Recently read/reading/love (Adult):
- Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
- Wish You Were Here, Jodie Picoult (Christmas present–getting there…)
- Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
- Euphoria, Lily King (can’t recommend enough)
- Surfacing, Kathleen Jamie (she is so good for our planet)
- The Liar’s Club, Mary Karr
- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (rereading due to Netflix series)
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades, Daniel G. Amen (I have a kid)
- The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- The Wonder of Boys, Michael Gurion (I have a boy)
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, Maria Semple (instant forever-favorite)
- Sea Wife, Amity Gaige (10 stars)
- The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson (nightstand staple)
- The Ocean World, Jacques Cousteau (reading in perpetuity)
- Anything Kaui Hart Hemmings
- Anything Eowyn Ivey
- Louise Penny Gamache (do not read on an empty stomach)
Recently read/reading/love (Kidlit/YA)
- The Pendragon series (we are embarking on this series for Family Book Club)
- Hide and Seeker, Daka Hermon (so good!!!)
- The Mermaid and the Bear, Ailish Sinclair
- The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, Adrianna Cuevas
- Forever, Rick Riordan
- The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
- The Jamie Drake Equation, Christopher Edge
- The Midnight War Of Mateo Martinez, Robin Yardi
- Destiny, Rewritten, Kathryn Fitzmaurice
- Everything Rebecca Stead
- Everything Gary Schmidt
- Everything Pullman. Of course.
- And everything Zilpha Keatley Snyder (RIP)
Poetry:
- RIP Mary Oliver. You helped.
- Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith
- Blud, Rachel McKibbens
- The Traps, Louise Mathias
- The Glimmering Room, Cynthia Cruz
- Stag’s Leap, Sharon Olds
- Randall Jarrell, The Woman At The Washington Zoo
- Black Hope, Marsha de la O
- Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open, Dianne Seuss (title poem a mindblower)
- Glass Town, Lisa Russ Spaar
- Everything Amy Gerstler
- Sarah Hannah (RIP)
Music
- Tame Impala
- Lord Huron
- Bent
- Neko Case
- MC Yogi (Elephant Power)
- Brian Eno (airport, Apollo, installations, etc)
- Adele
- Florence And The Machine
- Patty Griffin
- Indigo Girls (follow on Facebook)
- Bjork
- Cheryl Crow
- Courtyard Hounds
- Elbow
- Fleet Foxes
I love this page! It’s great to learn what others have read/are reading.
Personally, I find my home is incomplete without an easily accessible shelf of Jane Austen.
Chris–Jane Austen lives here, too. Both in book and DVD format…
Nice! 🙂