2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge
Honestly, I failed at the 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge with only 40 of 50 prompts completed. However, that has not deterred me from tackling the 2020 challenge!
I am reading books I had intended to read for the 2019 challenge in 2020.
These books will be officially recorded for the 2020 challenge,
but I will retroactively record them for my own 2019 record.
This may seem silly, but I honestly want to read each of those books very badly, so I will!
Just not in the year in which I intended! :)
Thank goodness you can count one book for multiple prompts!
Honestly, I failed at the 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge with only 40 of 50 prompts completed. However, that has not deterred me from tackling the 2020 challenge!
I am reading books I had intended to read for the 2019 challenge in 2020.
These books will be officially recorded for the 2020 challenge,
but I will retroactively record them for my own 2019 record.
This may seem silly, but I honestly want to read each of those books very badly, so I will!
Just not in the year in which I intended! :)
Thank goodness you can count one book for multiple prompts!
As of December 30
Prompts completed 50/50
Total books read: 137
Prompts bolded have been completed.
* Book I own
** Book selected for a book club read
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
2. A book written by a trans or nonbinary author
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. A book with a great first line
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
"Some men enter a woman's life and screw it up forever."
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
"'You know how much I care about you,' Jason whispered into Cajen's ear." (Yeah, I did a major eye-roll at that!)
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
"Kell wore a very peculiar coat."
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
"If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are."
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
"Everything in my life is well-ordered and serene." (Ned's thought upon awakening... Unbeknownst to him, his life was about to become the opposite!) This is a great first line because it is so ironic (and untrue) by the end.
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
"One moment she's calm and cozy with a knee in her nose and tail around her neck."
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
"There's a strange thing that happens in the elevator."
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
"Once upon a time, a little girl helplessly watched as liquid gold spun a web across her tiny frame, racing to wrap her up in an icy cocoon."
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
"When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist."
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
"There is something about warm soil that connects the past and future into the present."
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
"A woman with a large sequin scorpio on the back of her flowing black abaya started
coming to the Lagoon, the mall on Amwaj Island in Bahrain."
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
"First there was nothing. Then there was everything."
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
"Hear you drove another one off a cliff," said Nixon Panero."
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
"Going was easy."
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
In the calm before the storm--in this case, the blessed quiet before the bridal suite is overrun by the wedding party--my twin sister stares critically down at a freshly painted shell-pink fingernail and says, "I bet you're relieved I'm not a bridezilla." (irony)
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
"Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical."
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
"When I was little, my dad used to tell me, 'Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.'"
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
"The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged trough the
woods just outside her father's compound."
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
"Lale tries not to look up."
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
"'Nice skirt, Emma,' calls Becca Chadwick, giving me the once-over as I head down the aisle of the school bus looking for a seat."
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
"The fateful note came just as Lenox was settling into his armchair after a long, tiresome day in the city."
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
"Lydia heard the distant flap of paper wings as the first book fell from its shelf."
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
"In November 1994, I entered a hotel room in Jackson, Mississippi, the dusk of late autumn broken by streetlights that flickered against the window."
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
"He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."
May 15--5/5 stars
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
"I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot."
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by Jane Green
"The bike crunches along the gravel path, weaving around the potholes that could present danger to someone who didn't know the road like the back of their hand."
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
"A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories."
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
"I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a small brook."
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
"The first time our father brought Andrea to the Dutch House, Sandy, our housekeeper, came to my sister's room and told us to come downstairs, 'Your father has a friend he wants you to meet,' she said."
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
"I try not to think of him."
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
"A jellyfish, if you watch it long enough, begins to look like a heart beating."
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
"I'm pretty much fucked."
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
"Louis. Where's your saucepan? You haven't got a saucepan!"
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
"On they went, singing "Rest Eternal," and whenever they stopped, their feet, the horses, and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing."
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
"There is no definitive census of all the intelligent species in the universe."
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
"When I was little, my Uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it."
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
"'You know how much I care about you,' Jason whispered into Cajen's ear." (Yeah, I did a major eye-roll at that!)
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
"Kell wore a very peculiar coat."
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
"If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are."
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
"Everything in my life is well-ordered and serene." (Ned's thought upon awakening... Unbeknownst to him, his life was about to become the opposite!) This is a great first line because it is so ironic (and untrue) by the end.
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
"One moment she's calm and cozy with a knee in her nose and tail around her neck."
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
"There's a strange thing that happens in the elevator."
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
"Once upon a time, a little girl helplessly watched as liquid gold spun a web across her tiny frame, racing to wrap her up in an icy cocoon."
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
"When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist."
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
"There is something about warm soil that connects the past and future into the present."
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
"A woman with a large sequin scorpio on the back of her flowing black abaya started
coming to the Lagoon, the mall on Amwaj Island in Bahrain."
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
"First there was nothing. Then there was everything."
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
"Hear you drove another one off a cliff," said Nixon Panero."
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
"Going was easy."
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
In the calm before the storm--in this case, the blessed quiet before the bridal suite is overrun by the wedding party--my twin sister stares critically down at a freshly painted shell-pink fingernail and says, "I bet you're relieved I'm not a bridezilla." (irony)
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
"Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical."
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
"When I was little, my dad used to tell me, 'Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.'"
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
"The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland, a fire raged trough the
woods just outside her father's compound."
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
"Lale tries not to look up."
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
"'Nice skirt, Emma,' calls Becca Chadwick, giving me the once-over as I head down the aisle of the school bus looking for a seat."
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
"The fateful note came just as Lenox was settling into his armchair after a long, tiresome day in the city."
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
"Lydia heard the distant flap of paper wings as the first book fell from its shelf."
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug."
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
"In November 1994, I entered a hotel room in Jackson, Mississippi, the dusk of late autumn broken by streetlights that flickered against the window."
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
"He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."
May 15--5/5 stars
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
"I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot."
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House by Jane Green
"The bike crunches along the gravel path, weaving around the potholes that could present danger to someone who didn't know the road like the back of their hand."
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
"A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories."
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
"I was sitting in the meadows one day, not long ago, at a place where there was a small brook."
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
"The first time our father brought Andrea to the Dutch House, Sandy, our housekeeper, came to my sister's room and told us to come downstairs, 'Your father has a friend he wants you to meet,' she said."
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
"I try not to think of him."
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
"A jellyfish, if you watch it long enough, begins to look like a heart beating."
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
"I'm pretty much fucked."
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
"Louis. Where's your saucepan? You haven't got a saucepan!"
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
"On they went, singing "Rest Eternal," and whenever they stopped, their feet, the horses, and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing."
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
"There is no definitive census of all the intelligent species in the universe."
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
"When I was little, my Uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it."
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
"When I was seven, I found a door."
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
"My mother killed my father when I was seven years old."
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"When I was seven, I found a door."
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
"My mother killed my father when I was seven years old."
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
"This book is an attempt to piece together a clear portrait of how the renowned 1970s rock band Daisy Jones & the Six rose to fame--as well as what led to their abrupt and infamous split while on tour in Chicago on July 12, 1979."
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
"I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites."
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
"My Great-Aunt Cilla was fond of saying that there's nothing like the feel of a blooded animal between a woman's thighs." (2nd sentence: "Of course with Aunt Cilla, that might apply to a Thoroughbred or a Southern gentleman with good lineage.")
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Actually, the first 4 sentences: Montgomery, Alabama. December 1, 1955. Early evening. A public bus pulls to a stop and a sensibly dressed woman in her forties gets on."
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
"I blame my mother for all my character flaws." (Hah! So do I! :))
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
"Khai was supposed to be crying."
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
"In March 1941 a violent winter storm moved down from Canada into the United States."
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Dear Leo, I love beginnings."
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
"It is not without a certain emotion that I being to recount here the extraordinary adventures of Joseph Rouletabille."
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City by Geert Mak
"Amsterdam is a city, but it is also a country by itself, a small nation inside a larger one."
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
"Do you remember where you were when the Meteor hit?"
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
"I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Moscow
"At half past six on the twenty-first of June 1922, when Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov was escorted through the gates of the Kremlin onto Red Square, it was glorious and cool."
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Do you remember where you were when the <i>Friendship</i> probe reached Mars?"
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Me Before You (Me Before you #1) by Jojo Moyes
"When he emerges from the bathroom she is awake, propped up against the pillows and flicking through the travel brochures that were beside his bed."
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
"One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets."
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
""Talking to you was always easy, Rukku.
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Don't move, it's not safe!"
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
"Diphtheria. D-I-P-T-H-E-R--"
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
"It had been years since Sam had been this far out on the expressway."
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
"Just look at that," Charlie Nolan said, his arm extended like that of a maitre d' indicating a particularly good table."
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"It was a pleasure to burn"
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
"In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers."
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope
"In the beginning, there was silence."
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
"Candice Brewin pushed open the heavy glass door of the Manhattan Bar and felt the familiar swell of warmth, noise, light and clatter rush over her."
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
"The lights go out."
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
"For a long time after that summer, the four Penderwick sisters still talked of Arundel."
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Florence White Williams
"Once upon a time there was a little black boy, and his name was Little Black Sambo."
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith
"Mma Ramotswe had always known that her assistant at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Mma Makutsi, was a woman of exceptional character."
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
"Very strange," muttered Mma Makutsi."
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
"How many places do you call home?"
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
"Watching his mother kneel awkwardly in her rented space suit, Aaron worried his lower lip inside his own helmet."
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
"As a young child's heart rhythm faded to a stop, I walked off the hospital floor and got in my car with a plan to end my own life."
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
"There's likely some polished way of starting a story like this, a clever bit of gaming that'd sucker people in surer than the best banco feeler in town."
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn
"Old Mrs. Parsons knocked on our door."
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
"I don't reckon he can live," Mama said, and her voice was real low."
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
"We both had shaved heads."
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
"Detective Darek Blake thought the secrets of his past were long buried, but when a young girl is murdered in a familiar way, finding the killer will not only bring back memories he's repressed, but give him a golden opportunity to impress the FBI."
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
"It was the day before Christmas and the day after my forty-first birthday."
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
"Their mother had been in the hospital with the new baby for almost a week."
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
"It was a slack time at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the only detective agency in Botswana.""Sulwe was born the color of midnight."
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
"..."
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
"Sulwe was born the color of midnight."
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
"I'm what you might call a night person."
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
"Gladys Gatsby stood at the counter with the spout of her father’s heavy blow-torch
poised over the ceramic cup."
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
"My name is Stephanie Plum and I'm a fugitive apprehension agent in Trenton, New Jersey."
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
"I received a letter from his daughter the other day."
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
"By nightfall the headlines would be reporting devastation."
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
"On the second Sabbat of Twelthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky."
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
"A white bird hung still in the clear western sky and flapped its wings sporadically."
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
“Had anyone told the Honorable Harrington Sackville that the
investigation into his death would make the name Sherlock Holmes known
throughout the land, Mr. Sackville would have scoffed.”
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
“Madame Gascoigne will be making sablé biscuits for our afternoon tea,”
said Mr. John Watson to her young friend, Miss Charlotte Holmes.”
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
"It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened."
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
"Call me harlot."
December 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
"Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way."
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
"Isma was going to miss her flight."
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
“The morning one of the lost twins returned to Mallard, Lou Lebon ran to
the diner to break the news, and even now, many years later, everyone remembers
the shock of sweaty Lou pushing through the glass doors, chest heaving,
neckline darkened with his own effort.”
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. A book about a book club
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-London
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-London
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Moscow
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Moscow
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-London
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Moscow
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Moscow
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham-London
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard-London
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-London
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-London
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. A bildungsroman
*The Son by Philipp Meyer
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 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-Moscow
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 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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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-London
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed.
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
9. A book with a map
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
Pages 9, 37, 59, 75, 111, 133, 157, 183, 211, 243, 281, 313, 347, 381
(beginning of each chapter)
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
Pages 9, 37, 59, 75, 111, 133, 157, 183, 211, 243, 281, 313, 347, 381
(beginning of each chapter)
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City by Geert Mak
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
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick (not necessarily my favorite, though they have read some that I really like!)
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick (not necessarily my favorite, though they have read some that I really like!)
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. An anthology
#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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
#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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 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 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-Moscow
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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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-London
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it.
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15. A book about or involving social media
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16. A book that has a book on the cover
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
18. A book with a made-up language
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Cuba
May 15--5/5 stars
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway-Cuba
May 15--5/5 stars
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
*Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen
Rarely do I select a based upon its title and/or cover image. But this was a definite exception!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rarely do I select a based upon its title and/or cover image. But this was a definite exception!
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam
March 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 García Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Moscow
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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
21. A book published the month of your birthday
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Olive has a degree in biology and works in the pharmaceutical industry and then with a nonprofit explaining vaccines.
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
Olive has a degree in biology and works in the pharmaceutical industry and then with a nonprofit explaining vaccines.
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
Rachel is an economist
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Maelyn is a computer graphic designer.
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Stella is a mathematician and Jude is a medical student.
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. A book that won an award in 2019
The Overstory by Richard Powers
2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
*The Firm by John Grisham
I know nothing about the mob, completing law school, or working in a law firm.
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
I know very little about hockey and virtually nothing about Sweden or such a cold/frozen climate.
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Fortunately, I know nothing about being an abandoned child trying to stave off starvation and the cold at night in an English village in the early 14th.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I know nothing about revenge killing.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
I know nothing about Laramie, Wyoming.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
I know nothing about the mob, completing law school, or working in a law firm.
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
I know very little about hockey and virtually nothing about Sweden or such a cold/frozen climate.
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Fortunately, I know nothing about being an abandoned child trying to stave off starvation and the cold at night in an English village in the early 14th.
March 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I know nothing about revenge killing.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
I know nothing about Laramie, Wyoming.
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers, illustrated by Michael Dooling
I know nothing about exploring the wild west in the early 1800's.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-I know nothing about witchcraft
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
I know nothing about living in Mississippi, inheriting a farm, being a Daddy's girl, or working as a Private Investigator.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
I know nothing about the countries of the Middle East and very little about Islam.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
I know nothing about being the President or Vice President of the United States.
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
I am so very fortunate to no nothing about sexual harassment or assault--one of the lucky few!
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I know nothing about exploring the wild west in the early 1800's.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-I know nothing about witchcraft
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
I know nothing about living in Mississippi, inheriting a farm, being a Daddy's girl, or working as a Private Investigator.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
I know nothing about the countries of the Middle East and very little about Islam.
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
I know nothing about being the President or Vice President of the United States.
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins
I am so very fortunate to no nothing about sexual harassment or assault--one of the lucky few!
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
I know nothing about participating in a protest movement.
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I know nothing about tracking down a killer.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
I know nothing about living at a private boarding school.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Fortunately, I know nothing about being displaced from your home and family as an 11-year-
old and forced to survive on your own.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
I know nothing about big weddings or a romantic honeymoon or even vacation! :)
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
I know nothing about growing up or living in the Deep South, especially during the period
immediately following the Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
I know nothing about acting or working as an actor.
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
I know nothing about living in London in the 1860's or working as an unpaid investigator or being self-sufficient financially.
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
I know nothing about being a black female from Africa displaced into London in the UK.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
I know nothing about witnessing multiple murders and hiding from the perpetrator.
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I know nothing about having siblings, let alone 3 sisters!
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
I know nothing about being a minority female or running for political office.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I know nothing about fishing in a skiff on the open sea, nor living in a shack with no conveniences.
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
I know nothing about living in the Barrier Islands or on a beach.
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
I know nothing about marrying a rich man or being a widow.
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
I know nothing about being a law student or intern.
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I know nothing about the engineering and science of cloning, especially with regard to human beings.
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
I know nothing about being an invalid for years as a pre-teen/teen.
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
I know nothing about having a sibling/brother.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
I know nothing about jellyfish or losing my best friend at age 11.
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Luckily, I know nothing about being homeless and forced to wander the world trying to find a relative and hoping they will take you in and provide you with a home again.
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
I know nothing about being an astronaut or trying to survive on another planet.
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
I know nothing about living through revolutionary uprisings, famine, or police state oppression.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
I knew nothing about "silkpunk" and learned some Asian history.
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I know nothing about participating in a protest movement.
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
I know nothing about tracking down a killer.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
I know nothing about living at a private boarding school.
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Fortunately, I know nothing about being displaced from your home and family as an 11-year-
old and forced to survive on your own.
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
I know nothing about big weddings or a romantic honeymoon or even vacation! :)
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
I know nothing about growing up or living in the Deep South, especially during the period
immediately following the Supreme Court Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
I know nothing about acting or working as an actor.
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
I know nothing about living in London in the 1860's or working as an unpaid investigator or being self-sufficient financially.
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
I know nothing about being a black female from Africa displaced into London in the UK.
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
I know nothing about witnessing multiple murders and hiding from the perpetrator.
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I know nothing about having siblings, let alone 3 sisters!
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
I know nothing about being a minority female or running for political office.
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I know nothing about fishing in a skiff on the open sea, nor living in a shack with no conveniences.
May 15--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
I know nothing about living in the Barrier Islands or on a beach.
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green
I know nothing about marrying a rich man or being a widow.
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
I know nothing about being a law student or intern.
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
I know nothing about the engineering and science of cloning, especially with regard to human beings.
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
I know nothing about being an invalid for years as a pre-teen/teen.
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
I know nothing about having a sibling/brother.
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
I know nothing about jellyfish or losing my best friend at age 11.
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Luckily, I know nothing about being homeless and forced to wander the world trying to find a relative and hoping they will take you in and provide you with a home again.
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
I know nothing about being an astronaut or trying to survive on another planet.
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
I know nothing about living through revolutionary uprisings, famine, or police state oppression.
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
I knew nothing about "silkpunk" and learned some Asian history.
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
I know nothing about discovering doors that lead to other worlds.
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I know nothing about the music business.
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
I know nothing about space exploration/travel or hybrid units of organic and inorganic materials.
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
I know nothing about being a private investigator.
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
I know nothing about growing up in a family with two successful parents who practice law.
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
I know nothing about investigating the murder of a friend/colleague.
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
I know nothing about immigrating to the United States.
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
I know nothing about losing my mother at age 11.
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston LerouxI know nothing I know nothing about investigating an attempted murder in a locked room.
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City by Geert Mak
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal
I know nothing about space or being an astronaut.
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
I know nothing about being under house arrest or a member of the nobility.
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
I know nothing about living on an island or through Nazi occupation.
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
I know nothing about being an astronaut or calculating orbits, etc.
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Me Before You (Me Before you #1) by Jojo Moyes
Fortunately, I know nothing about caring for a quadriplegic.
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
I know nothing about interpanetary travel or inhabiting any planet other than earth.
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Fortunately, I know nothing about being a homeless child.
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I know nothing about being a lawyer in NYC.
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky
I know nothing about living in the desert Southwest.
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
I am fortunate enough to know nothing about IVF.
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I know nothing about not appreciating and/or burning books.
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
I know nothing about having a grandfather in my life.
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
I know nothing about living in a large urban area.
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
I know nothing about making a large production of a wedding.
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall
I know nothing about having sisters or a father in my life.
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
I know nothing about space or being an astronaut.
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
I know nothing about setting up a fireworks display.
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill
I know nothing about being a medical student or MD.
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
I know nothing about trying to capture and save a wild animal.
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
I know nothing about being queer or Muslim.
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
I know nothing about tracking a serial killer.
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King
I know nothing about acting or living in New York City.
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall
I know nothing about having three sisters or a father in my life.
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
I know nothing about being a private detective or living in Africa.
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
I know nothing about elitist lifestyles.
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
I know nothing about having dark skin.
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
I know nothing about living in Japan or having siblings.
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich
I know nothing about being a bounty hunter.
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
I know nothing about living in New York City or working as a costume designer.
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
I know nothing about being a private investigator.
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charlotte Holmes and the Locked Box (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
I know nothing about being a private investigator.
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
I know nothing about traveling the world.
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
I know nothing about having an extremist in the family.
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
I know nothing about being a twin or living as a black person.
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
I know nothing about Harlem or cooking in or establishing/maintaining a restaurant.
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I know nothing about being a female in an Islamic society.
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. A book with a pun in the title
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean-Pride, Lust (after orchids, not sex), and Greed
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Son by Philipp Meyer-Greed, Envy, Wrath (as in Revenge)
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel-Pride
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler-Lust
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-Pride-Wrath
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-Greed, Pride
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-Greed
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-Pride, Greed, Wrath
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister-Greed, Pride, Wrath
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-Pride
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom-Pride, Lust, Envy
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-Lust
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman-Pride, Envy, Greed, Wrath
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-Pride
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-Wrath
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Wrath
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold 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-Greed. The whole reason for the exploration was to control the waterways for trade.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel-Pride
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler-Lust
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton-Pride-Wrath
January 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-Greed, Pride
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-Greed
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-Pride, Greed, Wrath
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister-Greed, Pride, Wrath
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-Pride
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom-Pride, Lust, Envy
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey-Lust
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
March 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman-Pride, Envy, Greed, Wrath
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-Pride
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-Wrath
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown-Wrath
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold 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-Greed. The whole reason for the exploration was to control the waterways for trade.
April 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy Wrath
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Greed
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins-Lust
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy Wrath
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer-Greed
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Lori Perkins-Lust
April 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-Greed
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-Greed, Envy
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles-Pride, Envy
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-Greed, Wrath
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee-Pride
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy-Pride, Lust, Envy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-Lust, Greed, Wrath
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Wrath (the Nazis covered them ALL!)
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick-Pride, Envy, Wrath
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith-Lust
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-Lust, Wrath
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-Pride, Envy, Wrath
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-Greed, Envy
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green-Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge-Pride, Lust, Greed, Wrath
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-Pride, Envy
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Lust, Greed, Wrath
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-Pride, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Wrath
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli-Pride
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-Envy
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-Greed, Envy
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles-Pride, Envy
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-Greed, Wrath
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee-Pride
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy-Pride, Lust, Envy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-Lust, Greed, Wrath
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Wrath (the Nazis covered them ALL!)
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick-Pride, Envy, Wrath
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith-Lust
May 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan-Lust, Wrath
May 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-Pride, Envy, Wrath
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-Greed, Envy
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by Jane Green-Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge-Pride, Lust, Greed, Wrath
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-Pride, Envy
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar-Lust, Greed, Wrath
May 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-Pride, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Wrath
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli-Pride
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-Envy
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow-Pride, Greed
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid-Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez-Pride, Envy, Wrath
July 4 ⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells-Greed, Envy
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham-Pride, Greed
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain-Pride (of parents who wish their children to be extroverts)
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-Pride Envy, Wrath
July 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang-Pride, Lust
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor-Wrath
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli-Pride, Envy, Wrath
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux-Lust, Envy, Wrath
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City by Geert Mak-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Pride Greed, Envy
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving-Pride, Envy, Lust, Wrath
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-Pride, Envy, Wrath
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash-Pride, Envy, Wrath
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Pride, Lust, Envy, Wrath
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury-Greed, Envy, Wrath
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell-Pride, Wrath
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles-Greed, Envy
[Signed special edition hardcopy for Independent Bookstore Day 2020]
August 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen-Pride, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury-Pride, Envy, Wrath
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht-Pride, Envy, Wrath
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicales #1) by L. Penelope-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham-Pride, Envy, Wrath
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Precious Christmas (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.5) by Alexander McCall Smith-Pride, Wrath
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith-Pride
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Pride, Envy, Wrath
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal-Pride, in a good way!
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn-Greed
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers-Pride, Greed
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib-Lust, Envy, Wrath
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly-Pride, Lust, Wrath
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Cat in the Manger (Alice Nestleton #1) by Lydia Adamson/pseudonum for Franklin B. King-Greed
October 25 ⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall-Pride, Envy, Wrath
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith-Pride, Lust, Greed
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator-Pride, Envy
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto-Envy
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman-Pride, Envy, Wrath
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich-Greed, Envy, Wrath
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Wrath
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren-Pride, Envy
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith-Pride, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Wrath
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor-Pride, Greed, Wrath
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir-Pride, Lust, Greed, Wrath
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
29. A book with a bird on the cover
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
March 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
32. A book by a WOC
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Amrita by Banana Yoshimoto
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
December 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Paradise by Toni Morrison
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
33. A book with at least a 4-star rating on Goodreads
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich--4.13
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Son by Philipp Meyer--4.00
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-4.09
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-4.03
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-4.57
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-4.27
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom-4.47
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf-4.14
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman-4.33
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-4.15
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-4.33
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-4.18
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-4.08
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-4.33
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel-4.06
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-4.09
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham-4.03
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah-4.57
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-4.27
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom-4.47
February 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf-4.14
March 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman-4.33
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle-4.15
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds-4.33
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project-4.18
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-4.08
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz-4.33
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel-4.06
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers-4.17
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-4.07
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-4.26
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-4.43
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-4.26
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick-4.06
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-4.08
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams-4.20
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee-4.13
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-4.20
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-4.17
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-4.09
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir-4.40
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes-4.62
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-4.03
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-4.39
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-4.15
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn-4.07
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park-4.26
April 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi-4.43
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris-4.26
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mother-Daughter Book Club (The Mother-Daughter Book Club #1) by Heather Vogel Frederick-4.06
May 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott-4.08
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Minority Leader: How to Lead From the Outside and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams-4.20
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Clementine (Clementine #2) by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee-4.13
May 16--5/5 stars
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe-4.20
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-4.17
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin-4.09
May 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir-4.40
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes-4.62
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak-4.03
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu-4.39
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-4.15
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow-4.11
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid-4.21
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells-4.15
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines-4.12
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain-4.06
July 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal-4.02
July 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving-4.23
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles-4.35
August 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-4.17
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal-4.33
August 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury-4.14
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman-4.31
August 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Voice in the Wind (Starbuck Family Adventure #3) by Kathryn Lasky-4.02
August 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Penderwicks: Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks #1) by Jeanne Birdsall-4.16
September 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special Seasonal (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10.6) by Alexander McCall Smith-4.00
September 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal-4.51
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam Hill-4.66
October 8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr-4.00
October 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie #5.1) by Spencer Quinn-4.12
October 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib-4.06
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Penderwicks at Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2) by Jeanne Birdsall-4.28
October 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator-4.65
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman-4.18
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (Stephanie Plum #27) by Janet Evanovich-4.19
November 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert-4.04
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-4.28
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry- 4.13
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie-4.06
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett-4.28
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor-4.09
December 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir-4.50
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. A book you meant to read in 2019
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-4.08
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
March 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines-4.08
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*What Katy Did (Carrs Family #1) by Susan Coolidge
May 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
July 4 ⭐️
Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) by Carolyn Haines
July 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Accomplice (Theodore Boone #7) by John Grisham
July 10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang
July 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
August 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rocket's Red: A Lady Astronaut Story (Lady Astronaut #4.4) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison illustrator
November 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35. A book with a 3-word title
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean-Pride, Lust (after orchids, not sex), and Greed
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
January 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
February 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*An Integrated Man by Julia Strachey
February 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 by Fredrik Backman
March 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Falsipedies & Fibsiennes by Ali Eteraz
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
April 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lou in Lockdown by Jojo Moyes
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
June 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
July 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hydrogen Murder (Periodic Table #1) by Camille Minichino
July 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
September 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
October 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Zodiac Killer (Zodiac Killers #1) by W.L. Knightly
October 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Stars (The Four Stars #1) by Tara Dairman
November 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor-Pride, Lust, Greed, Eny, Wrath
November 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
December 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
December 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Library Book by Susan Orlean
36. A book with a pink cover
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
October 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. A Western
*The Son by Philipp Meyer
January 12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
And Pierce Brosnan starred in a 2017 television show based upon this book! Must watch that!
38. A book by or about a journalist
*The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean#35
January 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
May 15--5/5 stars
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen
September 6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
December 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
September 27-October 3, 2020 in the US
February 23-29 for Canada's Freedom to Read Week
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 27-October 3, 2020 in the US
February 23-29 for Canada's Freedom to Read Week
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
February 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Popsugar 2015 #3-a book that became a movie
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Popsugar 2015 #3-a book that became a movie
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and The Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
March 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inferno by Dan Brown
March 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
May 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House (Beach House #1) by Mary Alice Monroe
May 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
May 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir
June 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
June 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
41. A book written by an author in their 20s
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #1) by Charles Finch
May 7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
September 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
September 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-Kell & Holland, one eye is black for Antari--Lila has a glass eye
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
Maggie's vision is enhanced as her clan powers are activated. Kai's eyes change color as his clan powers are activated.
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-Cyclops
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham-Lauren wears glasses/contacts
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Elna has cataracts
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-silver eyes
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-ability to see ghosts
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab-Kell & Holland, one eye is black for Antari--Lila has a glass eye
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
Maggie's vision is enhanced as her clan powers are activated. Kai's eyes change color as his clan powers are activated.
March 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Circe by Madeline Miller-Cyclops
April 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Talking as Fast as I Can: Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham-Lauren wears glasses/contacts
April 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Dutch House by Ann Patchett-Elna has cataracts
May 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi-silver eyes
May 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan-ability to see ghosts
June 23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow-Cornelius' mind-controlling ability
June 27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jasminda after she has received her stronger song from the Queen.
September 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 Cleverness of Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12.6) by Alexander McCall Smith
October 29 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Grace of Kings IDandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu
Mata's double-pupiled eyes
November 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
Jonas has lighter eyes.
December 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith
At one point Tom purchases and wears eyeglasses with plain glass.
December 13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books
*Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich
January 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
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 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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Secrets of Lost Arrow by Dotti Enderle
March 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mysterious Case Case (Determined Detectives #1) by Mary Blount Christian
April 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fistful of Collars (Chet and Bernie #5) by Spencer Quinn
April 21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
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 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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
June 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
July 17 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
July 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
July 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
August 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
September 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
April 14 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books
Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #3) by Carolyn Haines
April 11 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. A book with a main character in their 20s
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
*The Sorority Sisters by Tajuana "TJ" Butler
January 19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
January 26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Firm by John Grisham
January 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
February 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **War of the Wives by Tamar Cohen-Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Overstory by Richard Powers
April 20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
April 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
April 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy
April 28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
April 30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* **The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
May 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
May 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Normal People by Sally Rooney
July 18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
August 9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
China Rich Girlfriend (Crazy Rich Asians #2) by Kevin Kwan
October 31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
November 22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
November 25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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