#2265 update the reading list

BOOKWORM ALERT!

I was wondering what to write about tonight, and it occurred to me that I haven't updated my Reading List page in awhile. I'll go into more detail on that page, but here is a list of the nine books I have read from the end of August until now.

Shortly after Toni Morrison passed away, the book club chose The Bluest Eye, Morrison's first novel, to read. It was shocking and sad and hard for me to read. I had to look at a synopsis online to make sure I understood what had happened.

I'm Fine and Neither are You by Camille Pagan was a First Read pick from Amazon. It went somewhere I did not expect it to go, and although it was uncomfortable at times, I rather liked it overall.

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda was a Reese's Book Club pic in August, I think. It's kind of a mystery/thriller set in a resort town in Maine. Good one!

My sister recommended the next book. It's a complex story of a family smack dab in the middle of a crisis. I couldn't put it down.

Because you know I need a YA fix every now and then, I was glad when First & Then popped up on my Overdrive list as available. It's loosely a high school version of Pride and Prejudice. I liked it.

Another recommendation from Lizzie, who absolutely loved this book. Imagining Hagrid (that's how I pictured Frank) describing music to Ilse (she was kind of Audrey Hepburn-ish to me) was fun. And lord knows I love a good flash mob.

I have had A Thousand Splendid Suns in my TBR (To Be Read) pile for years. I think what was stopping me was knowing how emotional and gut-wrenching it would be. It was so, so good.

Tracey Garvis Graves wrote a book I really liked called On the Island. I have been eager to read another book by this author when I came across this title on one of the many (many) lists I've compiled of books I'd like to read. I found it at the library and totally fell in love with Annika and Jonathan. Yep, I cried. Very sweet.

This non-fiction book was the book club choice. It's about a group of young men from Washington who rowed crew and went to the 1936 Olympics. I learned a lot about rowing.

I have a stack of book in my TBR pile that are actual books that I have purchased. I try to get to them, but I get tempted by other books I don't own. I think the key for me is to not purchase any books but sometimes I can't help myself.

I usually have two or three books going at a time: one on my kindle that I read in bed, which currently is The Autobiography of Malcolm X. How's that for a little light nighttime reading? Then I have a physical book that I read at work or at the kitchen table or on my couch on the weekend. Right now that book is Lying in Wait but I just picked up the latest novel by Ruth Ware, Turn of the Key, and I only have seven days to read it, so Lying in Wait will have to do just that. Then I have a book club selection. I just finished  The Boys in the Boat, and our next book, The Nickel Boys, hasn't started yet, but I'll be reading that soon since we wrap up the rowing book discussion this week.

So many books! So little time!