I'm amending my list slightly to include a couple other things I've been reading, because they fit in these categories too.
I picked up Amy Schumer's The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo because I've always enjoyed her stand-up and her show, and I like having a bio (specifically a comedian's bio) for bedtime reading. It's got a lot of depth. Naturally, much of it was quite funny, and she seems genuinely surprised by the amount of fame she's managed to acquire, and how she got there; but she also goes into a ton of detail about the not so fabulous parts of her life, from an abusive relationship (scary) to a father with serious medical issues (heartbreaking). All of it flows seamlessly though, in my opinion, the right balance of up and down, kinda just like... life. It sounds cheesy, but most of the book just felt like chatting with a friend about things. It took me three different borrowings from the library to finish it, mostly reading off and on before bed, so each time going back to it it was like, oh hey Amy, what's goin on?
I am also currently reading Finder and enjoying all the fantastic world-building, discovering something new on every page.
And next up, I plan to start Spinning Silver - Chris, I know you have this on your list as well!
1. It’s all fun and games: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Finished 1/10
2. Laughing Matters: Animal Farm by George Orwell (also The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Finished 8/15)
3. That old black magic: Soulless by Gail Carriger
4. Keep up with the Joneses: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
5. Succinct: Renegades by Marissa Meyer
6. I’ve met them: The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond (ALA 2016 in NOLA, briefly for a book signing) Finished 7/16
7. After the Fall: Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade
8. Out of this world: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel (also Finder by Suzanne Palmer, Reading)
9. Freebies: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde (Christmas present from my sister, from her book club last year) Finished 8/8
10. Holy moly some authors like to use an awful lot of words: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer Finished 1/24
11. Pixies and Dryads and Elves, oh my: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (also The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Finished 6/18)
12. How we got to where we are: A Promised Land by Barack Obama Finished 4/17
I picked up Amy Schumer's The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo because I've always enjoyed her stand-up and her show, and I like having a bio (specifically a comedian's bio) for bedtime reading. It's got a lot of depth. Naturally, much of it was quite funny, and she seems genuinely surprised by the amount of fame she's managed to acquire, and how she got there; but she also goes into a ton of detail about the not so fabulous parts of her life, from an abusive relationship (scary) to a father with serious medical issues (heartbreaking). All of it flows seamlessly though, in my opinion, the right balance of up and down, kinda just like... life. It sounds cheesy, but most of the book just felt like chatting with a friend about things. It took me three different borrowings from the library to finish it, mostly reading off and on before bed, so each time going back to it it was like, oh hey Amy, what's goin on?
I am also currently reading Finder and enjoying all the fantastic world-building, discovering something new on every page.
And next up, I plan to start Spinning Silver - Chris, I know you have this on your list as well!
1. It’s all fun and games: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Finished 1/10
2. Laughing Matters: Animal Farm by George Orwell (also The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Finished 8/15)
3. That old black magic: Soulless by Gail Carriger
4. Keep up with the Joneses: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
5. Succinct: Renegades by Marissa Meyer
6. I’ve met them: The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond (ALA 2016 in NOLA, briefly for a book signing) Finished 7/16
7. After the Fall: Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade
8. Out of this world: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel (also Finder by Suzanne Palmer, Reading)
9. Freebies: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde (Christmas present from my sister, from her book club last year) Finished 8/8
10. Holy moly some authors like to use an awful lot of words: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer Finished 1/24
11. Pixies and Dryads and Elves, oh my: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (also The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Finished 6/18)
12. How we got to where we are: A Promised Land by Barack Obama Finished 4/17