Loved _Hello Beautiful_ for similar reasons! I loved Candice Carty-Williams' _People Person_ better than _Queenie_. Another big family book, if you're a fan. And highly recommend Ayana Mathis' _The Unsettled_. Very ...unsettling in the all the best ways. One of my goals for the year is more fiction too! I don't find a lot that I love but this year, I'm going to work harder to do so. Happy New Year!
Always love your book round-ups; you and I have similar taste! My favorite for the year was Lessons in Chemistry. I also loved Yellowface, Good for a Girl (a running memoir and manifesto), and two middle grade graphic novels - Hey Kiddo, and The Tryout. I just finished The Girl Who Drank the Moon and it was excellent (and I'm not a huge fantasy fan). Happy new year and here's to more good books!
I just posted about my fave books from 2023 (link below) and also loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow! If you like reading books where tennis is a major plot driver, you may enjoy the novel Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum (I know nothing about tennis, but still enjoyed the book).
I also loved Congratulations, the Best Is Over. What a heartfelt collection of essays. He never fails to hit the right tone. He narrated the audiobook, and he was terrific.
Once upon a time, YOU, dear Nina, helped me start a habit of posting "brief book reviews" (mine are so brief they're not really even reviews) throughout the year, too. Here's my list, from most-recent to start-of-the-year, for 2023: https://www.erikadreifus.com/brief-book-reviews-2023/.
I loved Foster and Small Things by Claire Keegan. Also loved Tom Lake and that’s notable as I usually don’t like Patchett (with the exception of Truth & Beauty which I LOVE).
I love how your taste spans across genres. I miss reading my psychological thrillers.
Loved _Hello Beautiful_ for similar reasons! I loved Candice Carty-Williams' _People Person_ better than _Queenie_. Another big family book, if you're a fan. And highly recommend Ayana Mathis' _The Unsettled_. Very ...unsettling in the all the best ways. One of my goals for the year is more fiction too! I don't find a lot that I love but this year, I'm going to work harder to do so. Happy New Year!
Always love your book round-ups; you and I have similar taste! My favorite for the year was Lessons in Chemistry. I also loved Yellowface, Good for a Girl (a running memoir and manifesto), and two middle grade graphic novels - Hey Kiddo, and The Tryout. I just finished The Girl Who Drank the Moon and it was excellent (and I'm not a huge fantasy fan). Happy new year and here's to more good books!
I just posted about my fave books from 2023 (link below) and also loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow! If you like reading books where tennis is a major plot driver, you may enjoy the novel Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum (I know nothing about tennis, but still enjoyed the book).
https://bummertarget.substack.com/p/the-best-books-i-read-in-2023
I also loved Congratulations, the Best Is Over. What a heartfelt collection of essays. He never fails to hit the right tone. He narrated the audiobook, and he was terrific.
Once upon a time, YOU, dear Nina, helped me start a habit of posting "brief book reviews" (mine are so brief they're not really even reviews) throughout the year, too. Here's my list, from most-recent to start-of-the-year, for 2023: https://www.erikadreifus.com/brief-book-reviews-2023/.
Great list, and I am so honored to be on it! Can’t wait to check out some of these titles in 2024. Happy New Year, Nina!
I loved Foster and Small Things by Claire Keegan. Also loved Tom Lake and that’s notable as I usually don’t like Patchett (with the exception of Truth & Beauty which I LOVE).