I was recently reminded that the best-seller lists doesn’t necessarily correlate to best books. Sometimes there are gems that don’t get press or hype and they are beautiful wonderful books worthy of praise. If I could put a handful of books I read this year in your virtual to-be-read list this would be those. The Atomic Weight of Love This is a debut novel from Elizabeth J. Church. This is a wonderful book that exudes the progress of feminism. …
The favorite color category is the free space on the bingo board of the 2018 Reading Challenge. With that said, I’m a sucker for a good book cover, despite the age old adage not to judge a book by its cover. Every time we scan our online or real-life bookshelves, for what to read next, we are influenced by the covers. A book cover conveys an expectation of what kind of book you’ll find inside as well as tempting you to…
The One-in-a-Million-Boy by Monica Wood is another book for the Octogenarian category in the 2018 Reading Challenge. On the surface it’s a lovely story about a socially awkward boy who has a fascination with Guinness world records. The boy, who remains nameless throughout the novel, is attempting to fulfill requirements to obtain another badge in Boy Scouts. It is this project that pairs him with an elderly Lithuanian woman, Ona Vitkus. During these visits to assist her with chores an…
Sometimes buying books for a book lover is harder than it seems to be. You might not be sure if they have the book, if they’ve read the book – if the book is any good or if it will just flop onto the never-ending to-be-read pile. So instead of wondering if they prefer paperback, ebook or audio book – here are some thoughtful ideas with a bookish theme. Lapel Pins: Ever need a little something to dress up a…
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah has received a lot of love since being published in 2015. The literary awards received include: Audie Award for Fiction (2016) and Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2015). If you take a peak at either amazon.com or Goodreads, you’ll see an impressive 5 star rating with over 35K reviews. This book falls into the following categories for the 2018 reading challenge: Noteworthy and Acclaimed, Time Warp, It’s All About the Destination. Hannah impresses with this piece of historical…
For today’s pick for 2018 reading challenge suggestions this one hits the trifecta for me as it falls into the following categories for the 2018 challenge: Time Warp, A Minority Perspective, and The Re-read.
For the month of December I’m going to list a book a day that would be great for the 2018 reading challenge! For today I picked the category Lost in Translation, but this one would also fit into the Octogenarian category.