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)
- 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)
I adored Maisie Dobbs
Hmm, this one sounds good! I will wait for your review so as to avoid overburdening my already ridiculous to-read list.
I love these lists. This plus the quarterly reading lists gives me so many books to put in my library queue.
So Great! I think you will enjoy it. I am reading the next book now, there are several. Enjoy!
Maisie Dobbs is always one of my top recommendations. Every book in the series is well worth a read.
I am completely obsessed with all of the Maisie Dobbs books… you'll want to go get ALL of them from the library! The newest one will be released at the end of March. (See? OBSESSED.) Hope you like it!