Covered in glitter and crumbs. Waking up to maracas and fairy wings. Pockets full of rubber bands and dandelions. Buried under book piles. Dirty hands with homemade kombucha. Coffee in the rain. Waiting for that sacred scrap of silence.
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
New Year, new stack
Ok, I'm ready and excited for the new year.
And, in no particular order, here's my favorite reads from 2013:
(2013 being the year I read them, not the year they were published.)
Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Strangers at my door- Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Longbourn- Jo Baker
Night Film- Marisha Pessl
Beautiful Ruins- Jess Walters
Take this Bread- Sara Miles
Wildwood- Colin Meloy
Homeward Bound- Emily Matchar
Power of Habit- Charles Duhigg
Clockwork Princess- Cassandra Clare
Reading the Bible again for the first time- Marcus Borg
Last Runaway- Tracy Chevalier
Flight Behavior- Barbara Kingsolver
Tiger's Wife- Tea Obrect
Far from the Tree- Andrew Solomon
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Both Wildwoods were good and #3 comes out in February! Beautiful Ruins was different but interesting. Lots of good reading on your list!
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