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The cover is gorgeous, the story okay, her description of Milwaukee wonderful! Go Brewers and cheese curds, lol.
pickThe cover is gorgeous, the story okay, her description of Milwaukee wonderful! Go Brewers and cheese curds, lol.
Not including graphic memoirs (that would be a separate list):
*Matthew Desmond's “Evicted“ IMO required reading for anyone running for public office. And in general I am not someone who typically believes in required reading.
* Ibram Kendi's “Stamped From the Beginning.“ Exhaustively researched account of the history of how racist ideas took shape here. Not an easy read, but an important one.
* Michelle McNamara's “I'll Be Gone In The Dark“ (CONT
Following our end-of-summer pool party, most of my book club migrated over to a “Boozy Book Fair” at a local cider company. I bought a new book AND got ever-so-slightly tipsy…at the same time!
I‘ve long seen memes about such events for the adults who desperately miss the Scholastic book fairs of our youth. Turns out, some memes are really just good ideas.
Next I need that meme of Muppet Pride & Prejudice with Adam Driver to become reality….
pickSuch a real, honest story of an immigrant queer experience. What it is to be other and displaced from family. I liked that the ending was happy, but not as expected
pickA young college graduate takes an ethically questionable consulting job in Wisconsin to avoid having to move back home India. She starts dating women and enjoying her financial independence, but soon everything threatens to unravel. I really loved this bittersweet coming of age novel!
pickDesmond is visiting our local bookstore tomorrow, which prompted me to pull this from my TBR pile and finally read it. It‘s unflinching and powerful. I‘m curious to see what his latest will offer.
pickI decided to listen to this book to give this author another try after I didn't like a different book I had read. So, I went into this with low expectations. But, it surprised me. The story drew me in from the beginning. It was predictable, but let's face it, most romance books are. This one was cute, yet I didn't find it overly sweet. There was a good balance to it.
