BYL Reading Challenge discussion

Something that gives me all the hygge feelings is having little things to look forward to - that's why I love pre-ordering new releases. It gives me fun book mail to look forward to!

Some new releases you might get excited for:

Concrete Rose - Angie Thomas (Jan 12)
Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo (Jan 19)
Game Changer - Neal Shusterman (Feb 9)
This Way Madness Lies - Dahlia Adler (March 16)
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (May 4)
The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker (June 8)

Walking with Ghosts by (actor) Gabriel Byrne - to be released on 12 Jan 2021 - a Memoir

He played Frederich Bhaer in the 1994 version of Little Women - with Winona Ryder as Jo.

Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews. Completed 18 Jan 2021.

I love this series about Meg, her chaotic family, her ability to stay organized and her crime solving skills! This particular novel was about helping a hoarder clear out his house and fix it - but when someone tries to murder him, Meg has to figure out if stories of a hidden treasure are true and who is out to get it! Has helped me get motivated to start cleaning/decluttering my own spaces!!

The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) by Ransom Riggs! I binge-read the first five books in November (of 2020) and then discovered that a sixth book is coming out!

Also, when I pre-ordered the book it signed me up for a free map and journal to go along with it. I'm so excited! (yes I'm 48 years old and I love these books).

It was released in 2020 but I received it as a Xmas gift so I didn't get it until almost 2021 - I used A Promised Land by Barack Obama for this prompt.

The book is loooooong. Too long for my liking but I skimmed many of the later chapters and I'm glad I finished it. My mom listened to the audiobook, which is read by the author, and it sounds like that is much easier to absorb.

For me I was so excited for The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. I loved The Silent Patient, but his latest book was good but forgettable.