⛵️👨‍🏫📝🛝👟📸🦜🏨💌Wrecked by Elizabeth Strout, Warmed by Katherin Center, Enchanted by Kate DiCamillo

 

    I have been reading Elizabeth Strout for a while and looked forward to her latest novel, The Things We Never Say.

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I appreciate how authentic her characters feel and how genuine their emotions and actions are. Reading her novel is like looking at a painting that is slightly off center, by design. The goal is to cause an internal dissonance that heightens engagement with her novels. Loneliness is a central theme in Strout's work. Artie Dam is a compassionate, effective high school teacher who is deeply troubled by the current culture's bending toward casual cruelty and corruption. He is kind to those who are wounded. He receives news that changes his life, and he has to decide how to live with it. So much of the book's action is internal and interpersonal drama, but it feels large. It reminds me of the movie It's a Wonderful Life. It caused me to ponder how much difference one life could make.

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    Katherine Center's romance novels aren't just escapist reading. She wrestles with poignant struggles that women face — aging, changing bodies, motherhood, and beauty culture. I like that she doesn't give neat answers, but instead portrays the complexity of those topics. 

    And she still tells a compelling story with lots of action and humor.

    Lanie is a native Texan and mother of three boys, four and under, who moves to Massachusetts so her husband can pursue his music career. She leaves behind her support system and a life that barely worked, but now doesn't. Motherhood has completely pulled her under. Someone asks how far along she is, and it breaks her. She's not pregnant. Things need to be different, so she starts by joining a gym. It changes things. 

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    The Hotel Balzaar: A Norendy Tale by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Júlia Sardà, is the second Norendy tale. The characters from the first book, The Puppets of Spelhorst, don't appear in the second book, but the stories are from the same universe. They have the same magical, anything-can-happen feel. A young girl, Marta, lives in the Hotel Balzaar where her mother works as a maid because Marta's father, a soldier, never returned from the war. Marta's job is to be a mouse: quiet, unobtrusive, and not talking or being noticed by anyone. Then a mysterious, elderly countess with a beautiful green parrot arrives and notices Marta. She tells Marta seven stories that reveal Marta's greatest wish. Extraordinary.

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❤📚 ❤ ❤️🛳️👰 💔💔💔 Two Romances and a Memoir of a Divorce

    I like Katherine Center's romance books because she is committed to the genre and the good things it does. The Shippers is a romance book, but also a story of self-discovery and finding the courage to say hard things. JoJo Burton is about to get married to a disinterested man in his mother's appalling wedding dress. Her best friend from childhood, Cooper Watts, shows up at the last minute. And then guess what happened? This is a fun book, but it doesn't avoid painful topics: abandonment, defensiveness, men behaving in predatory ways, balanced with men quietly caring for those they love without seeking credit. 

~Chose love over fear~

Katherine Center

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    To me, a good memoir is one where someone is willing to be vulnerable about their experience and has processed it enough to reach some conclusions. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden is that kind of memoir. Her husband leaves her and their children at the start of COVID. They lived and worked in New York City and chose to move to their house on Martha's Vineyard. Belle's story was an old one; a phone call informed her that her husband was cheating. He left his newly 50-year-old wife for someone younger. She never saw it coming. Devastated, she tries to piece together a new life. This memoir is not a revenge piece. I found Belle's account generous toward her husband, as she explored and sought to understand why. It was sad, but also hopeful. The divorce was a brutal one.

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    I found Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson on a list of books with books in them. This was a fun Rom-com. It reminded me of the movie You've Got Mail. The main character, Savannah Cade, is an assistant book editor at a small publishing house in Nashville. She has many problems in all areas of her life. Because rent is so high, she lives with her overachieving, bossy sister and her fiancé, who is also Savannah's ex-boyfriend. Her direct boss at work doesn't like her and only gives her the toughest clients. Savannah’s hope is to get her own book published and a romance editor is interested, but her novel needs revision. A mysterious someone found her manuscript unattended and started to edit it. Savannah is incensed and also intrigued. Hijinks follow.

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💔😢❤️‍🩹🐺🐍🌊Romance, Fiction, Fantasy, and Memoir--a Good Week!

 

    I found Awake, by Jen Hatmaker, in a Little Free Library. I had heard the name and was intrigued to read something by her. Her memoir was emotional and vulnerable as she describes the ending of her 26-year marriage. I don't know what Jen Hatmaker would say, but I understood it to also be a deconstruction of her faith, or more of a church betrayal. She makes a good case. 

I found it sad and incomplete. Jesus loves the widows and orphans, those who have been betrayed, and those who have been broken. I'm glad I read her memoir. She is finding healing and strength from her family, therapy, and friendships. 

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    Oath and Weeping by Elizabeth Wheatley is the second in her Wrath and Weeping series. Wheatley is a seasoned writer, and she knows how to spin a gripping story in the continuing adventures of Brynn, a sorceress who is a descendant of kings, and Cenric, a Viking-like warrior with a foot in two different clashing cultures. Wheatley uses this to create lots of tension and conflict. In this book, the pair must navigate treacherous ties with old friends. Plus, face an ancient evil that has come awake. 

    The hardest thing about this series is that it is still being written! It was going to be three books, but I'm hearing internet rumbles that it has increased to ten. Yikes.

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    Hurray! I am liking The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, by Beth Brower. I have only read the first, and now the second and third, but the main character has been dealt some severe blows — an orphan whose fortune has been squandered by her despicable uncle — she has some good friends and her spunky sassiness. The books are short, full of action, and feature quirky characters like her brooding tenant, her pastor known as Young Hawks, her too-beautiful cousins, and her formidable aunt. There is a wait for each book to become available, which builds my anticipation. 

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    I like Katherine Center's Romance books and had been waiting for Get Lucky to become available. After 10 years in New York working at an ad agency, creating an amazing bra campaign that makes her rethink her life, Sarah returns home to regroup. She decides to help her sister, Mackie, who is unable to carry a baby to term, by being her surrogate. It's only nine months, right? What could happen? Many things: inappropriate crushes, your widowed dad remarrying, your hot ex saying you look old. I enjoy that slightly far-fetched fun that Center brings.

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🌊🧙🐉🥛❤️🐐 More Septimus Heap and Romances

 

    Syren is Book 5 of the Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage. Sage gives each book a unique flavor by giving Septimus, Jenna, and their friends new environments to adventure in. Syren takes place mostly on a beautiful island with a dark secret. Challenges are overcome by having moral courage, and it doesn't always happen on the first try. Sage creates good foils of those who choose selfishly and those who sacrifice, but not in a moralistic way. She shows the difficulty and reluctance that often accompany hard decisions. 

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    In The Lost Husband by Katherine Center, a young widow with two children moves in with her estranged aunt on a goat farm in rural Texas. I smiled at the premise of being a goat farmer, which sounds very Hallmark channel, but Center makes it work. This is a romance book, but also a book of self-discovery. It was gently predictable, but also held some surprises. 

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    The Darke Index, the sixth book in Septimus Heap series, but Angie Sage, brings the action back to the castle. Sage has created some complex villains and protagonists for a children's series, and I'm here for it. This is the penultimate book of the series, and I anticipated it would mostly set up the final book. Still, it skillfully tells a complete story while also hinting at possible final conflicts. I am gifting my granddaughter, who is a die-hard Harry Potter fan, the first book for her birthday, and I am curious how it will stack up. Septimus and Jenna have their 14th birthdays, the first one they will celebrate together; however, the jealous and powerful Merrin Meredith has other ideas. 

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    The True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley is an unlikely-buddies-on-the-lam story. It is cleverly conceived and executed. Louise, an elderly woman with a mending broken hip, is forced to have a live-in helper. The help is an almost-college-graduate who recently lost her soccer scholarship because of a career-ending injury. Neither of them is happy with their situation or with sharing life together. Then, circumstances force them into an uneasy partnership. It is an enemies-to-friends trope done well, containing surprising twists and turns. Good one.

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🪄🏰🐉🧙⏳ More Septimus Heap--Did I Mention There are 7 Books? ❤️And a Katherine Center Romance

 

    Queste by Angie Sage is the fourth book in the Septimus Heap Series. I admire how Sage takes the adventures to wild places and ties in previous characters well. I like to know the behind-the-scenes process for things. I picture a giant spreadsheet of her series tracking what has happened, color-coded character arcs, dividers for each novel, and fancy links to expanded text. She's rocking the messy middle with intense plot lines and character growth. 

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    I took a reading break from Septimus Heap to read a little romance. I enjoy Katherine Center's novels and picked up The Bright Side of Disaster. I read romance for escape, so some of the more audacious plot points I was great with. I knew the right people would end up together. She set the stakes high with a pregnant Jenny Harris, being left by her fiancé the day before she gives birth! If only she had an empathetic, hunky neighbor who could help her out. There is a trope that if you want to reveal a character's true self, how do children and pets react to them? If dogs hate them, or they hurt a pet, or avoid children, something is fundamentally wrong with them. It helps separate the white hats from the black.

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Here is a link to reviews of other Katherine Center titles I've read:

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👙☀️🩱Sunny Florida💀🐾🗽NYC Death Doula, and 🌪️🤖💻⌨️💨Dystopian AI

 

    Every time I read Katherine Center, I feel buoyed up in a sea of troubles. I come away thinking the novel was more than a romance. Her characters in this book are Katie, a video producer making a recruitment video for the Coast Guard featuring rescue swimmer Hutch. Sounds straightforward, right? It's not. It's quirky, uplifting, and insightful. It has sun, water, dogs, hunks, and a bathing suit phobia. 

Other reviews of Katherine Center books: https://barbpruittwrites.blogspot.com/search?q=Katherine+Center

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    The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer reminded me of Frederik Bachman's book A Man Called Ove in spirit, though the details were quite different. It started slowly, building the case that death doula Clover Brooks is merely existing, not living her life. She has one friend, three pets, and lots of regrets. The regrets aren't all hers. She keeps three notebooks, Advice, Regrets, and Confessions, filled with the words of those she's served as they died. Reading the novel was similiar to watching a baby grow from unaware newborn to bright and interactive adult. I would classify it as a feel good read.

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    There are many sci-fy novels about Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence by Thomas R. Weaver is a good addition to the ouvre. Sci-Fi is good place to work out questions. The novel explores a planet on the edge of climate collapse and desperate for solutions. So desparate that the world has voted to create a dictator with the specific purpose of saving humanity. One of the candidates is an AI construct named Solomon. Investigative journalist, Marcus Tully, suspects things are being manipulated, but who is pulling the strings? The plot is fast-paced and surprising. It reads like an action movie.

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🫐😘⛪️ Fantasy and Romance AND Theology!

 

    I have fallen hard for the romantasy genre. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a solid writer of the marriage between fantasy and romance. This book is appropriate for anyone--grandma to tweener--not too spicy but interesting with likable, honorable characters; a confident and surprising plot; and a delightful mish-mash of creatures.

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    A writer I've especially enjoyed lately is Katherine Center, defender of the Romance genre. I am working through her backlist as they become available. This week's reading was Happiness for Beginners. I first watched the movie of this not knowing it was based on Center's book. A woman has gone through a recent divorce and decides to join an Outward Bound-type hiking trip to reset her priorities. She has never hiked before. Her much younger brother's good-looking friend is on the same journey. She is not pleased. What will happen? I've read enough of her work to detect a pattern: a woman in a life transition (i.e, divorce, career change, big opportunity), someone with a medical condition, past demons will be faced, and there will be kissing. It is a formula Center does well. 

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    To those who think I only read fiction, not only, just mostly. I didn't read John M. Frame's Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief, a book of 1220 pages, in a week or even a year. It took me three years to get completely through it, listening off and on to the audiobook. It is intended more as a reference book than a straight read-through. It covers theology like the Doctrine of God, Man, the Church, and more. Frame's work is balanced and understandable. It has an excellent index (I also own a hardcover copy for looking up topics). Frame is a Reformed theologian (if you know, you know), but he fairly examines all sides. I did not understand everything he discussed, but it has expanded my understanding of the basics of Christianity. It is a solid resource, and if you're ambitious, you could read the entirety of it, like me.

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🦖😺🦶Another Week of Fantasy and Romance--Win!

 

    I'm obsessed with the Dungeon Crawler Carl Series and was ecstatic that book #7 dropped this week on Audible. This Inevitable Ruin, written by Matt Dinniman and read by Jeff Hayes, is a fantastic series. I always worry. I just do; I'm a worrier. But I especially worry that the next book in any series will disappoint. Book #7 is a terrific addition. Dinniman continues to expand the story beyond the dungeon without losing sight of the book's heart: Carl and Donut's relationship--the Frodo and Sam of this universe. Crawlers have reached the 9th floor of the dungeon, where they face mega-rich aliens from around the galaxy who pay for the sport of killing crawlers. This time it's different. Carl convinces the AI running the dungeon to remove the safeties that keep the warlords from dying for real. The stakes are high for everyone.  

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    I was surprised to find that What You Wish For is the fifth book by Katherine Center that I've read. At the core, her books are romance novels, but she infuses them with joy and triumph, making them brighten my day whenever I read one. Her main characters, Samantha and Duncan, have past traumas that are currently influencing their present lives. Center paced the novel well, dropping revelations in a timely way that kept me engaged. 

  Other reviews of books by Katherine Center: https://barbpruittwrites.blogspot.com/search?q=Katherine+Center

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💘🎶👽Romance and Sci-Fi

    This week, I read The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center. It is an excellent example of the Romance genre. Emma Wheeler desires to be a screenwriter and has the chops to do it, but family tragedy prevents her. Her agent secures her a job writing with her idol in the screenwriting universe, Charlie Yates. She took the bold step of going to LA to find out that her agent hadn'hadn't her everything. Like, Charlie Yates didn't know she was coming. The book is humorous and sparkly, with highs and lows that made me wonder how it would all work out. Delightful.

I listened to The Rom-Commers on audio, and at the end, Katherine Center made a passionate case for the benefits of Romance books. She cited several scientific studies and a TED Talk. I have been a Romance Snob and long ago repented. A romance book usually involves challenging events and obstacles that must be overcome. Because it's instance, the reader is promised a happy ending—justice is served, true love is discovered, and rifts are mended.

I'm looking forward to reading more from Center.

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Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente is a weird book that lives up to its title. Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeroes, a washed-up band no longer, together become the unwilling representatives for Earth in the universe's version of Eurovision/Hunger Games. The bottom line is that if they don't place high enough, Earth will be destroyed. The book had a fun concept but it went on many wordy tangents that slowed the pace waaaaaay down so it got to be a slog. I almost gave it up but persevered. If you liked The Hitchhiker to the Universe, you will like this. It feels very British in its humor and plot.

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🎄🎄🎄Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! My Final Books of 2024

 

   The Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna was a fun romantasy. It had a creative concept surrounding the history of witches. They must conceal their magic from the world and have limited contact with each other because their powers increase when they are together. Mika Moon is a young witch who longs for connection with others but continually hides her true self. So, she started a YouTube channel about potion-making! The pacing was slow, but the story was delightful.

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Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a book of poetry. It is a collection of free-verse monologues by dead people buried in a cemetery in the Spoon River. Masters captures the essence of each person in a few paragraphs. It is a fitting book to read at the end of December when I evaluate the setting year and anticipate the dawning one. The characters shine from their brief words--abusers, heroes, cowards, thieves, sour-spirits, broken-hearted, and more. I heard about Spoon River Anthology from How to Read a Book. A prison book club read it. https://barbpruittwrites.blogspot.com/2024/12/forgiveness-and-fierce-grandmother.html

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    How to Walk Away by Katherine Center is a romance book at its center. It has a gruff frenemy with a panty-dropping accent. A main character with significant problems to figure out. Many side stories contribute to a propulsive plot. There is the benefit of learning much about spinal cord injuries. Center has done good research for her story, but it doesn't detract from plot.

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I read A Novel Love Story a few days before Christmas and confess I didn't give it my full attention. It has a clever and complex premise. On her way to a private book retreat, a woman finds herself in an idyllic small town, just like the one from her favorite romance series. Her car has broken down, and she finds herself stranded there for several days. Things are mysteriously weird, and the grumpy, hot bookstore owner isn't helping matters. I liked it, but I wish I'd read it at a less harried time and could appreciate it more.

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Love is Blind ❤️ and a Book I didn't Finish (DNF) 😔

 

  I've mentioned that I read romance and fantasy when the going gets tough. There is something comforting in knowing it will all be okay in the end. I enjoyed Katherine Center's Hello Stranger. It has an engaging premise. A long-struggling portrait artist is accepted in a juried contest to win $10,000 and many opportunities. She has six weeks to paint an original portrait. However, she becomes temporarily face-blind. She is unable to recognize anyone. Faces have become disjointed parts resembling a Piccaso painting, making it impossible to paint a portrait. Between her possible hunky veterinarian and suspiciously helpful and flirty neighbor, Sadie Montgomery can't see what to do.

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    When it comes to reading, I am a completist. I generally finish every book I start. I plow through books quickly so it is easier to finish even the less thrilling ones, hoping the story will come together. I was reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang this week and only noticed that it was biographical once. I was only a quarter through a 600+ page book. Wild Swans was easier to read as fiction because I trusted that the author would find a way to redeem the cruel oppression and bleakness of their lives. Real life isn't always that kind. It became difficult to continue, so I'm taking a DNF--did not finish, but I hope one day to return and find that these resilient women found a way to flourish.

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🌺🏔️☕️🏞️ Exotic Locales like Hawaii, Afghanistan, East Texas, and a Coffee Shop

 

    Kevin Kwan must have the most amazing life. His books are filled with fantastic food, locations, and clothing. I wish I had a gazillion dollars to visit some places and stay in the incredible hotels! Kwan wrote the Crazy Rich Asian series. His latest book is Lies and Weddings. As I read it, I was reminded of Victorian farces, where the characters strive ridiculously hard not to be unmannerly while pursuing their true love. Rufus, future Earl of Gresham, has been instructed to marry rich to save the family from bankruptcy due to the profligate spending of his mother, who strongly reminds me of Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. However, Rufus' heart belongs to Eden Tong, the girl next door. The action moves quickly, between glamourous spots and beautiful people. Kwan gives a modern-day peek into the stratified world of the über wealthy.

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    The Bodyguard by Katherine Center was a twist on the classic famous woman falling for her bodyguard. In this case, Hannah Brooks is the bodyguard, and Jack Stapleton is the hunky Hollywood star with a persistent stalker. Does she have to pose as his girlfriend? Why, yes! Do they both have secrets and baggage? Also yes! With romance novels, I find it isn't that the destination is unknown--it is headed toward a happily ever after--but how you get there, what obstacles are overcome, and how invested in the characters the author makes you. Hannah Brooks does a job doing it all with some twists. 

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    The final travel book for my book club was Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy. Murphy recounts her 1963/64 cycling journey. A previous and similar cycling book, Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris, recounted her cycling The Silk Road with a friend in 2018. Review here: https://barbpruittwrites.blogspot.com/2024/05/traveltalking-cows-and-magic-attic.html. Dervla Murphy traveled solo through Afghanistan--her favorite country--often staying with tribesmen and in rural settings. She comes across as fierce and determined in pursuing her dream of cycling to India. Here is a link to make of her travels: https://lovecrewar.best/product_details/19269420.html. What stands out to me are the physical hardships and privation she faced, as well as her connection with people.

    For the next season of my book club, we will read Newberry Award winners. So excited!

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    Travis Baldree is a rising name in the fantasy genre--high fantasy but with some crossover. Here is a link to his recently published prequel to Legends & Lattes: https://barbpruittwrites.blogspot.com/2024/06/its-all-about-sci-fi-and-fantasy.html. 

    Legends and Lattes came first, an inventive, beguiling story. An orc named Viv is finished with a career as a mercenary for hire. After a final score, she fulfills her dream of owning a shop. However, can she abandon her usual problem-solving method--off with their heads--to build a business? She will need help, but who will trust an orc?

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New Series and End of Year Round Up

    I started reading the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. The Cold Dish and Death Without Company are the first two. I'm really enjoying them. Craig Johnson writes a tight mystery- always enjoyable- but I'm most captivated by the dry humor and the supporting cast. The protagonist is mildly depressed, and it would be a much darker book if it weren't for the strong women surrounding him and his faithful best friend. If he can keep this up throughout the series, it will be a fun year for me reading through his catalog. Book 19 is due to come out in 2023. In a future post, I'll compare the book series with the Netflix version. 

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    I have done the GoodReads reading challenge for several years. I have settled on aiming for 100 books and usually pass it, but I'm reluctant to up the number. 100 is a satisfying number, and 125 or 150 just isn't. 

I see some trends in the latest books I read. One is the multiverse and, perhaps related, time travel within your life. Another is same-sex relationships. If it's not the centerpiece relationship, there is one somewhere in the book.

I read several terrific books this year, and a few I wish I hadn't.

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Most Helpful: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Favorite Mystery: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Most brutal to Read, but Worth It: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to the Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman

Favorite Sci-Fi: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Most Disappointing:  The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Most Comforting: The Penderwick Series by Jeanne Birdsall

Favorite Fantasy: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Most Interesting Relationship: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Favorite Memoir: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

Most Surprising: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Made Me Think: Hell of a Book Jason Mott and The Sentence by Louis Eldrich

Most Disturbing: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin

My Favorite Book of 2022 is:

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

2022 READING 
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Time Left	3 days, 17 hours

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