i kind of lost my mind in january and all i did was read haha. 7 books this month! though one is a book of poetry and one is a tiny book that contains two essays only. but hey. i get to count what i want to count because THIS IS MY BLOG haha. this month i read:
children of blood and bone, by tomi adeyemi (this is a YA book that reminded me of black panther - set in africa with main characters who have some magical powers. it's pretty good YA but has characters with somewhat predictable characteristics...i liked it a lot, but if YA isn't your thing you have permission to skip it.)
perfect little world, by kevin wilson (liked this one a lot - a social experiment in the US to raise children collectively and how that works (i love world building like that!) and how it goes awry. i enjoyed this one a lot, though it won't be my favorite book i read this year, i'm sure.)
i feel bad about my neck, by nora ephron (i laughed out loud, i clutched my chest in poignant moments, i thought i might appreciate the book more if i was older?, but i am determined to appreciate my neck now, since apparently it will start to get droopy promptly when i turn 42. i've got 6 years of good neck left. let me enjoy them! this would be a fantastic present for any woman in your life. this book. not a new neck.)
ghosted, by rosie walsh (a great beach read book that i read quickly because the story makes you want to know what will happen next. a nice twist / it wasn't totally predictable. not great literature, but would be an excellent vacation read, and i wholeheartedly recommend it for that reason.)
bone, by yrsa daley-ward (THIS WOMAN IS BRILLIANT AND YOU SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK. if you liked rupi kaur's books of poetry, this is just as good. i folded many pages back and i know i will read this one again. since finishing, i have purchased her memoir, the terrible, and can't wait to dive into it.)
golden state, by ben h. winters (i really enjoyed his book underground airlines and liked this one almost as much but not quite. another post-apocalyptic book that imagines a present world very different from our own. i like his writing style a lot and loved the details he put in to build this world. highly recommend.)
why i am not going to buy a computer, by wendell berry (a lovely tiny book that contained one essay - the title of the book - and then a response to readers who critiqued that essay, calling him un-feminist. thought provoking and worth reading, though i'm sure you can find both essays for free online.)
