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What I Read — June 2023

As we entered June, with the warm promise of summer to come, I couldn't help but indulge in some easier-to-read books while soaking up the turquoise waters of Lake Bled in Slovenia.

booksSarah HarperJuly 9, 2023book blog, The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak, historical fiction, Cyprus, love story, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, conflict, slow burn, sensory writing, Spells for Forgetting, learning, Turkish/Greek conflict, lyrical prose, love, loyalty, heritage, The London Séance Society, Sarah Penner, mystery, Paris, séance, spiritualism, high-profile murder, crime, deceit, Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships, Nedra Glover Tawwab, psychology, establishing boundaries, complex relationships, family dynamics, enmeshment, gaslighting, neglect, abuse, single parent, divorced parents, blended family, emotional abuse, physical abuse, breaking cycles, Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reed, romance, Los Angeles, high school friends, alternate narratives, divergent paths, formulaic chick lit, immaturity, Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, classic, eternal life, consequences, immortality, philosophical journey, romantic novels, emotional storytelling, historical novels, cultural conflicts, paranormal mysteries, supernatural elements, self-help books, love triangles, alternate timelines, young adult fiction, coming-of-age stories, philosophical fiction, mortality, booktok, book, book review, book recommendation, bookstagram, book recommendations, book lover, book list, books, book club, audiobook, audiobooks, reese's book club, reading review, read, read 52 in 52, read 52, reading, read 21 for 2021, reading list, reading goals, reading challenge, reading habitsComment

What I Read — April and May 2023

Entering into the first few days of June, I feel like April and May flew by… so much so that I missed the April book blog…

What I Read — March 2023

Germany seems to be hanging onto winter with every fiber of its being. As is usual with the winter months, all of these cozy nights have me fighting between my two favorite hobbies…

What I Read — February 2023

Somehow I (unintentionally) managed to find a bunch of short books for the shortest month. I also physically read more books than normal this month since we spent an entire week traveling through Scotland…

What I Read — January 2023

A brand new year and so many books to read! As I was sitting down to write my goals this year, I decided to be a little bit looser with my reading goals…

What I Read — November 2022

Usually when I write my book blogs, I try to put my favorites at the top, knowing that some people may not read the whole article…

What I Read — March 2022

This month did not go as expected. After two years of avoidance, I finally tested positive for COVID halfway through March…

What I Read — February 2022

I don’t know why, but I love when I squeeze in a lot of books in the shortest month. Here’s everything I enjoyed this February…

What I read this fall

Since this year has felt never-ending, I decided to give my brain a break for most of fall. Here is everything I read in September, October and November…

booksSarah HarperDecember 5, 202020 for 2020, read, reading, reading list, reading challenge, goodreads, book club, book recommendations, book review, the night circus, erin morgenstern, january, february, quiet, introvert, susan cain, never split the difference, chris voss, nonfiction, science fiction, fantasy, self help, self-care, negotiation, magic, magician, the giver, lois lowry, dystopia, dystopian fiction, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, gail honeyman, fiction, YA fiction, circe, mythology, titan, madeline miller, the warehouse, rob hart, amazon, can't hurt me, david goggins, biography, autobiography, they both die at the end, adam silvera, ian mcewan, machines like me, gravity is the thing, jaclyn moriarty, dnf, libby, library, kindle, stuart turton, mystery, kristin hannah, historical fiction, the ten thousand doors of january, alix harrow, the martian, andy weir, little fires everywhere, celeste ng, hulu, normal people, sally rooney, margaret atwood, the testaments, the handmaid's tale, do nothing, celeste headlee, self helf, oprah book club, magic for liars, sarah gailey, educated, tara westover, memior, sometimes I lie, thriller, alice feeney, when all is said, anne griffin, an american marriage, tayari jones, the starless sea, essentialism, greg mckeown, spring, book, book list, reading review, born a crime, trevor noah, southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, grady hendrix, atomic habits, james clear, oona out of order, margarita montimore, the power of habit, charles duhigg, psychology, non-fiction, me and white supremacy, layla f. saad, a man called ove, fredrik backman, maybe you should talk to someone, lori gottlieb, station eleven, emily st. john mandel, samantha irby, we are never meeting in real life, beach read, emily henry, blake crouch, recursion, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid, the dutch house, ann patchett, happier, happier podcast, horror, horror fiction, memoir, romance, race, racism, essays, september, autumn, fall, autumn reads, fall reads, invisible women, caroline criado perez, october, november, the silent patient, alex michaelides, ask again yes, mary beth keane, lucy foley, the guest list, the hazel wood, melissa albert, little free library, the life she was given, ellen marie, ellen marie wiseman, jenny lawson, furiously happy, city of girls, elizabeth gilbertComment

What I read this summer

You may scroll through this one and get the impression that I give stars like Oprah gives away cars. This is not the case at all. I just hit a summer of literary awesomeness…

booksSarah HarperSeptember 9, 202020 for 2020, read, reading, reading list, reading challenge, goodreads, book club, book recommendations, book review, the night circus, erin morgenstern, january, february, quiet, introvert, susan cain, never split the difference, chris voss, nonfiction, science fiction, fantasy, self help, self-care, negotiation, magic, magician, the giver, lois lowry, dystopia, dystopian fiction, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, gail honeyman, fiction, YA fiction, circe, mythology, titan, madeline miller, the warehouse, rob hart, amazon, can't hurt me, david goggins, biography, autobiography, they both die at the end, adam silvera, ian mcewan, machines like me, gravity is the thing, jaclyn moriarty, dnf, libby, library, kindle, stuart turton, mystery, kristin hannah, historical fiction, the ten thousand doors of january, alix harrow, the martian, andy weir, little fires everywhere, celeste ng, hulu, normal people, sally rooney, margaret atwood, the testaments, the handmaid's tale, do nothing, celeste headlee, self helf, oprah book club, magic for liars, sarah gailey, educated, tara westover, memior, sometimes I lie, thriller, alice feeney, when all is said, anne griffin, an american marriage, tayari jones, the starless sea, essentialism, greg mckeown, spring, book, book list, reading review, born a crime, trevor noah, southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, grady hendrix, atomic habits, james clear, oona out of order, margarita montimore, the power of habit, charles duhigg, psychology, non-fiction, me and white supremacy, layla f. saad, a man called ove, fredrik backman, maybe you should talk to someone, lori gottlieb, station eleven, emily st. john mandel, samantha irby, we are never meeting in real life, beach read, emily henry, blake crouch, recursion, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, taylor jenkins reid, the dutch house, ann patchett, happier, happier podcast, horror, horror fiction, memoir, romance, race, racism, essaysComment

What I read this spring

Since I’m often asked for book recommendations, I thought I would put together more frequent posts about what I’ve recently read. Here is everything I read in March, April and May…

booksSarah HarperMay 26, 202020 for 2020, read, reading, reading list, reading challenge, goodreads, book club, book recommendations, book review, the night circus, erin morgenstern, january, february, quiet, introvert, susan cain, never split the difference, chris voss, nonfiction, science fiction, fantasy, self help, self-care, negotiation, magic, magician, the giver, lois lowry, dystopia, dystopian fiction, eleanor oliphant is completely fine, gail honeyman, fiction, YA fiction, circe, mythology, titan, zeus, helios, madeline miller, the warehouse, rob hart, amazon, can't hurt me, david goggins, biography, autobiography, they both die at the end, adam silvera, ian mcewan, machines like me, gravity is the thing, jaclyn moriarty, dnf, libby, library, kindle, stuart turton, mystery, kristin hannah, historical fiction, the ten thousand doors of january, alix harrow, the martian, andy weir, little fires everywhere, celeste ng, hulu, normal people, sally rooney, margaret atwood, the testaments, the handmaid's tale, do nothing, celeste headlee, self helf, oprah book club, magic for liars, sarah gailey, educated, tara westover, memior, sometimes I lie, thriller, alice feeney, when all is said, anne griffin, an american marriage, tayari jones, the starless sea, essentialism, greg mckeown, spring, book, book list, reading reviewComment

The Reading List - 2019

Enter 2019 and a whole slew of new goals, with reading 19 books in 2019 at the very top of the list! Last year, I learned having an active reading list made me much more likely to start a new book immediately. Here is the stack I’m entering 2019 with…

booksSarah HarperJanuary 16, 2019books, reading, read, reading list, book list, the immortalist, chloe benjamin, the song machine, john seabrook, the beautiful and the damned, f scott fitzgerald, dark matter, blake, blake crouch, the girl on the train, paula hawkins, firefly lane, kristin hannah, the handmaid's tale, margaret atwood, stargirl, jerry spinelli, one more thing, bj novak, wild, cheryl strayed, middlesex, jeffrey eugenides, sharp objects, gillian flynn, the postmortal, drew magary, tips for living, renee shafransky, player piano, kurt vonnegut, thinking fast and slow, david kahneman, amazon, kindle, resolutions, fiction, non-fiction, thriller, sci-fi, biography, suspense, mystery, classic, literature, literary classic, happier, gretchen rubin, harry potter, goodreads, jk rowling, j.k. rowling, the giver, an american marriage, oprah, book club, reading challenge, i get to, alicia dunams, beautiful exiles, meg waite clayton, the last of the savages, jay mcinerney, self help, historical fiction, big magic, elizabeth gilbert, bestseller, a wild sheep chase, haruki murakami, japan, everything is awful, matt bellassai, the whiskey sea, ann howard creel, the devil in the white city, erik larson, rory gilmore challenge, tayari jones, eleanor & park, rainbow rowell, circe, madeline miller, are you sleeping, kathleen barber, factfulness, true crime, fantasy, contemporary fiction, YA fiction, autobiography, magical realism, psychological thriller, science nonfiction, TED talk, horror fiction, the visible filth, nathan ballingrud, armie hammer, the universe has your back, gabrielle bernstein, born to run, christopher mcdugall, running, lois lowryComment

The Reading List - 2018

February, oh February! This frigid month was christened Read Month in my Plans & Projects. The rules for Read Month are simple...

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