Welcome to Quick Lit, where we share short and sweet reviews of what we’ve been reading lately on the 15th of the month.
My reading varies quite a bit from month to month and season to season. My reading journal reveals that I read quite a few coming-this-summer releases as I continue to vet books for the 2023 Summer Reading Guide, and that I started quite a few books (more than I remembered) that I only read twenty or so pages of before moving on. I intend to circle back to some of them; the reading life is all about timing, and those books weren’t quite right for me, right now.
This month I read a few new and recent pageturners from the mystery, contemporary, and historical fiction genres, plus enjoyed a 2021 memoir and a reread of a nonfiction favorite.
As always, I compiled my roundup with major assistance from my My Reading Life book journal, so it’s easy to know what I’ve been reading lately. If you’re not currently tracking your reading, I highly recommend it, no matter what method you choose.
I hope you had a good reading month—I can’t wait to hear about your recent reads in comments!
My Quick Lit roundup for March 2023
Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life
Author: Sutton Foster
My theater kids are huge Sutton Foster fans, and Will and I inhaled Younger over the holidays: now I’m finally getting around to reading her memoir, and I’m so glad I did. This was delightful on audio, voiced by the author herself. Of course it’s about crochet, but also about her childhood, her path to the stage, her difficult relationship with her mother, and her difficult road to becoming a mother herself. I appreciate the peek behind the curtain, and the humor and sensitivity with which she shared her story. Now I’m itching to watch Bunheads; who wants to talk me into it?
Walkable City (Tenth Anniversary Edition): How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Author: Jeff Speck
I’ve read this book half a dozen times over the years (it’s one of my urban planning favorites); this month I read the new 10th anniversary edition for the first time. Urban planner Speck’s General Theory of Walkability asserts that for people to choose to walk, the walk has to be useful, safe, comfortable and interesting. His premise is that when cities get walkability right, so much of the rest of the attributes we desire for our communities will follow. I’ve long appreciated how Speck’s work has changed how I view and understand the spaces around me. This time, I especially enjoyed the 100-page 10-years-later update that addresses COVID-19, walkability and equity, deteriorating pedestrian safety, bike lane developments, ride-share services, and more. I read this to prepare for an upcoming podcast conversation: Jeff Speck is coming to What Should I Read Next next week!
The House of Eve
Author: Sadeqa Johnson
I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time! This historical novel is very much in the vein of Ann Patchett’s The Patron Saint of Liars and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s Take My Hand. The story centers two young Black women in the 1950s: Ruby is an ambitious high school sophomore in a single-parent family of limited means in Philadelphia; Eleanor is a promising student at Howard University who, despite her working class upbringing, soon fines herself moving in the upper echelon of DC’s Black society. Both women have big hopes and dreams for their futures: they want love and marriage and family, as well as college degrees and satisfying careers. But shortly after each falls in love, big changes happen—and hard choices have to be made. A good story, well told, with a satisfying ending. Be sure not to miss the author’s note!
The Golden Spoon
Author: Jessa Maxwell
I can’t describe this better than the delightful and irresistible mash-up descriptions the publisher has shared: The Great British Bake-Off meets The Only Murders in the Building, or Knives Out, or Clue. Maxwell’s puzzle-box of a debut is a closed circle murder mystery; the crime takes place on the set of an American competitive baking show on a remote Vermont estate. With a large cast of characters, it took a long time for me to get oriented and figure out which character was who (I should have made notes, for real), and when the resolution came it sure came in a hurry, but I enjoyed every minute.
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Author: Gillian McAllister
This was the best kind of brain bender! In the opening pages of this time-travel mystery, a British woman watches in horror from her window as her 18-year-old son stabs a man on the street. A horrific scene ensues, the police take him away, she spends the evening at the station, in shock and agony. But then Jen wakes up the next morning, only to find that it’s not the next morning at all, but the day before the crime occurred. When she wakes up the next morning, it’s the day before that. Jen seems to be living her life backward, and—with the help of a physicist friend-of-a-friend—determines that the only way to break out of the time loop is to “undo” whatever event put her son on the path to murder. To do that she has to go far, far back in time, getting to the roots of her most important relationships. This may end up on my best of the year list; it will certainly be one of my most enjoyable reading experiences.
The Bandit Queens
Author: Parini Shroff
The premise of this January release sounds grim, but tone is everything, and here it’s relentlessly upbeat, even feel-good. I picked this up after several booksellers recommended it for our WSIRN State of the Bookstore episode and I’m so glad I did! Five years ago, village resident Geeta lost her no-good husband. The truth is he abandoned her, but the village gossips say Geeta is a “self-made” widow, a rumor Geeta has done little to quiet. (Because another truth is that people treat you with respect when they think you’re a murderer.) But Geeta isn’t the only village woman with a no-good husband, and soon more than a few of them approach Geeta—sometimes forcefully—for her help to make them self-made widows like her. It would be easy for this to become macabre, but instead it’s sharp and funny: think Kirsten Miller’s The Change, but significantly more lighthearted.
What have YOU been reading lately? Tell us about your recent reads—or share the link to a blog or instagram post about them—in comments.
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I’m sharing five of my latest reads, including a foodie romance, hot cowboys, and a hockey novel I couldn’t put down!
https://neverenoughnovels.com/2023/03/15/march-2023-mini-book-reviews/
You’ve made The Bandit Queens sound so good! I just did a big order for the International Booker Prize and The Women’s Prize and decided against ordering this one. Now I wish I had!!
Happy reading to you and your crew, Anne!
The international booker list looks so good but so Euro-centric?
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For not being much of a thriller reader, I loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time. And I adored House of Eve. Just finished Beyond That, the Sea which was absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend! On audiobook I just finished I Have Some Questions for You, which I really enjoyed, and am starting Hell Bent. Quite a variety there!
Same. Wrong Place, Wrong Time was my first thriller in years and I really enjoyed it.
LOVED The Bandit Queens!! The best example of using humour to tackle difficult topics!
LOVED Bandit Queens!
Anne – I am so glad you loved ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time’! I think it is one of the best time-travel books I have ever read, and I loved the ending.
My reads for the last month include:
* Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes (4.5 stars) – I loved how the oh-so-different women in this book came together to help one another deal with truly awful situations. This was a great portrayal of grit and comradery, and just so much fun to read.
* The Measure by Nikki Erlick (4.5 stars) – This is a book that is just begging to be discussed! Would you look inside your box if you knew it held the answer to the question, “How long will I live?” I’m still thinking about this one.
* Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (audiobook, 4 stars) – I enjoyed this story of the travails and adventures of the Coker family set in London of the Roaring Twenties. This novel pulls the screen back to reveal the darkness, desperation, and corruption of the period. It took me a few chapters to figure out all the characters but once I did, I was hooked.
* The Color Purple by Alice Walker (4 stars) – This was a selection for my book club. I had seen the movie with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey years ago, but this was my first time reading the novel. It’s a brutal book, and I did not enjoy it, but I’m very glad I read it.
Current reads are We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, Beth Moore’s memoir All My Knotted-Up Life, and Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott. The latter is a fantasy/fairytale story featuring two estranged siblings who inherit a house, but this is no ordinary house; the house is basically alive. It sounds a bit wacky, but this is a great book!
Happy Reading!
Reading a Jojo Moyes now- The Giver of Stars. It’s really good, I’ve got the audiobook, may finish it today.
Anne I too loved Wrong Place, Wrong time. It is a page turner that you can’t put down. I hope others will check this one out. Time Travel that makes sense, and you can’t wait to read the ending! Kay
Added The Bandit Queens to my TBR! And interested in those 10 year updates to Walkable City!
Decent reading month for me, going over all 12 books here: http://happinessinthecrapiness.blogspot.com/2023/03/february-reading-recap.html
I just finished up The Golden Spoon and liked but didn’t love it. (It felt a little unpolished? Great premise though!) Wrong Place Wrong Time was amazing, tied with Remarkably Bright Creatures for favorite reads so far this year.
I would describe my reading in the past month as decent but not great, with some exceptions: I read a novella that I would give ten stars if I could, as well as an essay collection that was just wonderful. I also reread a childhood classic with my 8-year-old, and got a kick out of how much he adored it.
https://kendranicole.net/march-2023-quick-lit/
I’ve got a picture book about creating and letting go, an award-winning, star-lavished YA autobiography, and a running guide that’s helped improve my stamina this time around. https://carolinestarrrose.com/quick-lit-what-ive-been-reading-lately-march/
Bunheads was so good – you must watch it! I was so sad there was only one season.
Totally agree! Good light fun with a definite Gilmore Girls feel that’s unsurprising for a Sherman Palladino production.
Yes, “the reading life is all about timing.” I’ll look up The Golden Spoon. Thanks, Anne!
Lots of fun books in my pile last month, including The Office BFFs, Michelle Obama’s latest, and Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People.
Here are all 7 books I recommend.
https://lisanotes.com/books-i-recommend-february-2023/
loved house of Eve!
I guess I’ll have to be the Bunheads pusher here! Bunheads is wonderful. Great cast, quirky townspeople, blend of serious/silly, dance numbers, Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop, etc. But you have to go into it knowing that it was cancelled after the first season so it feels incomplete. It’s so sad because I think it just didn’t find its audience. The good news…it’s easy to binge. I think your daughters might enjoy it with you too!
And I agree…the Sutton Foster on audio was *chef’s kiss*.
Reading lately? Unlikely Animals, of course – loving it. Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel on audio – fantastic. Georgie, All Along – wonderful. And I Am Malala (to balance out all that sweetness and light and to teach in my homeschool literature class). Oh and recently finished Salt Houses by Hana Alyan (author of The Arsonists’ City) and it was amazing, just beautiful.
I’ve got a weird combination of things going, based on library loans and things half started.
Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alzayat
Offshore by Penelope Fitzerald
History. a Mess. Sigrún Pálsdottír
And the last one, I’m 3/4 done with and left in the airport waiting area. I’m not sure how I did it but am so annoyed with myself.
I’m waiting for the 4th Inspector Gamanche to come through at the library. I had to break down and buy the 3rd. The 4th is out on loan and due in on 1 April, but maybe someone will finish it early?
I love the Three Pines mysteries! Does you library have access to Hoopla? I have found all (so far) on that platform in audio. The narrator is the best!
Gah — so excited that Jeff Speck will be on What Should I Read Next! I read Walkable City last year (based on your recommendation, obviously), and loved it so much.
The House of Eve and The Golden Spoon sound right up my alley, so I’ll definitely be adding those to my TBR. I wasn’t sure Wrong Place, Wrong Time or The Bandit Queens were “for me” but based on your reviews and the comments here, I might have to add those too. 🙂
I recently finished the short story collection Marple, about the beloved Miss Marple, penned by a variety of contemporary authors. I thought it was delightful. (Truly, I enjoyed it more than the real Miss Marple collection I read last year — sacrilege I know.) I did it on audio, and each story has a different narrator, and I thought they were all great.
I’m currently reading Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni, a queer romance about Armenian American women. I don’t get/like the title, but the story is good, and it’s definitely piqued my interest in understanding the Armenian genocide, which I’ve realized I’m pretty ignorant on. Isn’t it cool when a light book can help bridge a gap to a more serious topic? I’m also currently listening to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (finally! hurray for Libby holds coming in!) which I’m loving so far.
Just finished:
The Reading List, Sara Nisha Adams
Born a Crime, Trevor Noah, memoir
Currently working on:
Founding Grammars: how Early America’s war over words shaped today’s language, Rosemarie Ostler
In Lubyanka’s Shadow, The memoirs of an American priest in Stalin’s Moscow, 1934-1945, Leopold L. S. Braun, A.A.
Babel, R. F. Kwang
Back Channel, William Burns
I rarely reread books, but after not finishing another book about the Great War I decided to revisit “The summer before the war” by Helen Simonson. I read this book when it first came out. Although there are a lot of historical fiction books set around that period in England, I still think this is one of the best.
“Dear Mrs. Bird” by A.J. Pearce in audio. The story begins with a light tone, but then the tone shifts to more serious issues about the war. I really enjoyed it.
“Love & saffron” by Kim Fay. This was a delightful audio experience about two pen-pals who become dear friends.
“The cartographer’s daughter” by Tea Cooper has many of the elements that I really liked: a strong sense of place and atmosphere in Australia. But the plot was uneven.
“Sorrow & bliss” by Meg Mason. I hesitated to pick up this book thinking that I might be too sad. But the audiobook narrated by Emilia Fox was really good at conveying the story of this woman dealing with mental health issues. It felt like an honest portrayal of how it affected her life and her closest relatives.
“The power: a novel” by Naomi Alderman. This was my favorite read of the month, and I would have loved to discuss it with a friend.
I forgot to add “All my knotted-up life” a memoir by Beth Moore. It was beautiful and powerful.
I’ve heard wonderful things about that memoir! It’s high on my list.
Looking forward to reading this one by Beth Moore.
From the token guy on this thread, let me say I just finished the Beth Moore memoir. If you thought you knew this renowned Bible teacher, think again. Besides being smart, hilarious, witty, tough as nails and a fantastic teacher (so I’ve heard), she’s also a gifted writer and her story will have you laughing one minute and and crying the next. Like her, it’s not at all what you think!
There are sequels to Dear Mrs Bird, one called Yours Cheerfully, and another in the works called Mrs Porter Calling. I enjoyed the two that are available very much.
I really enjoyed reading “Hooked” by Sutton Foster. Often we put “stars” up on a pedestal forgetting that they are just people same as you and I. I’ve seen her on Broadway many times and was so excited to find her sitting in front of me at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts Her sister in law was in the play. So, you never know who you may see at your local Theater. So, read the book.
As always, I’ve added books to my TBR list after reading this post and its comments, in particular Wrong Place Wrong Time which I would never have picked on my own due to the time travel aspect.
Here are my latest reads: https://avikinginla.com/2023/03/what-ive-been-reading-lately-february-2023/
I finally wrapped up my personal reading challenge from last year and am immersed in this year’s focused on Nordic literature.
Currently reading book 3 -A Column of Fire- of Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth series. At 1000+/- pages each, these books have TAKEN OVER my reading life… and I am not upset about it! If you’d told me three weeks ago that I would inhale novels about cathedral-building, political intrigue in the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries, unwashed lords and ladies and serfs walking from village to village, causing all kinds of trouble, I’d have rolled my eyes and laughed … but here I am!
I LOVED Pillars of the Earth!
I loved Bandit Queens. It would make a great movie I think. The Golden Spoon is on my TBR list.
Next time I’m in the mood for a brain bender, Wrong Place Wrong Time will be at the top of my list!
Here’s what I’ve been reading lately: https://readeatrepeat.net/2023/03/15/books-in-progress-march-2023/
There are several books that match up with the list of books I picked for Middle Grade March too: https://readeatrepeat.net/2023/02/21/2023-middle-grade-march-reading-list/
Walkable City has been on my ever growing TBR list for too long. I think I need to add House of Eve. Check out what I read this month
https://myviewofthehoneypot.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-i-read-march.html
Really enjoyed Wrong Place/ Wrong Time as well!
Read The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay, my favorite book of the year so far. The movie Knock at the Cabin Door is based on it… the book was better!
I’ve just started The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford that just came out last week. I am listening to My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor. It’s also new and is WWIi historical fiction based on a priest from Ireland stationed at the Vatican.
I’m adding The Golden Spoon to my list based on the cover alone!
Here’s what I read last month. I was in a travel memoir mood!
http://www.allthebooksihaventread.com/blog-1/2023/3/15/show-us-your-books-march-2023
Books #5-#10 of the year: https://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2023/02/reading-update.html
Books #11-#14 of the year: https://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2023/03/reading-update.html
I finished Middlemarch this month! It was so pithy that I had to balance it out with two super-light and fun books: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin (adorable!) and The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (hilarious).
I also read The Light Between Oceans—what an emotional roller coaster!
Here are all my reviews: https://bookdevotions.com/book-reviews-march-2023/
I chose The House of Eve with my Audible credit so I’m hoping it is just as good on audio. I’m very curious about The Golden Spoon. I don’t typically like mysteries but I did love Knives Out have seen every episode of GBBS.
This month I’m sharing 6 books with one being my first 5-star read of the year..finally! I’ve got historical fiction (one raved about by Anne and many readers), romance, women’s fiction, nonfiction, and a novella.
https://www.sincerelystacie.com/2023/03/quick-lit-mini-reviews-of-some-recent-reads-march-2023-edition/
I added Wrong Place, Wrong Time to my list after the recent Patreon bonus episode where you recommended it to someone and now it’s bumped up my list even more. I’m curious about the walkability book and excited for next week’s episode but I wonder if it would be narrative enough for me.
I also read and LOVED Bandit Queens this month and had a great reading month overall. The others I loved were: Sing Anyway, a very sweet romance novella by Anita Kelly, Stolen Focus by Johann Hari – I love his books because they focus on social determinants of mental health not just individual self help, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow which deserves all the love it has received here and everywhere else.
Something that’s been bothering me in many of the books I read lately is a lot of casual fatphobia including in ones I otherwise loved like Bandit Queens and Stolen Focus so I am relieved to currently be reading What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat which seems really good so far.
Now I’m intrigued by The Bandit Queens!
My last month of reading started out with a string of disappointing books, but then I read some of my absolutely favorites of the year so far!
https://cocoonofbooks.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-ive-been-reading-lately-quick-lit.html
I’m currently reading Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes and listening to Spare by Prince Harry! Thoroughly enjoying both!
As usual, you have added too many books to my TBR! Here’s what I’ve been reading lately: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpv4WloJTZO/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Currently reading Memphis by Tara Stringfellow.
Other reads for March so far are:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Loved)
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (disappointed by)
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (short but powerful)
Take my Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Loved, so House of Eve is now going to the top of my TBR per your comparison!)
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (I love everything she writes)
The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare (hard to get through but glad I did)
Call your Daughter Home by Deb Spera (Absolutely loved!)
Add me to the “you must watch Bunheads!” list, with the caveat that it will end without resolution and you will be disappointed, but it’s still totally worth it!
I really enjoyed both Wrong Place, Wrong Time and House of Eve. The Bandit Queens was a DNF for me.
Just finished Arch Conspirator by Veronica Roth and VenCo by Cherie Dimaline. I enjoyed both especially VenCo.
Currently reading The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Mohatra (historical fiction set in India) and The Hemingses of Monticello (historical nonfiction centered around Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved family). The later has been on my TBR for years so I’m glad to finally be digging in.
I just finished reading Silver Sparrow and really enjoyed it. It will be in my top picks list for 2023.
I just added House of Eve to my to read list.
And I loved Bunheads and have been wanting to rewatch the series for a couple of years now.
I rewatched it a year or so ago and it was just as wonderful as I remembered. It’s so sad to me that it wasn’t renewed. I hope you enjoy it again if you do rewatch!
We saw Sutton Foster many years ago, in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” on Broadway, her first starring role. She was the understudy who became a star. I’ve reserved her book and look forward to reading it.
I also saw her in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” on Broadway in 2003! She was amazing. I also got to see her with Hugh Jackman last fall in “The Music Man”. My son and husband were voting for a non-musical on that trip but I convinced them and they were both blown away. We still talk about it. I am really looking forward to Hooked.
Sorry but I thought House of Eve was just a rather cliched story but with African-American women!And loved the Gillian McMillan..thought she dealt with possible paradoxes very cleverly.
I just finished reading Wrong Place, Wrong Time and thoroughly enjoyed it! One of the best books I’ve read in a while! Quite the page turner!
Yes to Bunheads! Especially if you liked Gilmore Girls – so many of the cast show up and it was fun to see them in different roles!
I just finished reading Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseni. It was sad, heartwarming and a beautiful story of love and redemption. I picked it up after listening to The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams and heard the protagonist talk about this book!
What a neat way to learn about a book…..through the pages of another book!
I just finished All the Lost Places by Amanda Dykes, and it was just lovely. This is the fourth book I’ve read by this author, and they’ve all been beautiful. Her language often sounds like poetry, in a good way. Her sense of place is amazing, and you feel as if you’re right there. Her first book, Whose Waves These Are, is among the best books I’ve read in my whole life, but all of her books are just wonderful.
I loooved Bunheads! Loved Sutton Foster’s memoir, too.
I’m reading a ton of books for review, including Camille Dungy’s memoir SOIL (so good!) and Ashley Weaver’s latest Electra McDonnell mystery (so fun!).
I love the description of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, adding it to my TBR!
Here’s my link for what I’ve been reading lately, some good non-fiction memoirs and two books celebrating female friendships.
https://www.pearlsonastring.ca/post/what-i-ve-been-reading-lately
I have The Bandit Queens on my shelf and added Wtong Time, Wrong Place to my TBR. Thanks!
I’m currently reading The Rise of the Rocket Girls bt Nathalia Holt after polishing off her latest, Wise Gals – about the women in the CIA – a few weeks ago.
February saw:
The Boxcar Children
When the Stars Disappear
The Lost Tales of Sir Galahad
The Depositions
The Silver Balloon
Currently reading: Bomb Shelter, by Mary Laura Philpott
Tiny reviews and summaries at theshoreystories.com
Digital commonplace book at bshocommons.tumblr.com
I made about 50 pages into Bandit Queens and sent it back. My life doesn’t need any abusive husbands and adult “mean girls”. I am slowly savoring Michelle Obama’s latest. It’s beautifully written and so vulnerable. Also re-reading the backlist of Deborah Crombie. I love the characters and the mysteries to be solved. I am disappointed with what careless parents the main characters turned out to be!
Every time you gush about Walkable City, I want to read it and then other books get in the way… I need to bump it up my TBR soon since I think I would enjoy it a lot!
Here are my February reads: https://elle-alice.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-book-reviews.html
I just finished the Rose Code by Kate Quinn, a great fiction read about WWII cryptographers base on true events for book club. We also read Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg. I really enjoyed both of them.
I am currently listening to Dinners with Ruth, written and read by Nina Totenberg. LOVING IT!!
Wow. Lots of intriguing books on this month’s list, Anne.
I listened to Beth Moore’s memoir on audio and I’m rereading the ebook. There’s a lot there to think about. It’s amazing how she handles super difficult topics.
I also read Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayari, which I enjoyed. His style of writing is not linear, which makes it a little confusing, but also something of a puzzle to put together.
The book is based on the author’s life but the line between what is true and what is not is a little blurry. Even though it’s technically listed as fiction, I included it on a list of true stories.
https://purplecrayonyourworld.com/exceptional-true-life-stories-for-christians/
IMO if you enjoyed Younger, you’ll be crazy about Bunheads. First of all its by The Gilmore Girls writers and that means a community filled with quirky characters that you wish were your neighbors. Its set in california; also good.
I enjoyed Bunheads! It was really fun. Haven’t watched Younger, but it’s on my list to get around to.
So far this month, I’ve read:
Fraser by Susan May Warren (Inspirational Action/Adventure/Romance–Loved it!)
Poirot and Me by David Suchet (Memoir by the actor who played Hercule Poirot–Loved it, also!)
Please, Sorry, Thanks by Mark Batterson (Christian non-fiction. Encouraging and inspiring.)
Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan (Fun rom-com!)
The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery (Contemporary WF with family drama and all the feels.)
The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey (Split-time about a wedding veil passed down through the generations. Excellent.)
The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick (Contemporary about a wife/mum/cleaning lady who is asked to complete a manuscript for one of her clients. Lots of twists and turns and I enjoyed it.)
Currently reading: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams. Loving it!
I was on vacation the first two weeks of March, so got to read a bit more than usual. 🙂
Thank you so much for reading The Wedding Veil!! xoxo Kristy 😘😘
February reading wrap up…
https://readingladies.com/2023/02/28/february-2023-reading-wrap-up-februaryreadingwrapup/