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Hello dear readers, happy new year! I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you and to share some updates for the new year. I'm so grateful for you and as always I hope you find yourself inspired to read something new. I'm approaching my two year blog anniversary and have some plans … Continue reading Closing the book on 2021
THE MASTERPIECES A Gentleman in Moscow - Sigh, I love this book and love the Count. I read it twice and will absolutely go back again. Wise, funny, charming; if you haven't read it yet treat yourself to this epic tale by Amor Towles. https://bookthrasher.com/2021/08/14/simply-spectacular/ Deacon King Kong - Sigh again, I love this book, … Continue reading The best books I read in 2021
I finished this book two months ago and have been trying to write a review ever since. But I've been distracted, unfocused, uninterested. With reading, too, unfortunately. I've been listening to audiobooks of the Joe Pickett series (literally back to back, like a chain smoker) but haven't read a physical book in a while. I … Continue reading Falling
Early Morning Riser is a story about family - the one you're born into and the one you find. Katherine Heiny published this charismatic novel in 2021 and it might be the bright spot of joy you need right now. I think it would appeal to any adult, any gender. The heroine of the story, … Continue reading Early Morning Riser
I think I just read my favorite book of the year. A Gentleman in Moscow deserves all the praise, acclaim and awards it has received and more. It's wonderful, playful, charming, delightful...an absolute savory treat of a novel. Written in 2016 by Amor Towles, virtually all of it takes place in the Metropol Hotel in … Continue reading Simply Spectacular
I'm reading two books at once. This isn't my usual preference, but I have one at the office and the other at home and so far it's working out. I've been back at work full time for a few weeks and that means forced one hour lunch breaks again. I know the value of breaks … Continue reading Two books plus one
"You should have known" - is there a more irritating phrase for someone to tell you, or worse, to tell yourself? Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of the 2014 book You Should Have Known, and if she sounds familiar she wrote of one of this summer's hottest books, The Plot. I saw an ad … Continue reading Should’ve Known Better
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