in november i read:
the thursday murder club, by richard osman (i had heard good things about this book, about a group of senior citizens who solve a murder. while there was nothing wrong with this book and it was a relatively easy read, i didn't love it and i'm not rushing out to read the others in the series. mystery isn't my go-to genre, which might have something to do with it, but i also found it hard to distinguish the characters early in the book (wait, who's this?), which didn't make it the most fun to read.)
the berry pickers, by amanda peters (i really liked this book, the story of a family of seasonal fruit pickers in maine and nova scotia whose daughter goes missing one season. you flash back and forth between the season it happened and the present day, where one of the siblings is an old man and dying. i won't say more because i don't want to spoil it, but i really liked this book and was intrigued by the story and the characters and the vivid setting. i'd definitely recommend!)
the loneliest americans, by jay caspian kang (we read this for our faculty book club at school and i'm glad we did - it is part memoir, part history that explores what it means to be asian-american and what it means to "belong" in america. definitely thought provoking and we had a good discussion. i'm not rushing out to buy it for other people because i think it's imperfect but if this topic interests you it's absolutely worth a read.)
on the banks of plum creek, by laura ingalls wilder (book 4 in the series, a fast read while i was home with my parents over thanksgiving break. i'm continuing to enjoy revisiting this series and learning more about wilder and the time period when her books were set.)
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