Category: Lists

Halloween is fast approaching…well, not really. I love Halloween so I am going to start a list now. Romance books with a Halloween theme. Pumpkin Spice and not so Nice by Becky Monson The Dead Romantics by Ashley Posten Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling The Kiss Curse by […]

This is based on buzz, best-sellers lists, etc. I just compiled a list of book published in 2022 that are worth reading or putting on your TBR lists. I have not read all of these. but compiled a list of all the books being buzzed about. If you have a book to add, leave a […]

I had someone mention this new reading challenge that intrigued me. It is all the books mentioned on the TV Show You (which is also based on a book series!) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas Desperate Characters […]

I work in social services. I often read books centered around a main character with a disability. Here are some of the books that I have read over the years. I have also added some of the ones on my TBR list. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (YA) Song of the Whale (YA) Where’d You Go […]

I know this is not reading or book-related. But normally when people read, they journal too. I have been doing a reading journal. I also do a little of each of these. I do not do everything daily. But I mix and match in mine. I just wanted to provide anyone wanting to journal with […]

Warcross series by Marie Lu Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd We are watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth Ready Player one series by Ernest Cline Armada by Ernest CLine Level Up by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham Slay by Brittney Morris In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang Firebreak by […]

In college, I took a short stories course. I really love to read a short. I think the authors are very talented to create a story so small but has the same effects as a novel. I really love shorts. Here are some of my favorite “Classic” short stories. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins […]

People keep asking me about books about Ukraine. I am going to do a list of books about/set in Ukraine. Snegurochka by Judith Heneghan Grey Bees by andrey Kurkov Red Famine by Anna Applebaum Baba Dunja’s Last Love by Alina Bronsky The House with the Stained-Glass Window by Zanna Sloniowska East West Street by Philippe […]

I have been interested in finding a good cli-fi book (Climate change fiction). This is NOT a political post. I just wanted to read a dystopia that was different. Here is a list of some cli-fi books: American War by Omar El Akkad Oryx and Crake series by Margaret Atwood Maddaddam series by Margaret Atwood […]

I made a list a week ago with ROM-COMs for Christmas. This list is books about Christmas that is not rom-coms. Some are dark…some are funny! But I hope you enjoy! Letter from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford The Usual Santas by […]

In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory One Day in December by Josie Silver So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen Mistoe & Mr. Right by Sarah Morganhaler Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella We Met In December […]

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Dust Bowl) Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Dust Bowl) Issaac’s Storm by Erik Larson Krakatoa by Simon Winchester Wave by Sonali Deranivgala Under a Flaming Sky Daniel James Brown The Big Burn by Timothy Egan Zeitoun by Dave Eggers The Day the World […]

Real name: Stephen King Pen name: Richard Bachman Real name: Joanne Rowling Pen name: J.K. Rowling, Robert Galbraith Real name: Nora Roberts Pen name: J.D. Robb Real Name: Clive Hamilton Pen Name: CS Lewis- Real Name: Joyce Carol Oates- Pen name: Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly Real Name: Isaac Asimov- Pen name: Paul French Real […]

PUBLIC FIGURES Becoming by Michelle Obama I.M. Isaac Mizrahi My Life in France by Julia Child Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Born A Crime Trevor Noah Guru by Rupaul Life Will Be The Death of Me…And You Too!  by Chelsea Handler The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown Just The Funny Parts by […]

Here is a list of books about the Titanic sinking. The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor The Band That Played On by Steve Turner The Deep by Alma Katso A Night To Remember by Walter Lord Women and Children Go First by Gill Paul The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski The […]

I love the TV show “You.” I have made a list of books that have the theme of stalking! These are also books about obsessive behaviors too. You series by Caroline Kepnes The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine Whispers by Dean Koontz Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz The Hypnotist’s Love Story by […]

I had a friend who asked me about books for the Salem Witch Trails. I could only name The Crucible. I figured that the books that I found, I should post to my blog! The Crucible by Arthur Miller Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Six Women of Salem by Marilunn K. Roach How […]

-This is a series of books based on a “What-if” the villain won. A Whole New World- (Aladdin) by Liz Braswell Once Upon A Dream- (Sleeping Beauty) by Liz Braswell As Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast) by Lisa Braswell Reflection (Mulan) by Elizabeth Lim Part of your World (Little Mermaid) by Liz Braswell […]

Books shown and/or referenced in the TV Show Lost: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume The Chosen by Chaim Potok Watership Down by Richard Adams Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle […]

As many people know, I am an identical twin! My twin sister and I are very close. I typically enjoy books about twins. One of my fave book series growing up in the late 80s- early 90s was Sweet Valley High. So here is a list of books about twins! Some may just have twins […]

I am starting to get into documentaries and novels about hiking. I have read a few but decided to dig into some other novels about the subject. These are not how to guides but memoirs and fiction stories that have hiking or walking long distances in them. Wild by Cheryl Strayed A Walk In the […]

Anything by James Joyce: Dubliners; Ulysses; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Anything by Tana French: In the Woods; The Likeness Anything by Maeve Binchy Circle of Friends; Tara Road Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherford The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherford Brooklyn by Colm […]

This is a mix of true crime, case studies, and fiction novels. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Eliter Serial Killer Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of hte Hunt […]