i read a ton in december!
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, by taylor jenkins reid (it felt like all of my friends read this book and pushed it into my hand. i was definitely entertained by this book and i know it will make a great movie or limited series! i had heard that there was a twist, and it took me by surprise, which was fun. i'd recommend this as great vacation reading!)
the covenant of water, by abraham verghese (this loooooong (700+ page) book was so worth the read. i'd loved his first book and so eagerly dived into this one - i saw the author speak in november and was only about 150 pages in at that point...then had to take a break to read evelyn hugo in time for a book club meeting discussing it. this multigenerational story of christians living on the coast of india had a ton of characters that i came to care a great deal about. i'd highly recommend this!)
again and again, by jonathan evison (this was a book of the month club pick that i would never have picked up but for BOTM club picking it. the main character has lived many lives, including in moorish spain, as oscar wilde's cat, and in the present day as an old man in a nursing home. this is the story of the love of his live(s) who he's trying to find again after losing her in spain several hundred years ago. an interesting read that i very much enjoyed but didn't LOVE...though i did cry a few tears at the end of it, so i was clearly invested.)
an immense world, by ed yong (i listened to this audiobook over several months and really enjoyed it. it was one of the new york times' best books of the year last year, and it definitely deserved that honor. the chapters are organized by the different senses - from taste to sight to echolocation, with many others in between - and discusses how that sense is lived by different animals, including humans. i learned a ton and found it very interesting and accessible. highly recommend this! very excited to see this author speak in pittsburgh in a few months.)
miracle creek, by angie kim (i'm not sure how this book made it onto my list, but it did and then came available from the library, so i read it in december. the framework of this book is a courtroom drama over who is responsible for a fire in a hyperbaric chamber that leads to the death of two people. i liked but didn't love this book and the end felt too drawn out, but i was definitely interested while reading and the author really built some interesting and sympathetic characters.)
