The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to…
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Format used for this book: Audiobook) In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of…
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazzterica Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans – though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After…
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze — the world-spanning…
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (Format used for this book: Audio) Up until few years ago, my bookshelf was pretty racially and culturally homogenous when it came to authors. Meaning… Almost *ALL* the authors I read were WHITE….and either American or British. That was about it. This was not intentional….I seemed to just gravitate to what…
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Okay, yall……. Who the hell told me to read this book? I can not remember which one of you lovely book adoring friends recommended it….but whoever it was, I do not think highly of you right now 🤣 I mean, I COMPLETELY get WHY you would think I would like…
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel (Format used for this read: Print–paperback) Before we moved from the Midwest to Florida earlier this summer, one of my beloved Read The Damn Book club ladies–Alicia– gifted me this book. She warned me that it may be weird timing to read it, BUT also told me it…
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Format used for this read: Print–hardback) My selected reads from my Book Of The Month picks *rarely* let me down, yall. I have found some of the most AMAZING books thru them….AND I just freakin’ ADORE getting that blue box in my mailbox every 4 weeks. (If you…
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (Format used for this read: Print—hardback) I was a HUGE Hunger Games fan, yall. Which really kinda surprised me. Even though yall know I am TOTES into YA books…ESPECIALLY ones that are series…I am NOT into lots of violence…ESPECIALLY when there are kids involved (that goes…
The One by Kiera Cass (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I’m trying something new here with my little pictures of my recent reads. Taking creative shots of my physical books is NOT something I succeed in……but dang, I have THE HARDEST TIME with knowing what kind of picture to post with my audiobook reads.…