Comments on: Reading Lately: January 2021 Reading List

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:31:20 +0000

In reply to Vanessa Krystle Buttino. I'll be interested to hear what you think of the two books! And yes, I am feeling so much better!

By: Vanessa Krystle Buttino

Vanessa Krystle Buttino — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:00:44 +0000

I’ve got The Mystery of Mrs. Christie on my wish list and I’ve actually just purchased a copy of Our Darkest Night a couple weeks ago, so we’ve got a couple books in common. I hope you’re feeling much better from your accident and that you’re fully recovered now, my friend!

By: Edyta

Edyta — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:37:43 +0000

In reply to Rachael. The Push was very disturbing imo...and I'm kidfree!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:31:39 +0000

In reply to Deanna Salazar. Oh, I have so many of those books on my TBR. The Removed and The Girl with the Louding Voice are on my nightstand right now, and I'm debating on The Push. It sounds really good, but really dark. I'll probably contemplate it for another month or so before grabbing a copy.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:30:30 +0000

In reply to Ember. Oh, The Starless Sea was such a gorgeous read. I almost never reread books, but the story was so complex I really want to read it again. And thanks for the thoughts on John Green. I'll be sure to try Looking for Alaska as my next John Green book so I can give a fair evaluation.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:28:05 +0000

In reply to Sarah Hackworth. Did you love A Man Called Ove? I laughed and cried and loved every minute!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:26:57 +0000

In reply to Trisha MacKenzie. You really did have a good reading month. I really need to read Hamnet. I absolutely loved Maggie O'Farrell's memoir I Am, I Am, I Am. She is a fantastic writer.

By: Deanna Salazar

Deanna Salazar — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:28:22 +0000

Glad you have recovered nicely! Here is what I have finished so far in January:
Dear Justyce
The Exiles
The Push
Know My Name
Evvie Drake Starts Over
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Removed
Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength
The Glass Castle

By: Ember

Ember — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:22:41 +0000

So far this month I’ve read:
+The 30-Day Productivity Plan: Break the 30 Bad Habits That are Sabotaging Your Time Management-One Day at a Time by Damon Zahariades (A productivity book – I did NOT read it one day at a time as the title instructs)
+I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamh (Biography)
+How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (About a pressing social issue – Thank you for your list! This was a very good book which I would not likely have read since I don’t naturally gravitate toward nonfiction).
+The Magician’s Nephew and The Final Battle by C.S. Lewis (for like the 5th time, but I love the Chronicles of Narnia and my book club was doing it)
+The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (A book about books – This may be my new favorite! It was beautiful. It was like a reverse Thousand and One Nights where the short stories are simple but the frame story is complex and everything is connected. It spoke to my love of stories and hidden doors to magical spaces, and the food and cocktail descriptions made me envious of the characters that got to consume them. I will definitely be buying a copy to add to my collection. And probably another to give to my sister!)

A note on John Green:
Personally, I found Looking for Alaska to be much better than Paper Towns. There are similarities in plot lines and writing style, of course, but the characters and character development feel much more real in Looking for Alaska.

By: Sarah Hackworth

Sarah Hackworth — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:18:54 +0000

I read 8 books!
1. The Removed by Brandon Hobson, which I used for prompt 5 because of how it touches on foster care and a family’s grief after losing a child to police brutality.
2. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty, which I used as a book that makes you think.
3. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, a coming of age story.
4. Kissing the Witxh: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue as a book by an author you love.
5. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty, which is a nonfiction New York Times Bestseller.
6. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a debut novel by a famous author.
7. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue, which is a historical fiction book, which I don’t usually read.
8. Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haims, which I’ve owned since 2018 but never read until now.