Lately, I've been all over the place in my reading. We've had lots of cold weather and cold weather is a great time for me to hunker down and read. Here's what I've read and what I'm reading:
ORPHANS
My Name is Esther
Orphan Train
To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
Burial Rites
  
HAPPINESS
My Year With Eleanor
My Age of Anxiety
Civility by Stephen Carter (reread)
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
   
OTHER CULTURES
The Frangipani Hotel: Stories
Genghis Khan
When Asia Was the World
  
FOODIE LIT
Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture
POETRY
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins
WRITING
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
   
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
I'm a Frog by Mo Willems
The Little Moose Who Couldn't Go to Sleep
Arthur: The Seeing Stone
  
FAMILY LIFE
Flyover Lives
UNEXPECTED ROMANCE
The Rosie Project
Me Before You
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The cover of Orphan Train captures me attention every time - how could it not really!
ReplyDeleteAs some one who suffers from anxiety, My Age of Anxiety sounds pretty interesting too.
Happy Reading!
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Bits & Bobs
My Year with Eleanor is about a woman who is trying to cope with her anxiety, too. I loved reading the thoughts of her therapist. Lots of wisdom in that one.
ReplyDeleteWow impressive and varied reading. Orphan Train in on my must read list this year. I read 2 novels about the orphan trains in 2013, very moving. I enjoyed Me Before You but I didn't have the emotional reaction that some had.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week and happy reading :)
I read a children's book a long time ago about the orphan trains. It was, I think, by Eve Bunting. It was very good, too.
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot of good things about "Orphan Train" must see if my library has it yet. It is cold here in Iowa also, and like you I curl up in My Reading Corner and read, read, read...Thanks for the visit today.
ReplyDeleteI loved Orphan Train and Me Before You, and have a copy of My Year With Eleanor from the library, which I hope to start soon.
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What a amazing list of books! Me Before You is on my TBR list as is Orphan Train. I have the Rosie Project for a reading group pick in a couple of months. And I am intrigued by My Year With Eleanor… will have to check that out now!
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amazing lineup Deb - EnJoy!
ReplyDeleteYou have been all over with your reading. =) What is it that makes me most drawn to the Orphan books? In particular, To the End of June sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed My Year with Eleanor. I hope you are too!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how much I liked My Year with Eleanor. Her counselor was very wise, I thought.
ReplyDeleteYou are reading so many books! Good for you! :)
ReplyDeleteWow these sound interesting! Hope you enjoyed them!
ReplyDeleteCheck out what we are reading this week.
Leydy @ OUaT & Redcarpetendings
Lots of great books! Love your themes.
ReplyDeleteI announced this afternoon a Twitter discussion of The Memoir Project on February 28 -- hope you can join us!
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ReplyDeleteoh! what a great and diverse list! Since I'm really a romance reader, I zoomed in the romance books. I've read Me Before You. Have you read it? What are your thoughts on it? ^__^ Plus, I have The Rosie Project on my TBR. Happy reading and thanks for dropping by my blog. ^__^
Bowing, bowing. . .
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a great group of books! Off to check out To the End of June
Thanks so much for stopping by
You are so right! Your reading has been everywhere! What did you think of To the End of June and The Frangipani Hotel?
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You are so right! Your reading has been everywhere! What did you think of To the End of June and The Frangipani Hotel?
ReplyDeleteHappy reading
Frangipani was my kind of book...magical...mysterious. June was bleak.
ReplyDeleteWhat a week! I'd be happy if I got through that lot this year!
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