I. Books I want to read based on end-of-the-year lists of best books of 2019
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- On This Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
- Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
- Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Letham
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
- Love and Other Consolations by Jamie Ford
- I start my role as a second round judge for Cybils on January 1, 2020. Likely we will have 12-14 books to read and digest in 6 weeks. Crazy, huh? But I am excited and ready to go to work.
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo.
- Frankly In Love. David Yoon.
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
How I did on my autumn reading list? Hint: TERRIBLE. See below...
I. Books from my own shelf: Finished 4, DNF 2, read part of one as needed, currently reading one.
- Prague by Rick Steves----I read parts of this book while on our trip to Prague.
- Christy by Catherine Marshall
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks---DNF. It was returned to library before I was finished and I decided to NOT request it again.
- Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson✔
- Called by Mark Labberton✔
- Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
- Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin---currently reading
- A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchey---DNF. I read about 60 pages and decided to not finish it.
- Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner✔
- An American Spy by Lauren Wilkenson✔
II. Upcoming book club selections: read two of three
- Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips✔
- Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
- Mother Daughter Me: a memoir by Katie Hafner✔
III. Books I've started but need/want to finish: none
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- The Submission by Amy Waldmen
- Fear by John Woodward
IV. Mock Printz/YA titles: none.
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America.
- How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox.
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo.
- Frankly In Love. David Yoon.
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz; adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese.
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- I, Claudia by Mary McCoy