Thoughts on reading, writing and social justice from Lynn Kanter, author of Her Own Vietnam. Join the conversation!
My Year in Books 2022
Like all years, 2022 was a good year for reading. I found myself drawn both to books that addressed our current dilemmas in some way and books that provided an immersive escape. I hope you’ll find some good options in this list, which begins with fiction and moves on to nonfiction.
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2021 – My Year in Books
A good book can save us, trouble us, inform us, inspire us, entertain us, and if we’re really lucky, remake us. Here are the books I read in 2021 – fiction first, then nonfiction. Hope you’ll find some good reading choices here.
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Books for springtime
Springtime means reading time! Actually, every season is the right time to read, so I thought I’d share a list of books I’ve read so far in 2021.
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The most important book you’ll read in 2021
I have a prediction for 2021. Readers across the country, from book group members to policymakers, will be passionately discussing the same book: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee.
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2020 – My Year in Books
The last thing I did before Covid-19 closed down the world was go to the library. I picked up a stack of books, thinking this would hold me for a few weeks until things got back to normal.
Ha.
Here are brief descriptions of the books I read in 2020. I hope you will find some good choices here.
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