I have another 5 star quality book to recommend - just my 4th of the year - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. This is not an easy book to read, nor a fun one, but it was incredibly, incredibly powerful. This book grabbed me from the first page, and didn't let go until I finished.
As you may know, Reese Witherspoon created her own book club a few years ago, called Hello Sunshine. And my friend Sarah, the other member of my 2 person book club GCBC and partner in crime (if the crime is reading and making lists of books to read), and I have been reading all or most of the selections. Some are better than others - I think Reese also picks books because she wants to adapt them, not necessarily because they’re the best books. But she’s also definitely introduced me to some books I might not have read otherwise. We were going to do a blog about all the books, but there are so darn many we realized we should split them up. Consider this part 1, covering from when Reese started the book club in June 2017 through December 2018.
Sarah adds: One of the things I love about Reese’s book club is that she only chooses female authors and goes out of her way to pick books from diverse authors and stories that empower women.
In honor of Veteran's Day, today's post is about World War I fiction. Yes, you read that right - I said World War I! There is a plethora of great World War II fiction and I know a lot of people love to read it - I'm one of them and in fact I read enough of it that I could probably write a second post just updating my post on World War II fiction from Veteran's Day 2 years ago. But believe it or not, there are actually some really good novels about World War I which I’ve read in the past few years as well, and I thought it would be interesting to showcase those. And I think because I've read less books on World War I, I find them really interesting and even learn a lot from them - in fact I often find myself going on the internet to learn more during/after reading them because World War I is kind of confusing. So here are the novels I most recommend about World War I.
I recently received a request for my recommendations for science fiction books. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I actually love science fiction. It was pretty much the bulk of what I read as a teenager, but now science fiction represents a relatively small fraction of the books I read. But I am always on the hunt for good new science fiction, and I definitely have some good ones to recommend!
