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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What are you reading today?!
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