and here i am catching up on posting what i read this fall. sheesh - i should have posted this months ago! but here we go. in october i read:
educated, by tara westover (i listened to the audiobook of this one and loved it. it's just as incredible as everyone says it is and memoirs are one of my favorite genres. highly recommend!)
american spy, by lauren wilkinson (this book had such a great premise - black female CIA agent does lots of spying - but i found the book to be a bit ponderous and i kind of had to make myself finish it. even though obama liked it, don't run out to grab this one.)
the woman in the window, by a.j. finn (super creepy thriller that i read for a work book club - it's not my normal genre, but i did like gone girl and the girl on the train so i guess i read these kind of books when they get a ton of press. it gave me a nightmare so i guess it did its job. i was definitely intrigued and was trying to guess who was the bad guy through the book. this would be a great beach read or (what's the winter equivalent?)...a ski weekend read. definitely google the author after you read the book. he's got some weird stuff going on in his world, too...)
talking to strangers, by malcolm gladwell (i listened to the audiobook of this, too, which was worth it. i always like gladwell's books and this was no exception, but this book tackles some really tough themes - rape, police shootings, and waterboarding among others - so be warned that parts of this book are hard to get through ESPECIALLY if you listen to the audiobook, as gladwell includes some real audio clips from sandra bland's police stop, for example. i'm glad i read this and would recommend it!)
the handmaid's tale, by margaret atwood (i re-read this in preparation for reading her most recent book. i've watched the tv show and really enjoyed it, but i loved going back to the story the show is based on and seeing how atwood crafted this world before hollywood got involved. i pulled out several quotes from the book about love that really spoke to me. all in all, very glad i went back to this.)
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