August 2023 TBR
I've got my list ready. Well, part of it. This might get out of hand.
Smoke by Dan Vyleta - This is the next long book on my 50-by-50 challenge. It has almost 450 pages, which is almost not even a long book. I mean I guess it's relative, but I don't think that's particularly huge. This is about an alternate Victorian England in which sinful people exude smoke. Of course, the wealthy are pure and the poor are dirty and smoky.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - Here is the next 50-by-50 books. This is one of the shorter ones at 330 pages. I really hope I like this one. I really want to like it. The covers of all of this series are just stunning. This is translated from the Italian and no one knows who Ferrante really is.
The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold - And this month's third 50-by-50 book is The Five. I've been interested in this book since it came out. I love the idea of focusing on the victims and righting the misinformation that has endured about them for over a century. This is one of the shorter ones at 352 pages. You may be noticing, as am I, that the long books and the short books are not that far apart in length. It could get interesting.
Wrecked by Heather Henson - This sounds phenomenal. It's about a girl in rural Kentucky whose father is a drug dealer. His associate, Cal, has a thing for our girl, Miri, but she's interested in Fen. But Fen's dad is a DEA agent. Much drama. I guess if you are a dude in this town, you have to have a single syllable name. This is from the Sequoyah list.
Jumper by Melanie Crowder - This Sequoyah book was on my list before, but then somebody requested it at the library and I had to return it. It's got a pretty unrealistic plot about a girl who trains as a smoke jumper. They drop into the middle of wildfires to help put them out from the inside. I can't imagine there would be any firefighting organization that would allow teenagers to do this. I will attempt to withhold judgment until I read it.
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: Everyday Tools for Life's Ups and Downs by Dr. Julie Smith - I've heard this is fantastic, and I've had a lot of downs in the career department lately, so I thought I'd check it out. It might be able to be a book to meet my challenge to read 3 work-related books.
I need to read a whole lot more books off my bookshelves. Let's see what I can find for that. They need to be short books so I can get them read. I originally filtered my list by when I put them on the list, but the first book was way too long, so I refiltered it by page number. That's better.
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman - This is the poem she delivered at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. It is 29 pages. That may be a little on the nose, but I do want to read it.
Breaking Bread With the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind by Alan Jacobs - Firstly, the cover is fabulous. Secondly, it's only 192 pages. Thirdly, it's Alan Jacobs.
G'Morning, G'Night: Little Pep Talks for You and Me by Lin Manuel Miranda - I could use some pep talks. 207 pages.
In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch - I don't know anything about this aside from the title, and that's enough. 216 pages.
This might be cheating, but these are in fact books from my bookshelves that I need to read. If I got caught up with numbers, I might chose meatier books. Maybe.