompts! YAY!
As of December 30
Prompts completed: 52/52
Total books read: 137
Prompts bolded have been completed.
* Book I own
** Book selected for a book club read
*Skeletons in Purple Sage by Barbara Burnett Smith
*The Huntress by Kate Quinn
*Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
*The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
*Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
*The Lost Man by Jane Harper
*Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Andrews
Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification by Aaron Reynolds
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
Code Name: Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Nonfiction
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Young Adult
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope on the Inside by Marie Bostwick
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope on the Inside by Marie Bostwick
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City by Geert Mak
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
I read and loved The Wife Between Us in 2019!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
I loved Beartown (Bjornstad #1) which I read in 2019!
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
I read The Maltese Feline, also authored by Christian.
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-I read and adored The Song of Achilles in 2019
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
I read the second book in the series in 2019.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I read the 4th book in the series in 2019.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
I read and loved The Wife Between Us in 2019!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
I loved Beartown (Bjornstad #1) which I read in 2019!
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
I read The Maltese Feline, also authored by Christian.
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-I read and adored The Song of Achilles in 2019
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
I read the second book in the series in 2019.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I read the 4th book in the series in 2019.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 2019.
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
Read The Kiss Quotient in 2019.
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
A reread from 2019!
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Read the first installment in 2019!
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Read the first installment in 2019!
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Read the first installment in 2019!
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Chet and Bernie #4) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #14)
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti (Binti #1)
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean-the Florida swamps! Ugh!
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
1929: A female couldn't walk on the grass. A female couldn't enter the library unless accompanied by a man or carrying a letter of introduction. UGH!
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
I cannot imagine living somewhere that cold!
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
Don't know that I could handle New York City in so many ways. I'm basically a "country girl"!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Definitely would NOT want to live in the early 14th Century. Women were only to be abused.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I would not want to live in the "hood" with gang violence, etc.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Not sure I would be comfortable living in Laramie...
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
Not sure I could have handled the wild west before it was settled. Or even after it was "settled"!
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
All those gods and goddesses and curses, etc. Yeah, not for me!
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
Man, Mississippi's heat and humidity--melting point!
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Don't think I'd be happy roughing it in these protestor communities and especially not camped out in the tops of trees!
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I cannot imagine living in the desert.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
I cannot imagine living at a boarding school.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
I would not want to live in a war-torn country like Sudan.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Too far north. Too much snow in Minnesota! But Hawaii! Now there's a place!
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Deep South at that time before blacks were treated with any respect and
ncouraged/enabled to achieve.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
A Nazi concentration camp in WWII.
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
Women were given no consideration in London in the 1860's! So subjugated! Only respected as a "wife" to a man.
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Can't imagine living as a female in the 19th Century! Ugh!
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Living in a shack with no conveniences in a hot tropical climate like Cuba.
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
I cannot imagine living among the pretentious super-rich in a place like the Hamptons. Yuck!
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I definitely would not want to live in Huxley's London!
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
I don't believe I would want to live in the Dutch House.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
I would not want to live in Orïsha, especially if I was a Magi...
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
I definitely would not want to try to live in a war-torn country like Syria or Libya.
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
At this point in my life, I would have no interest in trying to visit, let alone live and survive, on another planet.
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
I wouldn't choose to live in the time of a pandemic, but here we are! At least I am in my own home, however! Poor Lou was not...
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
I would have never wanted to live through these revolutions and the resulting famine, unjust persecutions, etc.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
Many of these stories include settings where I would definitely not want to live.
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Set in Arizona where I spent 5 days and do not wish to return! :) (Even if it is a "dry heat"!)
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
1929: A female couldn't walk on the grass. A female couldn't enter the library unless accompanied by a man or carrying a letter of introduction. UGH!
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
I cannot imagine living somewhere that cold!
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
Don't know that I could handle New York City in so many ways. I'm basically a "country girl"!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Definitely would NOT want to live in the early 14th Century. Women were only to be abused.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I would not want to live in the "hood" with gang violence, etc.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Not sure I would be comfortable living in Laramie...
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
Not sure I could have handled the wild west before it was settled. Or even after it was "settled"!
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
All those gods and goddesses and curses, etc. Yeah, not for me!
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
Man, Mississippi's heat and humidity--melting point!
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Don't think I'd be happy roughing it in these protestor communities and especially not camped out in the tops of trees!
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I cannot imagine living in the desert.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
I cannot imagine living at a boarding school.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
I would not want to live in a war-torn country like Sudan.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Too far north. Too much snow in Minnesota! But Hawaii! Now there's a place!
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Deep South at that time before blacks were treated with any respect and
ncouraged/enabled to achieve.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
A Nazi concentration camp in WWII.
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
Women were given no consideration in London in the 1860's! So subjugated! Only respected as a "wife" to a man.
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Can't imagine living as a female in the 19th Century! Ugh!
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Living in a shack with no conveniences in a hot tropical climate like Cuba.
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
I cannot imagine living among the pretentious super-rich in a place like the Hamptons. Yuck!
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I definitely would not want to live in Huxley's London!
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
I don't believe I would want to live in the Dutch House.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
I would not want to live in Orïsha, especially if I was a Magi...
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
I definitely would not want to try to live in a war-torn country like Syria or Libya.
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
At this point in my life, I would have no interest in trying to visit, let alone live and survive, on another planet.
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
I wouldn't choose to live in the time of a pandemic, but here we are! At least I am in my own home, however! Poor Lou was not...
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
I would have never wanted to live through these revolutions and the resulting famine, unjust persecutions, etc.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
Many of these stories include settings where I would definitely not want to live.
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Set in Arizona where I spent 5 days and do not wish to return! :) (Even if it is a "dry heat"!)
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
Locke's mansion. Ugh!
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I cannot imagine living with people who are into drugs and alcohol to this degree.
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
I obviously would not choose to live in Bogotá, Colombia, in the 1950's. Since I am a female!
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
I would not choose to live on an unfamiliar planet with SecUnits, etc.
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
Don't think I could handle Mississippi's heat and humidity!
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly-during segregation
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Cannot imagine living in a place that gets as much snow as North Dakota gets.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Scary times in the aftermath of the meteorite strike!
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
While Guernsey seems a beautiful environment, I sure wouldn't want to live through Nazi occupation!
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
While it would be exciting to be one of the first to land on Mars, I'm not sure I could handle living on a spaceship for years!
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Not sure I would volunteer to establish a colony on another planet.
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
I would never choose to live in such a "close-knit"/nosy neighborhood!
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I could not stand for books to be despised/illegal and/or destroyed!
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
I would not want to live in the Balkans during war time.
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
Lagrimari certainly does not sound like a good place to live.
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
Uncertain I could be happy living in a large urban area such as London.
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
This island is no place I would ever want to live!
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
Not sure I would like living in New York City.
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
Living in the US during the depression would have been hard.
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
Don't think I would enjoy living in New York City.
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
A time when men could do as they pleased...with women.
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
Pretty sure I would not have wanted to live in Victorian England, especially London with all the air pollution, etc..
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
Pretty sure I would not have wanted to live in Victorian England, especially London with all the air pollution, etc..
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
No way would I want to live in Jonas's or The Giver's world!
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I could not withstand the oppression of females inherent in these Islamic societies.
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. The first book in a series that you have not yet started
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
Want to read them all!
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
Want to read them all!
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
I won't be continuing with the series.3
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I won't be continuing with the series.3
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-a horse
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-helicopter
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee-train
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-a horse
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-a horse
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-helicopter
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee-train
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-a horse
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
*The Son by Philipp Meyer
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. A book that can be read in a day
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicals #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
Living in the US during the depression would have been hard.
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
*The Son by Philipp Meyer-561 pages
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- 400 pages
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-512 pages
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-440 pages
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-448 pages
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-463 pages
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-502 pages
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-400 pages
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-449 pages
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-491 pages
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-404 pages
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir-435 pages
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-456 pages
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-450 pages
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- 400 pages
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-512 pages
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-440 pages
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-448 pages
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-463 pages
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-502 pages
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-400 pages
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-449 pages
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-491 pages
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-404 pages
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir-435 pages
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-456 pages
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-450 pages
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal-431 pages
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-462 pages
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert-470 pages
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-544 pages
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
18th Century: 1709, 1721, 1723, 1733, 1741, 1747, 1753, 1759, 1777, 1783, 1787, 1789
19th Century: 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889
20th Century: 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999
21st Century: 2003, 2011, 2017
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-1951 as The Man on the Pier
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-2017
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-2017
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-2003
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins-2017
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-2017
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
18th Century: 1709, 1721, 1723, 1733, 1741, 1747, 1753, 1759, 1777, 1783, 1787, 1789
19th Century: 1801, 1811, 1823, 1831, 1847, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1877, 1879, 1889
20th Century: 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999
21st Century: 2003, 2011, 2017
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-1951 as The Man on the Pier
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-2017
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-2017
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-2003
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins-2017
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-2017
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells-2017
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines-2003
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino-1997
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux-1907
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky-1993
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht-2011
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith-2011
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr-1997
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly-2017
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-2017
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-2017
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian and illustrated by Ellen Eagle
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (with Lale Sokolov)
Based upon many hours spent with and interviewing Lale Sokolov, the protagonist.
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian and illustrated by Ellen Eagle
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (with Lale Sokolov)
Based upon many hours spent with and interviewing Lale Sokolov, the protagonist.
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Russell Wasden
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
13. A prompt from a previous ATY in 52 Books Challenge:
2019 ATY Prompt #37 A book set in a school or university
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers:
Isabel Allende
NoViolet Bulawayo: We Need New Names
Octavia Butler
Angela Carter
Edwidge Danticat
Elena Ferrante
Roxane Gay: Not Too Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Nadine Gordimer: Burger's Daughter
Sue Monk Kidd
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Toni Morrison: Paradise
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Toni Morrison: Paradise
Marilynne Robinson: Lila
JK Rowling: The Cuckoo's Calling
Amy Tan
Anne Tyler
Alice Walker: Possessing the Secret of Joy
Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
15. A book set in a global city
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-London
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- London (Red, White, Grey, Black)
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-London
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf-London
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-New York City
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
New York City
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Istanbul, Turkey and Venice and Florence, Italy
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Chicago, IL
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Partially set in Chicago.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Partially set in New York City, New York.
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-London
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith-London
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley-London
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Philadelphia, PA
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Partially set in NYC, NY
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Moscow
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-London
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- London (Red, White, Grey, Black)
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-London
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf-London
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-New York City
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
New York City
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Istanbul, Turkey and Venice and Florence, Italy
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Chicago, IL
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Partially set in Chicago.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Partially set in New York City, New York.
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-London
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith-London
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley-London
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Philadelphia, PA
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Partially set in NYC, NY
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Moscow
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang-San Francisco, CA
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Moscow
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-Londond
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen-New York City, NY
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham-London
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr-New York City, NY
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib-Toronto, Canada
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King-New York City, NY
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Russell Wasden-Tokyo
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert-NYC
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard-Sydney, London, NYC
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-London
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-London
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith-NYC, NY
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-London
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett-Los Angeles, CA and NYC, NY
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson-NYC,NY (Harlem)
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
*The Son by Philipp Meyer
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-villages of the Gold Coast/Ghana
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Gulf Coast of Cuba
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Rawiya's story
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-villages of the Gold Coast/Ghana
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Gulf Coast of Cuba
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Rawiya's story
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-Guernsey
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
I would say the moon is about as "rural" as it gets! :)
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Mars!
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
I only read one other David Levithan book.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
I only read one other David Levithan book.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. A fantasy book
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- 400 pages
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- 400 pages
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
22. A book with the major theme of survival
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-queer and transgender
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-Benji
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-both
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-queer and transgender
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith-Benji
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-both
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
24. A book with an emotion in the title
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25. A book related to the arts
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
It is a play.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
Chet and Bernie are overseeing a famous actor.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Tiny is a writer and play director.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jo is an writer, Beth a musician, Amy an artist.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by Jane Green
Michael is a jeweler/jewelry maker, Daff is a painter, and Bee is a writer.
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May is a dancer, singer, actor.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
Lou and her Mom put their sewing talents to work!
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Zhivago was a writer.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
Queenie and her mother were entertainers and Tilly loved to dance and sing.
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
It is a play.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
Chet and Bernie are overseeing a famous actor.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Tiny is a writer and play director.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jo is an writer, Beth a musician, Amy an artist.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by Jane Green
Michael is a jeweler/jewelry maker, Daff is a painter, and Bee is a writer.
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May is a dancer, singer, actor.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
Lou and her Mom put their sewing talents to work!
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Zhivago was a writer.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
Queenie and her mother were entertainers and Tilly loved to dance and sing.
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines-music, the blues
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Kate's mother was an artist in self-designed models.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
Connell becomes a writer.
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli-Stargirl's mother is costume designer
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Sofia is a talented pianist and Anna is an actress.
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Juliet is a writer
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ellen is a photographer.
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
Pottery
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
Writing and publishing
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Descriptions of arthwork on display in the Artemis Art Museum.
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
Alice is an actress.
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Str was a writer.eet (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
Jane is a writer!
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
Mayu was an actress and Ryuichiro was a writer.
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
Gladys was a writer.
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Live theater.
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
Paul was a successful playwright.
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
Strange is a storyteller.
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
Dickie was a painter, Tom was a mimic, both appreciated artwork.
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Parvaiz was a video and sound tech.
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Reese is a photographer.
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
The "culinary arts."
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
*Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
*Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2019 Goodreads Historical Fiction Award
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance 2019
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
2019 Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Middle Grade and Children's
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
2019 Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Picture Books
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
2019 Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Historical Fiction
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
*The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
*Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
*The Lost Man by Jane Harper
*Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Andrews
Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification by Aaron Reynolds
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
Code Name: Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
27. A history or historical fiction book
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (historical fiction)
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (historical fiction)
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (historical fiction and history)
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
(historical fiction and history)
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
(historical fiction and history)
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
(historical fiction and history)
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
(historical fiction)
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
(historical fiction and history)
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
(historical fiction and history)
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
(historical fiction)
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
(historical fiction)
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
(historical fiction)
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (history)
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (historical fiction)
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister (historical fiction)
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (historical fiction and history)
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
(historical fiction and history)
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
(historical fiction and history)
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
(historical fiction and history)
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
(historical fiction)
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
(historical fiction and history)
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
(historical fiction and history)
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
(historical fiction)
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
(historical fiction)
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
(historical fiction)
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
(historical fiction)
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(history)
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(historical fiction)
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(history)
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
(historical fiction)
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
(historical fiction)
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
(historical fiction)
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
(historical fiction)
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
(historical fiction)
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
(history and historical fiction)
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
(history, historical fiction)
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
(history, historical fiction)
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
(historical fiction)
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
(historical fiction)
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
(historical fiction)
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
(historical fiction)
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
(historical fiction)
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(History, historical fiction)
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(history)
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-born in New Zealand, currently living in Australia
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-born in New Zealand, currently living in Australia
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib-Canadian, Pakistani by birth
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
Born in Australia.
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
Definitely underrated at 2.84 on Goodreads!
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey-definitely lesser known
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-lesser known and a hidden gem IMHO!
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
I would label this a "hidden gem" and "lesser known" book!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
Hidden gem, IMHO!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-lesser known, only 20 ratings
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman-definitely underrated at 3.72, IMHO
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan-underrated at 3.64, hidden gem, and lesser known
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
Lesser known and hidden gem.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
Underrated and lesser known.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
Underrated at 3.66, IMO!
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
Definitely underrated at 2.84 on Goodreads!
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey-definitely lesser known
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-lesser known and a hidden gem IMHO!
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
I would label this a "hidden gem" and "lesser known" book!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
Hidden gem, IMHO!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-lesser known, only 20 ratings
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman-definitely underrated at 3.72, IMHO
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan-underrated at 3.64, hidden gem, and lesser known
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
Lesser known and hidden gem.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Hidden gem and lesser known.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
Underrated, in my opinion.
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
Underrated and lesser known.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
Underrated at 3.66, IMO!
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
Uderrated and lesser known.
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Underrated and lesser known.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lesser known.
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Hidden gem and lesser known
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
Hidden gem and lesser known
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
Underrated.
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
Hidden gem and lesser known
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
Lesser known
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
Underrated and lesser knpwn.
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
Underrated and lesser known.
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
Hidden gem and lesser known.
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden gem and lesser known.
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
The Overstory by Richard Powers-2018
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-2016
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-2019
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-2016
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-2019
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-2017
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
31. A book inspired by a leading news story
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
The reboot of Gilmore Girls.
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
The reboot of Gilmore Girls.
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
33. A book about a non-traditional family
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In sooooo many ways!
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-nontraditional in the sense that Simon had TWO wives/families!
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
These protestors definitely formed non-traditional 'family' units.
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-I would argue Santiago and Manolin formed a non-traditional family
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In sooooo many ways!
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-nontraditional in the sense that Simon had TWO wives/families!
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
These protestors definitely formed non-traditional 'family' units.
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-I would argue Santiago and Manolin formed a non-traditional family
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. A book from a genre or sub-genre that starts with a letter in your name
LGBTQ+
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Romance
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
On a whim from a library book sale for $.50!
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
Might not have read this if it wasn't included with another novella I wanted to read
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
On a whim--I saw it in my favorite used bookstore and couldn't resist!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
On a whim!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
On a whim-purchased for $.50 from a library sale.
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
On a whim-purchased at a local bookstore sale for $.50.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
On a whim-purchased from a library sale for $.50.
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
On a whim.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
On a whim.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
On a whim.
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
On a whim, since it was the third one entitled The Beach House!
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
On a whim from a library book sale for $.50!
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
Might not have read this if it wasn't included with another novella I wanted to read
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
On a whim--I saw it in my favorite used bookstore and couldn't resist!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
On a whim!
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
On a whim-purchased for $.50 from a library sale.
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
On a whim-purchased at a local bookstore sale for $.50.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
On a whim-purchased from a library sale for $.50.
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
On a whim.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
On a whim.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
On a whim.
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
On a whim, since it was the third one entitled The Beach House!
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
On a whim fro the library book sale!
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Don't recall puting it there.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
On a whim-a library sale purchase
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
On a whim, local used bookstore sale.
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
On a whim.
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
On a whim-clearance at SFB
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
Put there on a whim.
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
Put there on a whim.
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
Put there on a whim.
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary Opposites: Book #2
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
After You (Me Before You #2) by Jojo Moyes
*Emily of New Moon (Emily #1) by LM Montgomery
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha #2) Tomi Adeyemi
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. A book with a place name in the title
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Although Auschwitz is not the name of a town, etc., IMO it is a very recognizable "place."
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Although Auschwitz is not the name of a town, etc., IMO it is a very recognizable "place."
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
41. A mystery
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42. A book that was nominated for one of the '10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World'
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction 2020
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2019
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
National Book Award Finalist 2015
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction 2020
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2019
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
National Book Award Finalist 2015
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
Hugo Award for Best Novel 2020
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist 2018, Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist 2019
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Hugo Award 2019
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction 2011
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
National Book Award for Young People's Literature 2005
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
1982 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
2018 Women's Prize for Fiction
2017 Man Booker Prize Longlist
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Death, War, Famine, Plague
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- Death, War
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-Death
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-Death, War, Famine
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-Death
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Death
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-Death
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse-Death
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-Death
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman-Death
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-Death
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-Death
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Death, Plague
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan-Death, War
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling-Death was always a possibility
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-Death, War
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-Death
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-Death
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Death
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-Death
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-Death
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles-Death, War
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-Death, War, Famine
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-Death, War
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-Death, War, Famine, Plague
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-Death
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-Death
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-Death, War
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Death
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-Death
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green-Death
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge-Death
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley-Death, War, Famine, Plague
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge-Death
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Death, War
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-Death, War, Famine
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-Death
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Death, War, Famine
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab- Death, War
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-Death
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-Death, War, Famine
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-Death
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Death
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-Death
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse-Death
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-Death
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman-Death
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-Death
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-Death
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Death, Plague
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan-Death, War
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling-Death was always a possibility
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-Death, War
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-Death
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-Death
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Death
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-Death
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-Death
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles-Death, War
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-Death, War, Famine
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-Death, War
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-Death, War, Famine, Plague
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-Death
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-Death
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-Death, War
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Death
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-Death
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green-Death
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge-Death
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley-Death, War, Famine, Plague
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge-Death
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Death, War
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-Death, War, Famine
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-Death
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Death, War, Famine
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir-Death, Famine
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes-Death, Plague
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Death, War, Famine, Plague
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-Death, War, Famine, Plague
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-Death
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes-Death, Plague
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Death, War, Famine, Plague
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-Death, War, Famine, Plague
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-Death
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow-Death
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid-Death
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez-Death
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells-Death
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines-Death
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly-Death
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino-Death
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor- Death, War
Underrated and lesser known.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux-Death
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Death
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving-Death, War
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Death, War, Famine
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-Death, War, Famine
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Death
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury-Death, War
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman-Death
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell-Death
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky-Death
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen-Death
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury-Death, War
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht-Death, War, Plague
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope-Death, War
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley-Death
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams-Death
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Death, Famine
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill-Death
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr-Death, War
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn-Death
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers-Death
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib-Death
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly-Death
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King-Death
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith-Death, War
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan-Death
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert-Death, War
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard-Death#43-Death
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-Death, War
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu-Death, War, Famine
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-Death
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-Death
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry-Death, War, Famine
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith-Death
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-Death, War
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett-Death
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir-Death, War, Famine
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
Samuel refers to January as "strega"/witch.
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
[Read Look Alive Twenty Five (Stephanie Plum #25) in 2018]
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-Death
[Read The Wife Between Us in 2019]
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
[Read Beartown (Bjornstad #1) in 2019]
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
[Read The Song of Achilles in 2019]
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
[Read Them Bones and Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #1 & #2) in 2019]
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
[Read The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Chet and Bernie #4) in 2019]
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Read and loved Turtles All the Way Down in 2018!
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
Read and loved Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) in 2018!
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
Read and loved Artemis in 2018!
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen-Death
[Read The Wife Between Us in 2019]
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You (Bjornstad #2) by Fredrik Backman, translated by Neil Smith
[Read Beartown (Bjornstad #1) in 2019]
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
[Read The Song of Achilles in 2019]
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
[Read Them Bones and Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #1 & #2) in 2019]
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
[Read The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Chet and Bernie #4) in 2019]
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Read and loved Turtles All the Way Down in 2018!
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
Read and loved Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) in 2018!
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
Read and loved Artemis in 2018!
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read and loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 2019!
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #14) in September 2019
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #14) in September 2019
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
I read Look Alive Twenty-Five in 2018.
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project (AIDS/LGBTQ+)
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project (AIDS/LGBTQ+)
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Walter Winchell)
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (AIDS)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago by Anna Zhivago
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott-Inspired by Pasternak's affair/Dr. Zhivago
*The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict (Einstein)
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
*The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway)
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson (Queen Elizabeth)
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott-Inspired by Pasternak's affair/Dr. Zhivago
*The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict (Einstein)
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
*The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Hemingway)
The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson (Queen Elizabeth)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win-A book from a child's perspective
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
May 16--5/5 stars
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
52. A book related to time
Circe by Madeline Miller-immortality vs. mortality plays a large role
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Our time on this earth is just about up!
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-immortality vs. mortality plays a large role
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Our time on this earth is just about up!
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The timing of this book is crucial--following the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board
of Education.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-things do change for the better as time passes
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The timing of this book is crucial--following the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board
of Education.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-things do change for the better as time passes
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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