April '21 Goodreads Update Pt. 2
Last week, I sat down and ganked 150 books off my TBR shelf. This is incredibly freeing. Since I did that, more than half of the books I want to read are on my actual physical shelves! It's still a lot of books, but one day, I will have time to read them!
One unexpected consequence of removing all those books is that I am a little more circumspect when putting new books on my to-read list. Maybe only a very little. Let' get on with it.
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The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher - I have heard of this book for decades and never had the urge to pick it up, but then Anne Bogel talked about it on her podcast, What Should I Read Next. She said something about it that clicked for me, so I ordered it from Alibris. It is currently sitting on my shelf, but I never put it on my Goodreads list. It's not really on my list if it's not on my Goodreads list. Now it is.
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How to Be A Tudor: A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life by Ruth Goodman - I already had How to Be a Victorian on my list, but then I heard about this one. Clicky-Poo! It's added.
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A Book of Book Lists by Alex Johnson - You know I love a book about books and a good list.
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Check These Out: One Librarian's Catalog of the 200 Coolest, Best and Most Important Books You'll Ever Read by Gina Sheridan - Yet again, a book about books. I love to compare my opinions to those of other librarians.
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - I have had this book on and off my list for years. It is currently back on the list.
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - I went to brunch with some sorority sisters last weekend and they both raved about this book and insisted I read it.
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The Night Library of Sternendach by Jessica Levai - The subtitle is A Vampire Opera in Verse. That sounds amazing.
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European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss - I just now realized this is the sequel to The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter which is about Dr. Jekyll's daughter and the children of various other fictional characters.
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Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis - I loved her collection of short stories from a few years ago, American Housewife.
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - This is the book club book for May, so I added it to my list.
That's what I've added since my last post.