The kids returned to school, and their accompanying flurry of frenzied activities, and so on top of selling houses and pestering Hubs while he attempts honest work from his home office, this fall I’ve spent many hours catching up on my reading– anything to avoid working out or cleaning, snort!
The following are some recent titles I’ve enjoyed, and some brief thoughts on each:
a terrific memoir that also highlights the author’s asian-american culture & cuisinea lovely gift of beachy historical fiction from my mother-in-law for my birthdayanother fictional tome about a real-life historical figure, fascinating glimpse at turn of the last century racial strugglesfun marketing & sales motivationsweet & steamy rom-com fun, quick read if (like every person on the plant) you love The Officeloved their shared dialogue/banter formatraw memoir from popular writer, filled with introspective gracea wacky, quick read that gave me pauseunmooring novel teeming with Icelandic & Canadian culturesloved this new sci-fi… believable near-future dystopianmy third by this author, steamy as always hilarious fiction especially timely after my own sister’s recent nuptials moving memoir detailing her challenging upbringing & rise to fame as the result of determined dedication & mastery of her craftsweet coming of age novel that I enjoyed in two days flatmotivational guide on finances & investing, though Canadian–doesn’t always translateI also acquired yet ANOTHER set of encyclopedias because WE ALL HAVE ISSUES, OKAY?Bittersweet: I’m preparing to pass along my childhood Dr. Seuss books, that my own kids have most recently enjoyed, to my youngest sister who’s expecting her first baby this spring– for Christmas
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