2021
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova by Elaine Feinstein
Hamnet by Maggie o Farrell
After Francesco by Brian Malloy
The Last Letter from Juliet … by Melanie Hudson
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Freedom the story of my second life by Malika Ofkur (this is book two of the story)
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
The School Teacher of Saint-Michel by Sarah Steele
The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA’s Challenger Disaster by Kevin Cook
PLUS TWO:
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
I had 20 plus reads on a list and got it down to these 12. I had to keep these two on the list, even though they don’t meet my criteria of “absolute LOVE over the top 5 plus star can’t put it down read”:
How the Word is Passed- I learned so much and the book is absolutely relevant and necessary for everyone to read I had to keep it. It was painful to read. I set it down often.
Sophie’s World was a wonderful MONTHS long group read with discussions every week on only two chapters per week. It was a gift. We then formed #DeadPhilosophersSociety .
I did the year long challenge of Food and Literature #FOODANDLIT with a different country every month- my favorite county was Ethiopia.
My favorite Shakespeare was Richard III of the works that we read for 2021.
