2023 BOOK REVIEW

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When last year came to a close, I was disappointed that many of my reads were just average. As 2024 started, I had a desire to read more great books. And, that definitely happened!

It was a great year in reading!

Two stars next to my top 6, one star next to some of my other favorites:

  1. The Measure – Nikki Erlick ⭐️

  2. Becoming – Michelle Obama ⭐️

  3. You Are My Sunshine – Sean Dietrich

  4. And Yet: Poems – Kate Baer

  5. Independence – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ⭐️⭐️

  6. Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus

  7. The Sweetness of Water – Nathan Harris

  8. I’m Glad My Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy ⭐️

  9. 5 Things to Pray for Your Spouse – Melissa B. Kruger

  10. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir – Beth Moore

  11. Georgie, All Along – Kate Clayborn

  12. We are Displaced – Malala Yousafzai ⭐️

  13. Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt ⭐️⭐️

  14. Dear Future Mama – Meghan Trainor

  15. Coronation Year – Jennifer Robson

  16. Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain

  17. Beyond the Wand – Tom Felton

  18. The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama

  19. Try Softer – Aundi Kolber ⭐️

  20. The Wishing Game – Meg Shaffer ⭐️

  21. Tell Me Everything – Minka Kelly

  22. The Secret Book of Flora Lea – Patti Callahan Henry ⭐️⭐️

  23. The Try Softer Guided Journey – Aundi Kolber

  24. Hula – Jasmin Iolani Hakes

  25. The Great Reclamation – Rachel Heng

  26. Sourdough – Robin Sloan

  27. Heartburn – Nora Ephron

  28. Pilgrim: 25 Ways God’s Character Leads Us Onward – Ruth Chou Simons ⭐️

  29. Party of My World – Jodi Benson

  30. The Miracle Goes On – John W. Peterson

  31. Tom Lake – Ann Patchett ⭐️⭐️

  32. If You Would Have Told Me – John Stamos

  33. None of This is True – Lisa Jewell ⭐️

  34. The Secret Keeper – Kate Morton ⭐️⭐️

  35. Killers of the Flower Moon – David Grann

  36. Bright Lights, Big Christmas – Mary Kay Andrews

  37. Corrie’s Christmas Memories – Corrie ten Boom

  38. Advent: The Season of Hope – Tish Harrison Warren

  39. Upon Waking – Jackie Hill Perry ⭐️⭐️

  40. The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett

My favorite place to track my reading is Goodreads–let’s be friends!

Here’s to more great reads in 2024!

 

2022 BOOK REVIEW

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I knew 2022 would hold a lot. I started the year very pregnant with twin boys and would birth them in the coming weeks. Looking back, my goal of reading 3 books/month while raising newborn twins was a bit lofty, however, somehow I squeezed in the last book in the final days of the year.

It was hard to pick my favorites because I honestly didn’t have a lot of stand-out reads. There were a lot of good books, but not many great ones.

I am putting two stars next to my favorites and one star next to those with honorable mention :)

  1. The Keeper of Lost Things – Ruth Hogan

  2. West with Giraffes – Lynda Rutledge

  3. The Louder Song – Aubrey Sampson⭐️

  4. Naturally Tan – Tan France

  5. What the Wind Knows – Amy Harmon

  6. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe – Heather Webber⭐️

  7. Bittersweet – Shauna Niequist⭐️⭐️

  8. Forty Days on Being a Six – Tara Beth Leach

  9. What Kind of Woman – Kate Baer⭐️

  10. Raising Twins – Shelly Vaziri Flais⭐️⭐️

  11. What We Didn’t Expect – Melody Shreiber

  12. The 1619 Project – Nikole Hannah-Jones

  13. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte

  14. People We Meet on Vacation – Emily Henry⭐️

  15. This Time Tomorrow – Emma Straub

  16. Take Back Your Family – Jefferson Bethke

  17. How to Keep House While Drowning – K.C. Davis

  18. The Night Watchman – Louise Erdrich

  19. Prayer in the Night – Tish Harrison Warren⭐️⭐️

  20. Every Summer After – Carley Fortune⭐️⭐️

  21. Felicity – Mary Oliver

  22. Beach Read – Emily Henry

  23. Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie⭐️

  24. Home Stories – Kim Leggett

  25. Love & Saffron – Kim Fay

  26. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson

  27. Troublemaker – Leah Remini

  28. Long Live the Queen – Bryan Kozlowski⭐️⭐️

  29. Rock Paper Scissors – Alice Feeney

  30. Confessions of a Crappy Christian – Blake Guichet

  31. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

  32. Emmanuel – Ruth Chou Simons⭐️

  33. The Wonder of the Greatest Gift – Ann Voskamp

  34. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing – Matthew Perry⭐️

  35. Notes on Grief – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie⭐️⭐️

  36. Delicious! – Ruth Reichl

My favorite place to track my reading is Goodreads–let’s be friends!

Here’s to more great reads in 2023!