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I had some great reads this year, but The Lion Women of Tehran was my top read for 2024.

I wonder what my top read will be in 2025?

#readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

Tagged my second favorite book (in both brackets). It was surprisingly beautifully told story of the Trojan war by the woman who lives and survived it. Was so impressed. Also a solid final four in this one. #readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

This one is stunning. My book club probably hates me rn for picking it. This tells the story of a family of refugees that fled Vietnam in the 1970s. And events that happened concurrently.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

How can I put into words how much I loved this book? I loved every bit of this 715 page story! Not a word of it felt drawn out, and I didn‘t want it to end. I learned so much about India, about surgery, about leprosy, about politics in India, and more! I loved so many of the characters and began to feel that I knew them personally. I highly recommend this book!

Love this book; it, along with Cutting for Stone, are probably my favourite books from the past twenty years. This is my favourite book from #June. Yes I have watched the Netflix miniseries. #12booksof2024

Soft pick, 3⭐️

Just 175 pages, but still a little wordy. Too many paragraphs of people explaining or considering obvious ideas.

My top five reads in 2024. I am really disappointed that I haven‘t seen The Reformatory on any “best of” lists. It is one of the best literary horror books I‘ve ever read. It was definitely my favorite book of the year.

Aardvark Book Club's 2024 Member Choice Winner was just announced. This special edition is so pretty! I'm definitely adding this to my January box. Hopefully I can snag one of the signed ones.🤞🏻

#aardvarkbookclub

Completed the #ChunksterChallenge for 2024. 🎉 My first year to hit all four chunkster categories.

@Amiable Thanks for hosting and the motivation to get to the larger books on my shelf.

Martha Ballard is an 18th Century midwife living in Hallowell, Maine. Lawhon has written a fictional account of a harrowing winter in the life of Mrs. Ballard, a real woman known to us through her diary and a Pulitzer winning biography. The novel is driven on its‘ arc through the account of a horrific rape and Martha‘s quest for justice for the female victim.

Exceptionally researched, and well written. The characters will be hard to forget.