Category: Book Lists
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Books that have been made into media
It seems like more and more books are being made into movies and tv shows these days! Here are 3 to kick off 2024. Boy Swallows Universe is releasing as a series on Netflix.Set in Australia in the 80’s, it follows a young boy and his older brother caught in a chaotic and violent world.…
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24in48 challenge: Swiss army book recommendations
Everyone has a book they will push onto anyone they meet, no matter what kind of reader they encounter. For me the most successful of these recommendations is An American Marriage. It’s a book that is so easily real, and so beautifully told that no matter what genre you like – you’ll be happy. The…
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24in48 Challenge: food related reads
My stepmom is an amazing chef, expert musicologist and avid reader. She has an entire wall at home dedicated to cookbooks and food related books. Conversely, I never considered cookbooks as a entertaining read, the same way I never saw myself as someone who could cook. But when I saw Cravings in the bookstore a…
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Memoirs I want to Read
Here are a list of memoirs I have my eye on: A girl walks into a book : what the Brontes taught me about life, love and woman’s work – Miranda Pennington How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child – Abigail Pesta and Sandra Uwiringiyimana How to be Muslim: An American…
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Black Women Writers
In an effort to streamline my own wishlist and TBR – I will provide a few lists. The first I complied as a result of a writer, Ashley Ford asking her followers what they have read recently (and will pick up soon) that was written by black women. I also search BookRiot and Google for…
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