Ladies, if you were an introverted child of the late 70s, early 80s who lost yourself deeply in The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Women, what are you reading now?
“Tom Lake” and “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett, “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, “Circe” by Madeline Miller, and “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell 🙂
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Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Summer of My Amazing Luck and The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toewes
The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
Standing in the Rainbow and The All Girl’s Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
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Cozy mysteries!
I also spent last year revisiting some of my childhood favorites. Some of them held up, some not so much. But I loved every second of it!
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Romance novels and science fiction.
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Oh me! Here’s some of my favourites:
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, is the first one that comes to mind. This one is for anyone who wanted to follow Lucy through the wardrobe. Or anything by her really, Starling House, The Once and Future Witches, her novella pair A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended.
Anything by Erin Morganstern. A Starless Sea was very dreamy. The Night Circus, still dreamy but a bit more grounded.
Anything by NK Jemisin. She’s truly a genius.
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, three of four books are out with no word on when the final book will be released. I passed on it at first thinking sword-wielding goth space lesbians was a bit too out there for me, but once I started I quickly became obsessed with this series. It’s very literary, lots of references to classics, as well as modern memes.
Any of the Greek myth retellings that have become popular, like Circe.
Just realizing everything I’ve listed has a sci fi or fantasy slant to it, so hopefully that’s ok
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Currently reading “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” VE Schwab and love anything I’ve read from her so far.
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“Tom Lake” and “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett, “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, “Circe” by Madeline Miller, and “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell 🙂
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Summer of My Amazing Luck and The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toewes
The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb
Standing in the Rainbow and The All Girl’s Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Cozy mysteries!
I also spent last year revisiting some of my childhood favorites. Some of them held up, some not so much. But I loved every second of it!
Romance novels and science fiction.
Oh me! Here’s some of my favourites:
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, is the first one that comes to mind. This one is for anyone who wanted to follow Lucy through the wardrobe. Or anything by her really, Starling House, The Once and Future Witches, her novella pair A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended.
Anything by Erin Morganstern. A Starless Sea was very dreamy. The Night Circus, still dreamy but a bit more grounded.
Anything by NK Jemisin. She’s truly a genius.
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, three of four books are out with no word on when the final book will be released. I passed on it at first thinking sword-wielding goth space lesbians was a bit too out there for me, but once I started I quickly became obsessed with this series. It’s very literary, lots of references to classics, as well as modern memes.
Any of the Greek myth retellings that have become popular, like Circe.
Just realizing everything I’ve listed has a sci fi or fantasy slant to it, so hopefully that’s ok
Currently reading “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” VE Schwab and love anything I’ve read from her so far.
Weyward by Emilia Hart