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Monday, June 16, 2025

TTT: My Summer Reading List (and how I did on my Spring list)



Top Ten Tuesday: Summer Reading List. 
Below the line is how I did on my winter reading list.

Summer reading list: 

Book Club Selections:
  1. SOTH Gals (July) : The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
  2. RHS Ladies (July) : The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
  3. SOTH Gals (August) : Say Nothing: a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Keefe
  4. RHS Ladies (August) : The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong 
  5. SOTH Gals (Sept) : The Personal Librarian by Benedict

    Challenge Books:
    1. Classics Club Spin Book TBA from this list -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Hardy
    2. A Past Pulitzer Prize winner from list --Possibly Now in November by Johnson
    3. 2025 Printz Award honor book -- possibly Road Home by Rex Ogle
    Books I've already started, recently acquired, and/or have on-hold at the library:
    1. Catch-22 by Heller
    2. How to Read a Book by Wood
    3. The Fifth Season by Jemisin
    4. Grimm's Fairy Tales 
    5. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Peterson
    6. Sunrise on the Reaping by Collins
    7. The Dream Hotel by Lalami
    8. The In-Between Bookstore by Underhill
    9. The Anecdote by Russell
    10. The Names by Knapp
    11. The Tie that Binds by Haruff
    12. Water, Water: Poems by Collins
    13. Raising Hare: a Memoir by Dalton
        My goal is to read 20 books this summer. I'm on my way!


        Update: How I did on my spring reading list.
         Yellow: completed. 
        Aqua: in progress
        Green:  not completed, DNF
        Light pink: Did not get to yet!
        Spring Reading List:

        Book Club Selections:
        1. SOTH Gals (April) : Moloka'i by Brennert
        2. RHS Ladies (April) : Martyr! by Ackbar
        3. SOTH Gals (May) :  Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
        4. RHS Ladies (May) : Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
        5. SOTH Gals (June) : The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Hamell
        6. RHS Ladies (June) : How to Read a Book by Monica Woods
        Challenge Books:
        1. Classics Club Spin Book TBA from this list -- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
        2. A Past Pulitzer Prize winner from list -- The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
        3. 2025 Printz Award honor book -- possibly Road Home by Rex Ogle
        4. Past Women's Prize winner or finalist -- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden  
        5. Poetry Month April --- Read four poetry books...I read several, among them:
          1. Make Me Rain by Nikki Giovanni
          2. The Wonder of Small Things by James Crews
          3. Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson
          4. Grace Notes by Naomi Shihab Nye
        Books I've already started, recently acquired, and/or have on-hold at the library:
        1. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
        2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
        3. The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier
        4. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
        5. When I Was Puerto Rican by Santiago
        6. Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen
        7. Between Two Kingdoms by Jaouad
        8. Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky (finish)
        9. The Not-Quite-States of America by Mack (finish)
        10. All Fours by Miranda July
        Two DNFs. That's a rarity. Two I didn't get to but will add to my summer list. And one I am currently working on. Not bad.

        -Anne
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