As is tradition in the !!ninth!! year of my blog, I am going to wrap 2024 by listing my five favorite books (published in 2024) and my most popular posts. This year I’ve added a category – best book I read that was published previously to this year.
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Keeping my end-of-year tradition, I’m sharing my favorite books and most popular posts!
It wasn’t my most prolific year of reading or posting – I got tied up reading the epic Shantaran for several months (which I do recommend) – and I got out of the habit of posting on my blog, but I am going to try to do better next year.
Keep reading for my favorite five books published during 2023. These would be great gifts or for when you are able to relax during the holidays (does that actually happen?).
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I had a slow start to reading in 2022 and remember wondering if I would even find five new books to strongly recommend by the end of the year (as is my tradition).
But by early fall I was finishing one really good read after another, and I had to give some thought before narrowing it down to five of my favorites (published in 2022). Some of these books I finished so recently that I haven’t had a chance to post about them individually.
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Happy summer, readers!
I want to recommend several books I’ve enjoyed recently and tell you what’s still on my summer reading list!
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Towards the end of 2021 I ran into some reading blocks and didn’t recommend any new books for a couple of months. At that point I was feeling a bit let down about the year’s reading UNTIL I looked back over my posts from earlier in the year and remembered I did read a lot of really good books.
Here are my favorite books published (and links to posts about them) in 2021 in no particular order:
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I haven’t posted much lately because, sadly, I haven’t read anything I wanted to recommend. UGH! On my Goodreads you’ll see more more “2 star reviews” than usual. And I’ve had a hard time committing to finishing longer, potentially epic reads while the shorter books have left me skimming the endings. But, I still have all of these new fall releases on my to-read list, so hopefully there will be something good here (descriptions from publishers notes).
Continue readingHere’s a quick list of the new releases I’m looking forward to reading this summer. Many from favorite authors, lots of WWII fiction (of course) but I’m also headed back to Moscow and Havana. Read with me!
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I say this every year, but 2021 is bringing several new books by my favorite authors. This list below is truly exciting to me. I can’t wait to get started!!
Here is what I’ll be reading during the first three months of this NEW YEAR:
You can click on the titles to view and purchase on Amazon (I do appreciate your support as an affiliate but I also encourage you borrowing from your library or your local bookseller.)
Also, if you missed it: here were my five favorite books from 2020.
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Continuing my end-of-year tradition, I am sharing my five favorite books published in 2020. I didn’t come across any “5 star” books this year (I am extremely reserved with that rating). Still, I found several books I loved (in a 4-star kind of way) and am happy to recommend these as some of my new favorites:
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With a lingering worldwide pandemic, we will continue to have lots of time to read these next couple of months. My fall/winter reading list below features new releases by many authors I’ve previously enjoyed as well as some of the best books I’ve read recently that I want to recommend. I hope you can find some books you will enjoy, and let me know if I’ve missed anything great that’s coming out this fall.
You can click on the titles or images to view and purchase on Amazon. While I appreciate a purchase through my affiliate links I also support buying from your local bookseller or using your local library.
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