In times like these, we need books—for comfort, for challenge, for escape, for revelation. Here are some of the books I most enjoyed in 2024. I hope you’ll find some inspiration for your own reading adventures.
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2023 My Year in Books
Looking for a good book? Who isn’t? It’s an eternal quest, but luckily one that’s not hard to fulfill. I hope you’ll find a few in this list of books I read in 2023.
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Searching for oblivion
A tale of two audiobooks and a library book
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I’ve been looking for a book that I could immerse myself in and forget the world. I didn’t want to have to worry about the characters, or fume at the injustices they encountered, or fear for their futures; I do enough of that with the daily news.
Things didn’t work out exactly as planned.
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My Hierarchy of Reads
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One day this week, as I was idly gazing at my bookshelves (aka writing), I began to think about what moves me to buy or read a particular book. Of course, there can be any number of reasons, but as I considered it, several distinctive themes emerged.
Using a few examples from books I read in 2017-2018, here is my personal hierarchy of reads.
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Holiday Book Guide – 10 Books by Diverse Women Writers
The holiday season is upon us, and that means one thing: It’s time to buy some books.
Here are my recommendations for 10 books, both fiction and nonfiction, written by a diverse group of women. I’ll start with a terrific new novel (release date is December 1) called Kingdom of Women.
Start with a Story 