Title: Exhalation
Author: Ted Chiang
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: I am rather picky about my sci-fi, but I love Chiang's works for how easy they are to imagine.
Rating: 5/5
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Stacking the Shelves: 10/7-10/30
Bought from Scholastic:
The Scare School by R.L. Stine, Kelly Matthews, & Nicole Matthews
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Three Girls from Bronzeville
Title: Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Author: Dawn Turner
Publisher: Simon Schuster
ISBN: 9781982107703
Thoughts: A very moving memoir about how life does not always turn out how we thought it would.
Rating: 4/5
March
Title: March Book 1
Author: John Lewis, Andrews Aydin, & Nate Powell
Publisher: Top Shelf
ISBN: 9781603093002
Thoughts: Powerful graphic novel recounting Lewis's start as a civil rights activist.
Rating: 4/5
Friday, October 22, 2021
A Gift from the Sea
Title: A Gift from the Sea
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9780739318003
Thoughts: Gentle reflections on feminine life with comparisons to shells, although some of it is rather dated.
Rating: 3/5
People We Meet on Vacation
Title: People We Meet on Vacation
Author: Emily Henry
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Predictable, but fun, summer rom-com.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, October 18, 2021
Wayward
Title: Wayward
Author: Dana Spiotta
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 9780593318737
Thoughts: A mid-life crisis novel that is very hard to fully describe.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021
The 22 Murders of Madison May
Title: The 22 Murders of Madison May
Author: Max Berry
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN: 9780593085202
Thoughts: A thriller that jumps through parallel universes yet is very accessible.
Rating: 4/5
The Unhoneymooners
Title: The Unhoneymooners
Author: Christina Lauren
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781508282815
Thoughts: Fun rom-com, but the title part of the story was too fluffy compared to the more meaty beginning and end.
Rating: 3/5
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Sand Warrior
Title: The Sand Warrior
Author: Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel, Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, & Boya Sun
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781101935880
Thoughts: Imaginative sci-fi/fantasy world where things - and people - are not as they seem.
Rating: 4/5
The Brothers Lionheart
Title: The Brothers Lionheart
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Publisher: Oxford
ISBN: 970192729040
Thoughts: A very unique children's fantasy about life after death.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, October 11, 2021
Bombshell
Title: Bombshell
Author: Sarah MacLean
Publisher: Avon
ISBN: 970063056152
Thoughts: A fun Regency romance with a bit of non-romantic intrigue, but some parts threw me out of the story.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, October 9, 2021
The Last Thing He Told Me
Title: The Last Thing He Told Me
Author: Laura Dave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781797123196
Thoughts: While this is a mystery, it is equally a story about family.
Rating: 4/5
The Maidens
Title: The Maidens
Author: Alex Michaelides
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781250262356
Thoughts: This took a little to really get going, but once it did, it was an excellent ride.
Rating: 4/5
Monday, October 4, 2021
Pax
Title: Pax
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780008124090
Thoughts: A very deep and bittersweet story for middle graders.
Rating: 3/5
Friday, October 1, 2021
Fast Pitch
Title: Fast Pitch
Author: Nic Stone
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9781984893017
Thoughts: A strong, sporty female heroine who seems older than her years.
Rating: 3/5
The Prince of Tides
Title: The Prince of Tides
Author: Pat Conroy
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780553381542
Thoughts: Not always the easiest story, it is undeniable that Conroy has a way with words.
Rating: 4/5
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