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Monthly Tags

January - Historical Mystery

February - Authors of Color
If I Had Your Face
Company
Redwood Court
Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity

March - Coming of Age
Moonrise Over New Jessup
Greta & Valdin

April - Fantasy - Romance
The Fox Wife

May - Crime
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Table for Two

June - Europe
The Red Notebook
The Authenticity Project

July - Debut
Whale Fall

August - 5 Stars
The Cliffs
The Paris Novel

September - Sad
The Sparrow
Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel
Barbara Isn't Dying Yet

October - Travel

"Will and Harper" - Netflix movie

November - Steampunk

Not my jam.

December - Mystery/Suspense
Ordinary Grace

Favorite Books of 2024

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
They May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine
Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari
Barbara Isn't Dying Yet by Alina Bronsky

My Continuing Shows and Series

"The Diplomats" with Kerri Russell - Netflix - season 3

"Acapulco" - Apple TV - season 4 - sometime in 2025

"Shrinking" - Apple TV - season 3

"The Morning Show" - Apple TV - 2025

"Only Murders in the Building" - Hulu

"Slow Horses" - Apple TV - season 4

Possible Movies and Shows

"A Real Pain" - now in movie theaters - about two cousins going to see a concentration camp in Europe - Jesse Eisenberg - **Will be on Hulu and Disney

Apple


Netflix -

Virgin River - Season 6 - now

***"The Thursday Murder Club" - coming soon!

Amazon Prime -

Hulu -

Possible Movies and Shows Continued

Disney +

Apple TV:
"Steve!" - 2 part documentary on Steve Martin
"The New Look"

HBO Max

Bound Together (Spring Challenge) - fill in the phrase with a book title

Here is the link to the challenge. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. When I cry I... want my Familia.
2. I like hugs when... I greet Company.
3. Without make up I am ... not in Beautyland.
4. My favorite "pet" is ... a vixen, The Fox Wife.
5. Walking in the rain makes me... think of Empire Falls.
6. When I get sticky fingers I... am with The Musical Mozinskis: A novel.
7. If I could fly... I'd see Moonrise Over New Jessup.
8. My purse holds... a book, Women Holding Things.
9 The last mess I made... was with Greta & Valdin.
10. The color of my love is... the Table for Two's roses.
11. With only one foot I would... flee The Cemetery of Untold Stories.
12. My favorite working condition is...
13. When I think of sex, I think of... us as Lovers at the Museum.
14. I only blush when... I'm with James.
15. I show my age when... I Cheerfully Refuse to text.

Bound Together - "Favorite Books of the Year"

Esther, you inspired me to try this, too.

1. Jan. They May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine AND
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
2. Feb. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity by Michele Norris
3. Mar. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
4. Apr. The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
5. May Table for Two by Amor Towles
6. June The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
7. July Real Americans by Rachel Khong
8. Aug. The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
9. Sept. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
10. Oct. Barbara Isn't Dying Yet by Alina Bronsky
11. Nov. Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
12. Dec. Rental House by Weike Wang

My favorite of all 12 books read in 2024 is ~~~~ The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Possible Books for The Compass Challenge

*Alaska - Black Woods, Blue Sky - Feb.
*China - Homeseeking Jan.
*San Francisco, Chile - My Name Is Emilia del Valle - May
*Italy - Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World - available
*Ireland - Time of the Child - library hold
*Iran - The Lion Women of Tehran - available
*Seattle, Paris - Kate & Frida - March
*Travelogue - Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive - December

2024 Best of --------- List:

Best Fiction The Lincoln Highway
Best Non-Fiction Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
Most Outside My Comfort Zone Margo's Got Money Troubles
Most Disappointing Book Wellness by Nathan Hill
Most Provocative Book James by Percival Everett
Best DNF Decision Long Island
Most Interesting Characters - It's an impossible choice.
Best Short Stories Table for Two
Most Playful The Lincoln Highway