The romances carried November, particularly Carley Fortune. I also enjoyed the nature nonfictions this month, and I’m still reading a memoir written by a “Moonie” who now lives in Nice.
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October was a whopper reading month, filled with all new-to-me authors.
My favorite book overall was “Every Summer After” by Carley Fortune; her characters were instantly engaging.
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Superb reading this September. It’s difficult to choose, but I think “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak is my favorite.
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Everything I read in August was enjoyable, but the most memorable has to be “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia E. Butler.
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My favorite book from July was Fredrik Backman’s, My Friends.
In a rare occurrence, I chose to stop reading one of these books. Can you guess which one?
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5🌟 Fredrik Backman can tell a story like no one else. I love the repeated phrases that become inside jokes, the depth of the characters and their love for each other, and the themes of art, childhood, friendship, and loyalty. If you've never read one of his books, start with this one.
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My favorite book from this month is “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It’s a love story and then some, featuring astronauts, the inner workings of NASA, women in science and leadership, family dynamics, and boundary-pushing in general.
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Reading wrap up for May:
My favorites were the Aristotle and Dante duology.
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Ari lives in the shadows of his own emotional walls. He's a good kid, but a loner, struggling through the final years of high school. Everything changes when he meets Dante, whose love for life bubbles forth with the confidence of being a cherished only child of loving, stable parents.
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Great reading month for me. My favorite was “Beneath a Scarlet Sky” by Mark Sullivan. The book is based on a real man, Pino Lella, and his activities during the last years of WW2 in Italy as an undercover informant.
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First lemon harvest of the year. All this from one tree!

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.
Two intriguing characters from religious mythology try to blend in to tenement life in turn of the century NYC. A beautiful story of figuring out what it means to be human, as well as how monstrous humans can be.
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Beautiful hike today to Notre-Dame d'Afrique.

“The Water Dancer” by Ta-Nehisi Coats
Hiram Walker has an infallible memory, with one exception: his mother. She was sold away from their home in Virginia when Hi was still young. But stories are powerful, and Hiram learns to use the power of Conduction to liberate Tasked people.
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My favorite read for January 2025 was Starling House by Alix E. Harrow.
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Having successfully avoided the news today, it's time to make progress on my current read, The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones.
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5 books into 2025 and I have my first 5☆
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Gothic vibe, orphans, found family, dreams/nightmares.
Between work and parenting her brother, Opal dreams of a house she’s never seen and beasts with too many limbs and oddly angled joints. Starling House calls.
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