What I’m Going to Read: Round 18

Ah, it’s good to be back. Have I ever told you how much I love seeing all your suggestions? Thank you, thank you for participating. Big squishy hugs for everyone.

The winner this month was Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, suggested by Alison K, a friend of mine who has moved away from Austin but continues to rank high among my reading friends for being the person who read and returned Catching Fire in a single day. Also, she makes killer lemon squares.

Other suggestions:

• And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance by Jacques Lusseyran (Karina)
• Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (tootie)
• Two-Part Invention by Madeleine L’Engle (RA)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (GeogJen)
• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Julie M. Smith)
• Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (lifeofadoctorswife)
• Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay (Mom)
• Searching for Dragons by Patricia Wrede (smalldog)
• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson (Suey)
• Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger (Katie)
• The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carmen (Carly)
• The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachmann (LatteLove)
• The Magicians by Lev Grossman (NGS)
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Emandtrev)
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Becky)
• Precious Bane by Mary Webb (Melissa)
• Behind the Mist by M.J Evans (Heather)
• East of Eden by Steinbeck (Merry and Heidikins)
• The Girl From Foreign by Sadia Shepard (Jodi)
• I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells (Megan B)
• Peace Love and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle (SSM)
• The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum (Elsha)
• Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (Lisa)
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Bart)
• The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Mia)
• My Reading Life by Pat Controy (Mad Hadder)
• Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (Kimberly)
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (Sarah)
• The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (ACQ)

Of these, I’ve read

• Nurtureshock (review here)
• Peace Love and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
• Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (review here)