Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Sadly, I judged this book by it's cover & title. Pink cover with a pretty girl...chemistry... I assumed it would be a dumb love story.

BUT based on the hype I gave it a try and am SO glad I did!

The story of a spunky and SMART heroin who refused to be "dumbed down" by the men in her field of chemistry in the 60's. 

Full of hilarity & warmth. I totally recommend it!

 

 

 

One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

   Just finished One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus. 

   Wow. I love historical fiction and this one was no exception. Powerful. Beautiful. Terrible (the events, not the book). I highly recommend, but be warned. I found it both lovely and very harsh.

 

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

I read this one a while ago but I think I forgot to post it. 

Loved it! Cried twice. Literally. 

Laughed out loud numerous times. 

An incredible story about how tender people can be to each other, but also how monstrous they can be. 

I highly recommend it.

 

 

Happy New Year!

 

It's my New Years Eve tradition to make a list my favorite books from the year. 

 

Here's 2022:

 

1. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

2. The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

4. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

5. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

6. The Authentcity Project by Clare Pooley

7. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

8. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

9. Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

10. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

11. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

 

2021:

 

1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

3. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

4. The Storytellers Secret by Sejal Badanj

5. The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

 

2020:

 

1. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3. A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy

4. Land Girls by Victoria Purman

5. The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes

6. Harold & Maude by Colin Higgins

7. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

 

Before I started keeping a yearly list:

The Mists of Avalon 

World According to Garp 

Harry Potter Series 

The Night Circus 

The Nightingale 

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 

The Book Thief 

Clan of the Cave Bear 

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 

The Help 

The Witching Hour 

The Stand 

Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood 

Water for Elephants 

Gone Girl 

Interview with the Vampire 

Pillars of the Earth 

The Shining 

Sookie Stackhouse series 

Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

 Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 

The Horse Whisperer 

Outlander 

Cider House Rules 

To Kill a Mockingbird 

The Color Purple 

The Great Alone 

Small Great Things 

What She Left Behind 

A Little Princess 

It 

The Handmaid's Tale 

The Other Boleyn Girl series

Where the Heart Is 

Prince of Tides 

The Red Tent 

Where the Crawdads Sing 

This Tender Land

Hunger Games series 

Life As We Knew It series

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

... to name just a few.