Winter Reads – 2020

Winter is almost officially here! I hope to read some fun books off my bookshelf and continue with my Reading the Classics Challenge and other challenges that I am thinking about doing in 2021. What are y’all reading this winter? Any reads you are most looking forward to? Here is my list:

BOOK CLUB READS

• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin √
• Passing by Nella Larsen √
• Quicksand by Nella Larsen √
• The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson √
• Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez √
• The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria

BUDDY READALONG

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville

2021 READING CHALLENGES

• Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle √
• Sherlock: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Sherlock: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Bible Old Testament: Genesis – Deuteronomy 
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

NETGALLEY 

• The Center of Everything by Jamie Harrison
• The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

BOOK JARS

• Radio Free Vermont by Bill McKibben
• The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

OTHER

• One Day in December by Josie Silver
• The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
• Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
• Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler √
• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
• Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune √
• A Promised Land by Barack Obama
• Christmas in Silver Springs by Brenda Novak √

Feel free to leave a comment about any of the books I’ll be reading or the reads y’all will be reading.

HAPPY WINTER READING!!!

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WWW Wednesdays – February 20, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I am making some progress on my Winter Reading List my Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads. (See my 2019 A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge).

Currently Reading

These are all pretty long books, and I’ve been taking a bit more time with them.

Finished Reading

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

*I will have a full review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books near the end of February.*

Reading Next

I’ve really been enjoying reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie this month and highly recommend reading her! What are y’all reading now? Please post your WWW links below in the comments if I haven’t already visited them.

HAPPY READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – February 6, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I am making some progress on my Winter Reading List. I just finished my month of reading Zadie Smith and have now moved on to reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (See my 2019 A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge).

Currently Reading

Finished Reading

On Beauty by Zadie Smith – book = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ½
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert – audiobook = ♦ ♦
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides – ARC book = ♦ ♦ ♦

*Click on the titles for my reviews. I will have a full review of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie books at the end of February. *

Reading Next

Have you read anything by the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie? If so, what do you think of her writing? What are y’all reading now? Please post your WWW links below in the comments if I haven’t already visited them.

HAPPY READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – January 23, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

I am making some progress on my Winter Reading List and reading some Zadie Smith (finally!). (See my 2019 A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge).

I feel I will make even more progress when I participate in the 24in48 Readthon this weekend as well.

Currently Reading

Finished Reading

White Teeth by Zadie Smith – audiobook & book = ♦ ♦ ♦ ½
Swing Time by Zadie Smith – audiobook = ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

*Full review on all the Zadie Smith books will come at the end of the month.*

Reading Next

Have you read any of the books mentioned above? What have you been reading lately? Are you participating in the readathon this weekend? Please share your WWW posts!

HAPPY READING!!!

WWW Wednesdays – January 16, 2019

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Time for another WWW Wednesdays, which is brought to you by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. If you too want to participate, answer the above questions and post that link on Sam’s page.

It turns out that taking a break from work and life and spending more than a week on the ocean in the Caribbean, helped me make some progress on my NetGalley backlog and my Winter Reading List. Then I picked up a bit of a cold, which prevented me from reading for a few days.

You will see a lot of Zadie Smith in my upcoming reads as she is the author I am focusing on reading more of in January. (See my 2019 A Focus on Authors Reading Challenge)

Currently Reading

Finished Reading – since my last WWW post (a month ago)

Hunger by Roxane Gay – audiobook ♦♦
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham – book ♦♦♦
The Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik – audiobook ♦♦♦♦
A Christmas Date by Camilla Isley – ebook ♦♦♦
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Never Takes a Holiday by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain – book ♦♦♦
The Library Book by Susan Orlean – ebook ♦♦♦♦♦
The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill – book ♦♦♦♦ ½

Reading Next

 

Have you read any of the books mentioned above? What have you been reading lately? Please share your WWW posts!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!