by Michelle | Dec 31, 2020 | Books Read in 2020
It was a good reading year. I end the year with no outstanding review copies for 2020, having read what I wanted and more. Plus, I got better about limiting my requests for review copies so that the number I have is actually manageable. I look forward to more diligent...
by Michelle | Dec 31, 2020 | Around the World, Books Read in 2020
Books open worlds. This year, they allowed me to travel all over the globe and through numerous fantasy worlds and outer space. When there wasn’t a chance to go anywhere thanks to travel restrictions and trying to be conscientious about not spreading COVID-19,...
by Michelle | Dec 31, 2020 | Books Read in 2020, First Lines
I started doing this several years ago, tracking the first lines of the books I read. I don’t include prologues or epigraphs in this list; it consists of just the opening line of the first chapter of every book I read this year. It never ceases to amaze me how...
by Michelle | Dec 31, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author
Stamped from the Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is the book you didn’t know you needed to read if you are working towards being an antiracist. At times dense with history and more than a bit confusing, its overlying message of racism as the founding sentiment...
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe may be a sequel to The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, but it is not necessary to read one before the other. While there are references to Deliverance and her book throughout The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Ms....
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
Anyone who has ever read one of Deb Caletti’s novels knows that they are going to read something spectacular and highly relevant to modern society. This is especially true of her young adult novels. In A Heart in a Body in the World, Ms. Caletti channels all of...
