Lazy Librarian’s Book Rec: Recent Episodes
Karen Ellis
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March reading brought me 9 new books and 2 re-reads. Here are the books I read and enjoyed.
For the March prompts:
A book that was turned into a show before 2022: Stealing Home and A Slice of Heaven from the Sweet Magnolia series by Sherryl Woods
The first book in a series: Dark Witch, Blood Magik and Shadow Spell, a trilogy by Nora Roberts
A dystopian novel: Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie
Former unfinished January Prompt, a book released in 2021: Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly
Other reads from March:
April Prompts:
Happy Reading, the Lazy Librarian
I read six books in February, three for my reading prompts of February!
For my reading prompt, book by a Person of Color, I read two different books: Yinka, Where is Your Husband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.
For my reading prompt, a book out of your comfort zone, I read Monster by Walter Dean Myers.
For my reading prompt, a book a part of Reese's book club, I actually have not read a book this time on her list. I have read past books from her list but hopefully in March I will pick one up...
I also read the books, Up Island by Anne Rivers Siddons, Yellow Rose Bride by Lori Copeland, and Bring the Ring by Janet Dailey.
The March reading prompts are:
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Listen as I talk about the books I read for the January Reading Challenge prompt plus the other books that I read during January. There are many great titles!
Looking ahead to February, here are the three book prompts for February! I will be back next week to go over my January reading! Let me know what you are reading for these prompts if you want to read along!
If you are looking for a great series that will leave you loving Nantucket Island and the people that live there, look no further! This series is so fun and you will fall in love with the characters!
As we finish 2021, I share just a few titles that I like this year and then I move into my plans for continuing the podcast and my reading challenge for January. Join me on my Facebook thread in my Facebook page, The Care Circle, to share the three books you read if you would also like join the reading challenge for January.
42: We have several titles to share with you today as we all need something to read during this time of being at home.
Treacherous Paradise by Henning Mankell
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie
Flowers on Main, Harbor Lights, Inn at Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods
Chesapeake Shores trilogy...I mean, of course it is and how unrealistically wonderful it is.
Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
A Good Neighbor by Therese Anne Fowler
Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD
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41: Starting 2020 with 13 books read! I did not do too well in 2019 with so much going on in my personal life. Moving, new job, child graduating....I just could not concentrate on reading. I am back on my reading game and here are the four I was talking about today in the show:
Everybody, Always by Bob Goff
Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff by Chip Gaines
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Marriage Lie by
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40: It has been four months since I have published a book rec episode. In the last four months I have packed and sold a home, moved into a rent house for one month to finish the school year, relocated to another state and worked on settling into new house before new school year starts. Needless to say, I have not done a whole lot of reading...
One of my reading prompts was two books with the same title and here they are...A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza and A Place For Us by Harriet Evans. Both family dramas that you will love.
37: The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
The book that has mattered the most to me in the last two years is The Circle Maker by Mark Patterson. I talked about this book in Episode 4 of the podcast. Check it out.
34: Pop Sugar 2019 Reading Challenge
40 Books on the regular list and 10 on the advanced list. Join me for this year's reading challenge!
Link to my blog: Life With Volumes
Happy Reading!
31: Still Alive by Lisa Genova
I also talked about this one from Fredrik Backman that I talked about in Episode 15. Check that one out.
29: Sources of Strength by Jimmy Carter
This book gives 52 devotions from his Sunday school lessons for helping your find strength in Jesus.
We need to be embracing our differences.
I also read this book about a year ago that shares the story of his childhood in rural Georgia during the depression. He tells about this time and how it has shape how he feels about people and our country.
28: Books by Jodi Picoult
Her new book is A Spark of Light
19 Minutes is the best one I have ever read! All teachers should read this for sure!!
I read My Sister's Keeper and loved it. I wanted to watch the movie but then found out that they changed the ending from the way that Jodi had written it, so I never went and saw it.
This one, Small Great Things, is the first of her books that I listened to on Audio and it was amazing. If you do choose the audio version, please be aware of language through the book if you were thinking to listen around little ears. This one will make you examine the racial bias that you grew up with that you may not even be aware that you have.
These others were also good and I have listened to on audio.
27: The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle
Who would you invite to dinner if you could choose any five people alive or dead?
26: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulneable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead
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Caring, Karen
25: Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Pupose
So in the episode I said 26th, but I can not count and it is the 25th episode. This is an amazing book, will tug at all of your heartstrings.
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24: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Chilling story of a serial killer that leaves a snowman as their "calling card."
23: Amazing story that will make you think, break your heart, and make you want to do something!
We need to keep doing the right thing because it is the right thing. Read this book!
22: Summer recap of the books from Episode 14!
1 The Heist
Great easy read.
2 When Helping Hurts
How you can help with emotional, spiritual and financial needs without huring anyone you are trying to help!
3 Killers of the Flower Moon
Episode 20
4 Glass Castle
Really makes you think about how someone can get out of a family situation that is not good and how to handle when members of the family do not want to change what they are doing in life.
5 Memory Keepers Daugher
Twins that are seperated at birth because one has Downs Syndrome and the lives they live seperatly and how they converge later.
6 Long Way Gone
Episode 17
7 New Earth
Could not do it. If you want it, I will mail it to the first person who asks for it!
8 Other People's Houses
Great read with many layers.
9 Suzanne's Children
HARD to read but good information and interesting story.
10 The Librarian of Auschwitz
Episode 18
Happy Reading!
21: Here We Are: Feminism For the Real World; Edited by Kelly Jensen
Young adult book that every young woman needs to read!! We can all be confindent in who we are and who we are becoming!
20: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI By: David Grann
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
18: How do we find the happy in our life? What books are you reading that show happiness in the face of adversity? How do you measure happiness in your life?
The Little Book of Lykke: Secrets of the Worls's Happiest People by Meik Wiking
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Five Quarters of the Orange: by Joanne Harris
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
17: Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
A great read that will leave you with tears streaming down your face!
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Heartbreaking true story of a boy that is trapped in country at war with no way out except to fight.
16: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
This heart-wrenching tale of a family of five siblings taken from their family to the Tennessee Children's Home to be adopted by weatlthy families from around the country. This is a fictional account based on a real issue taking place from the 1930's to 1950's with Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home stealing children from families to sale them to other families.
15: Books by Fredrik Bakman
His books are amazing reads that will hit you in all of the feels. He addresses real issues such as depression, death, memory loss, and unmet expectations.
14: Summer is a time of great reading for me! Here are the first 10 books on my summer bookshelf and reading list.
The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders adn the Birth of the FBI
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Memory Keepers Daughter: Kim Edwards
A Long Way Home by Ishmael Beah
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman
Suzanne's Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris by Anne Nelson
The Libarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
13: Various World War 2 Reads
Night by Elie Weisel
Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Man's Search For Meaning by Victor Frankl
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Until We Meet Again by Michael Korenbilt and Kathleen Janger
Year of Goodbyes by Debbie Levy and Juta Sulzberg Levy
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
12: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Scloot
This book is also a movie starring Oprah Winfrey and hope to watch it soon this summer. This is an amazing read that will really make you think about sceintific and medical research in a whole new way.
11: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in The American City by Matthew Desmond
You can visit Matthew Desmond's webside Evicted to find out more about him as an author, to get a study guide to go along with the book and to find out how to get involved in fixing this problem facing many in our cities.
10: The Child by Fiona Barton
For more information about Fiona Bartonor about her debut novel, The Widow, visit her website.
9: 100 Days to Brave by Annie F. Downs. I can't say enough good things about this book!
It has really pushed me to be brave by starting my web site, The Care Circle and to add Care Circe Facebook Page. The Facebook page has daily motivational pictures and moments to read to life up your day. If you have not had a chance, like and follow my page.
Annie F. Downs also has a podcast, That Sounds Fun, and I can not recommend this highly enough!! Go and listen, you will not regret it!
8: Book of the Month
Here are four great books from the Book of the Month Club from this past year that I have gotten and loved. The membership is 14.99 a month and you get one book choice each month. You can opt to skip a month and use your credit at a later time. You can cancel at any time.
Happy Reading! Karen
Visit A Lazy Librarian, my blog and see the challenges I am doing: Pop Sugar 2018 Reading Challenge and Around Year in 52 Books
4: The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson is inpiring and will make you to think about your dreams in a new way.
Visit my book blog, A Lazy Librarian, for more information about this book and others I have read by him.
Great sci-fi novel, The Martian, by Andy Weir.
Highly recommend this book! Check it out!
2: On Fire by John O'Leary
Visit John O'Leary at his website to find out more about his story, his book and his podcast. Wake up from accidental living and live an inspired life!
1: Of Mess and Moxie: Wragling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen Hatmaker
Visit jenhatmaker.com; follow her blog, get her books, or link to her podcast, For the Love With Jen Hatmaker