Because I have not finished the lists I created for summer and fall, I decided to set more reasonable expectations for my winter books list. That is, about one book per week. Many of these are for book clubs, but the other key goal was to read physical books I own to get that pile in my closet a bit more manageable. Yes, I have lots of e-books on the TBR, but the closet… Several of these, I did not choose, so we’re all in for a surprise. My book club, Rotating Reads, changes not only genre but host. Also, I noticed nothing looks too snowy/wintery here! At the conclusion of my books of fall list, quite a few were listed as DNF. Therefore, I added some extra books at the bottom of my list, short ones that serve as backup in case I’m turning down books mid-read left and right again.
Have you read any of these books, or are interested in the titles? Do you prefer a wintery read when the snow hits the ground? Let me know in the comments.
- Monster: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Deder
- Deliverance by James Dickey
- Devil’s Call by J. Danielle Dorn
- Bottom of the Pyramid by Nia Sioux
- Jaws by Peter Benchley
- Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
- The Lost Girls by Allison Brennan (#11)
- The New York trilogy by Paul Auster
- The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead by Chanelle Benz
- All of Me by Venise Berry
- At Wit’s End by Erma Bombeck
- Minding the Store: Great Literature About Business from Tolstoy to Now edited by Robert Coles and Albert LaFarge
- Touched by Kim Kelly
- Awakened by Laura Elliott
- The Road to Helltown by S.M. Reine (Preternatural Affairs series #9)
- Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
- After Life by Andrew Neiderman
- Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
- This is Not a Book about Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan
- How to Save a Misfit by Ellen Cassidy
- Suggs Black Backtracks by Martha Ann Spencer
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I’ll look forward to your review of Monsters – it’s one I keep hovering over at the bookshop – I’m still undecided about whether I want a whole book on the topic!
The books about Cumberbatch is fun and has some interesting things to say about our gendered approach to leisure time.
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Monsters was chosen by someone in my Rotating Reads book club, so I’m curious. I just saw a news story about a representative of New York accepting the resignation of someone he chose to work with him because of comments she wrote on social media ten years ago that people dug up.
I’m not even sure I read the back of the Cumberbatch book; the appeal is all in the title!
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I’ve read one of course, and you know which one that is. I haven’t read any of the others despite there being some oldies there! Monsters sounds really interesting. And I remember being intrigued by Cumberbatch when it came out. I’m still thinking I should read Auster one day.
Oh and as well as having TBR books on my shelves and next to my bed, I also have piles on the floor of one of my closets (since we downsized.) I’m keen to get stuck into them!
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I’m surprised you still have so many piles that don’t fit in bookshelves despite the downsizing! Hehe, I wonder if there were arguments over which books to keep, and how many.
At Wit’s End is definitely an older book and written by an older lady whom I assume has passed.
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Nope , no arguments about any thing like that. Yes, arguments about how we do things sometimes but less about what we do. Still. I don’t think he’s quite aware of how many I kept because it did move on a lot too!
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Devil’s Call was so good! And I also loved Crafting For Sinners. Enjoy your books😁
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I’ve got high expectations for Crafting for Sinners because I loved This Wretched Valley so much. I interviewed the author recently, and she didn’t have a ton to say 😅
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I LOOOOVVVEEEDDD This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch. Very pertinent to my entire life. Just sayin’!
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