All the books I read this year. Joy Enough: A Memoir by Sarah McColl https://bookthrasher.com/2023/01/21/joy-enough-a-memoir/ The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert - A spicy hot romance.
2023 book roundup
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Joy Enough: A Memoir
Do you like to read memoirs? How about autobiographies? What's the difference, anyway? I think a memoir is more personal, a self-examination but not necessarily a life story whereas an autobiography is a retelling of a life, start to finish. Let's see what google says: A memoir is a nonfiction narrative in which the author … Continue reading Joy Enough: A Memoir
The best books I read in 2022
Two thousand twenty two was such a stellar year of reading that I had a hard time choosing my favorite books. After mulling it over for a few days here are my list(s). What was the best book you read last year? THE BEST OF THE BEST: FICTION, NONFICTION, AND COFFEE-TABLE BOOKS The Unfolding by … Continue reading The best books I read in 2022
Remote Control
My blog's tag line is one book leads to another because it's true for me! Here's how it worked with Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor. I read about it in a magazine and wrote the title down in my notebook. Months later I finished listening to Matrix by Lauren Groff on audiobook and was so … Continue reading Remote Control
2022: winding down and gearing up
Dear fellow readers, Thank you for sticking with me another year! I love sharing what I'm reading and as always, I hope you found some new books and authors through my reviews. Speaking of reviews, it's the middle of December and I'm so behind. Books I read over the summer and fall. Coffee-table design books … Continue reading 2022: winding down and gearing up
Family Curse: Field Notebooks (1880-2020)
First, I love a novella. Not too big, not too small, sized just right. Who has time for 900-page tomes? Not me. Short stories are great, I enjoy them, but they’re stories, not (mini) novels. Novellas rule by allowing just enough space to set the stage, round out a character, and develop a plot. Tenacity … Continue reading Family Curse: Field Notebooks (1880-2020)
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11
Hindsight is everything and Lawrence Wright knows it. Wright is the author of The Looming Tower, a methodical and sweeping history that's so engaging and interesting you feel guilty for enjoying it. He published it in 2006, won the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction for it in 2007, and it was made into a mini-series … Continue reading The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11
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