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1. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf READ 1/13/2023; 2.5 STARS, rounded to 3 STARS
2. The Winners by Fredrik Backman READ 2/10/2023; 5 STARS
3. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris READ 1/24/2023 2 STARS
4. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart READ 1/5/2023; 4 STARS
5. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood READ 2/1/2023; 3.5 STARS
6. Sparring Partners by John Grisham READ 5/24/2023; 3 STARS
7. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson READ 3/7/2023; 3 STARS
8. The Camel Club by David Baldacci READ 4/25/2023; 3 STARS
9. The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton READ 7/23/2023; 3 STARS
10. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi READ 5/17/2023; 5 STARS
11. Rasco and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly READ 4/16/2023
12. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand READ 6/21/2023; 2 STARS

Alternates
13. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer READ 1/11/2023; 3 STARS
14. Suttree by Cormac McCarthy READ 12/26/2023; 2.5 STARS
15. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell READ 2/22/2023; 4 STARS
16. Jazz by Toni Morrison READ 10/12/2023; 4 STARS

I love this variety!!!!! I can't wait to see you crush this list by like March =)

Alissa wrote: "I love this variety!!!!! I can't wait to see you crush this list by like March =)"

Haha! We'll see. I may have made this list too soon, but I just couldn't wait.

Homegoing is amazing, but a difficult read. I'd like to see your thoughts on To the Lighthouse. I've so far only managed some of Virginia Woolf's short stories and I'm not sure I'm brave enough to tackle something longer yet. Enjoy your selection!

What a great list! Some interesting things I haven’t heard of, and I echo Carolien re Virginia Woolf.

Definitely a nice variety. I'll be interested in your thoughts on The Camel Club and The Tipping Point. I've enjoyed the Sookie books but I think I preferred the TV series. Still enjoyable for the most part. I haven't read To the Lighthouse but I did read Mrs. Dalloway and found Woolf to be most intriguing. Enjoy your selections.

Great list! I think The Winners will be on mine, as well. Happy reading!

So many lists that I haven't read any of the books! I want to read The Winners as well. Look forward to hearing your thoughts. Happy Reading!

Carolien wrote: "Homegoing is amazing, but a difficult read. I'd like to see your thoughts on To the Lighthouse. I've so far only managed some of Virginia Woolf's short stories and I'm not sure I'm brave enough to tackle something longer yet. Enjoy your selection!"

Thanks, Carolien! I am nervous about Homegoing, I will have to be in the right frame of mind to read that one. I'm also nervous about Virginia Woolf. I read A Room of One's Own, and I can already tell that she's a good writer, but we don't have the same opinions on everything. That makes her writing something that is intriguing for me, because I cannot grow by only reading books by authors who have similar opinions to me. We'll see how it goes.

Jennifer wrote: "What a great list! Some interesting things I haven’t heard of, and I echo Carolien re Virginia Woolf."

Thanks, Jennifer. I was so intimidated by Virginia Woolf for a long time, but I finally read the first book by her last year, and I'm sticking my toe into the water here. I may come to the same conclusion as you and Carolien, but at least I will know for sure. Fingers crossed.

Bill wrote: "Definitely a nice variety. I'll be interested in your thoughts on The Camel Club and The Tipping Point. I've enjoyed the Sookie books but I think I preferred the TV series. Still enjoyable for the most part. I haven't read To the Lighthouse but I did read Mrs. Dalloway and found Woolf to be most intriguing. Enjoy your selections."

Thanks, Bill. I am eager to start The Camel Club series, I hope I really enjoy it. And I've heard good things about The Tipping Point, we'll see. I haven't read any of the Sookie books or seen the TV series yet, so we'll see what I think. I have been trying to read past GRC Award selections, so I can see what all the fuss is about. I haven't read Mrs. Dalloway yet, we'll see how Ms. Woolf and I get on before I commit to any more of her works. :-)

Denise wrote: "Great list! I think The Winners will be on mine, as well. Happy reading!"

I hope we both love it. When will you read it? I'm thinking I might try to read it in January, but I'm not sure yet. I am always a bit happy and sad at the same time to finish a beloved series.

Patricia wrote: "So many lists that I haven't read any of the books! I want to read The Winners as well. Look forward to hearing your thoughts. Happy Reading!"

I am hoping to read The Winners in January, but we'll see. It's a pretty big book and I have a few big books planned for December, so I may be all comic books and children's books in January if I get tired of reading big books. :-) I'll be eager to see what you think when you get a chance to read it too.

Nice selection, lots of variety. I enjoyed the Sookie books some years back, light and enjoyable...if you can say that about vampires, lol. I'm interested in a few others, The Camel Club, The Space Between Worlds. Happy reading.

I don't know if I would now, but I loved the Sukie series when I read it years ago.

Linette wrote: "Nice selection, lots of variety. I enjoyed the Sookie books some years back, light and enjoyable...if you can say that about vampires, lol. I'm interested in a few others, The Camel Club, The Space Between Worlds. Happy reading."

Thanks, Linette. I resisted the vampire genre at first when it was so popular, but my nieces got me into Twilight and the Jane Austen parodies, so I'm eager to read them next year. I enjoyed reading a easy series last year that everyone read, so I'm hoping to the same this coming year.

Shameless plug: Alissa and I are buddy reading The Space Between Worlds in March together and The Camel Club in April, and you are most welcome to join us.

Happy reading to you too!

Bonnie wrote: "I don't know if I would now, but I loved the Sukie series when I read it years ago."

I am not sure what I'll think about Sookie, but they were so popular. I was not into vampire novels initially, but like everything, I ease myself into these genres that I first say, "No, Never." I wanted something light and fluffy, so fingers crossed, maybe these will fit the bill. :-)

Lea wrote: "Shameless plug: Alissa and I are buddy reading The Space Between Worlds in March together and The Camel Club in April, and you are most welcome to join us.


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We are also doing Homegoing in May, so Lea you have lots of months to mentally prepare =)

Alissa wrote: "We are also doing Homegoing in May, so Lea you have lots of months to mentally prepare =)"

Note to self: maybe don't try to read Homegoing and Jazz in the same month. :-)

Definitely don't do Homegoing and Jazz in the same month. The one advantage of Homegoing is that the structure lends itself quite nicely to one chapter a day and that is completely doable in a month. I'll probably join for Jazz if that is second half of the year.

Carolien wrote: "Definitely don't do Homegoing and Jazz in the same month. The one advantage of Homegoing is that the structure lends itself quite nicely to one chapter a day and that is completely doable in a month. I'll probably join for Jazz if that is second half of the year."

Let me know when you want to read Jazz and we can definitely do a buddy read. Other than not wanting to read it in May because we plan to read Homegoing, I'm pretty flexible.

Shall we aim for October again?

2 books on my list, so I don't want to look any closer!! Good luck!

Hey, Lea! The list is looking pretty good, pretty good.

It has been years since I read Jazz. I do hope you enjoy it. Her early works are perfect to me.

Good luck and happy reading, as always. 📚☺️

Carolien wrote: "Shall we aim for October again?"

Let's do it! It can be our annual tradition.

Jackie wrote: "2 books on my list, so I don't want to look any closer!! Good luck!"

Thanks, Jackie! These lists are so dangerous, aren't they? I think I've added like 40 books to my TBR, which wouldn't be so bad, except most of them are series books, so you know I've really added more. :-)

Alondra wrote: "Hey, Lea! The list is looking pretty good, pretty good.

It has been years since I read Jazz. I do hope you enjoy it. Her early works are perfect to me.

Good luck and happy reading, as always. 📚☺️"

Thanks, Alondra. This list was pretty random. There's something I love about series lists and something I love about not having series lists!!

Lea wrote: "Thanks, Alondra. This list was pretty random. There's something I love about series lists and something I love about not having series lists!! ..."

I feel that! Sometimes its overwhelming when you are way behind.

Interesting list. I've only read Homegoing and loved it for some reasons and did not for others. I'll be very interested to see what you think.
Then...there are 11 other books I haven't read, hmmm....
Happy reading.

I love Malcolm Gladwell. I think I read them all but his newest one.

Hope they are all 4+ star reads!

Alondra wrote: "I feel that! Sometimes its overwhelming when you are way behind."

Yes! And sometimes I am in the mood to keep reading and reading the entire series, so I would be happy if the 12 + 4 list was all the rest of that one series.

But other times, I think, "that was good, but I want to read something else now." In the case, I would do better to just put the next book in the series for 16 series on my list.

It's hard to know which type of series list to make. :-)

Ioana wrote: "Interesting list. I've only read Homegoing and loved it for some reasons and did not for others. I'll be very interested to see what you think.
Then...there are 11 other books I haven't read, hmmm....
Happy reading."

I have heard so many things about Homegoing. I will be eager to compare notes after I'm done. It is so fun to chat books with you!

Madeline wrote: "I love Malcolm Gladwell. I think I read them all but his newest one.

Hope they are all 4+ star reads!"

I've only read two so far: Outliers and Talking with Strangers, so I'm eager to see what I think about the rest of his work. I hope I have all 4+ star reads too!

Lea wrote: "Alondra wrote: "I feel that! Sometimes its overwhelming when you are way behind."

Yes! And sometimes I am in the mood to keep reading and reading the entire series, so I would be happy if the 12 +..."

True. I am just going to try and catch-up. Jumping back into these series is like snuggling up with a warm blanket. It's a comfort thing, so, I should really be more progressed; as any of us should be. Ya know?? Usually we are familiar with the characters, feel the nuance, are deeply involved in the plot and enjoy the pacing. Then we ghost the series.... alas! Readers!

🤔🙃🫣🫥

Lea wrote: "Jackie wrote: "2 books on my list, so I don't want to look any closer!! Good luck!"

Thanks, Jackie! These lists are so dangerous, aren't they? I think I've added like 40 books to my TBR, which wou..."

They are dangerous, especially the series!

Nice list Lea! I love the variety. I see myself reading some of these in the future when you start posting your reviews.

Alondra wrote: "Lea wrote: "True. I am just going to try and catch-up. Jumping back into these series is like snuggling up with a warm blanket. It's a comfort thing, so, I should really be more progressed; as any of us should be. Ya know?? Usually we are familiar with the characters, feel the nuance, are deeply involved in the plot and enjoy the pacing. Then we ghost the series.... alas! Readers!

🤔🙃🫣🫥"

It's so true! Us readers have to decide which blanket we need. Sometimes we just want a light blanket, and other times, we need the cozy heavy blanket that heats. It just depends on our mood. And we readers are a moody lot. :-)

Jackie wrote: "They are dangerous, especially the series!"

I agree! One book becomes twelve, just like that!

Michelle wrote: "Nice list Lea! I love the variety. I see myself reading some of these in the future when you start posting your reviews."

Thanks, Michelle. I hope these books are so good! But I usually pick a stinker or two, just because. Or maybe I am the stinker. :-) ;-)

Lea wrote: "It's so true! Us readers have to decide which blanket we need. Sometimes we just want a light blanket, and other times, we need the cozy heavy blanket that heats. It just depends on our mood. And we readers are a moody lot. :-) ..."

Exactly, this!

Lea wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Us readers have to decide which blanket we need. Sometimes we just want a light blanket, and other times, we need the cozy heavy blanket that heats. It just depends on our mood. And we readers are a moody lot. :-)

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Yessssssssssssssss amazing

To the Lighthouse and Suttree are fabulous.

So, you've found an Elin Hildebrand book i have yet to discover. Had to add thst to my list. I've heard The Love Hypothesis is supposed to be really good. Good luck with your list. I have a feeling I'll be adding more of them to my to-read list.

John wrote: "To the Lighthouse and Suttree are fabulous."

I'm looking forward to both, but hoping to be in the right frame of mine for both books when I get to them. I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed both of them. :-)

Lindsey wrote: "So, you've found an Elin Hildebrand book i have yet to discover. Had to add thst to my list. I've heard The Love Hypothesis is supposed to be really good. Good luck with your list. I have a feeling I'll be adding more of them to my to-read list."

Lindsey, well turnabout is fair play then, because I added a bunch of your books to my lists also. I am hit or miss on Hildebrand, I loved The Rumor but wasn't too impressed with the book I read last year The Blue Bistro. Here's hoping this one is really good too.

Lea wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "So, you've found an Elin Hildebrand book i have yet to discover. Had to add thst to my list. I've heard The Love Hypothesis is supposed to be really good. Good luck ..."

I'm hit or miss with her, too. I'll look forward to a review!

Denise wrote: "I'm hit or miss with her, too. I'll look forward to a review!"

I'll definitely be writing Ms. Hilderbrand a letter in 2023. :-)

familiar with a few of these - good luck!!

Dee wrote: "familiar with a few of these - good luck!!"

Thanks, Dee! I hope they are good ones that can be recommended!

I love Jazz. I read that book 3x.. It is soo beautifully written.

The Sookie Stackhouse series... Please stick with it. That series was a good ride

I love Hilderbrande... And David Balducci whoa.

ENJOY!