Wednesday Wrap-Up: From a Five Star ...to a DNF?? 🤨

December Reads gave place to other priorities, namely, getting Covid and such. But I did finish some EPIC books that I would definitely recommend for 2023! #WedWrapUp

Books Mentioned, available through my Bookshop link:
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones
A Bond of Thread, Allegra Pesactore & JP Burnison
Regeneration, Pat Barker
Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022, Ed. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Wandering in Strange Lands, Morgan Jerkins
The Poppy War, R F Kuang
Thistlefoot, GennaRose Nethercott

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[RKStumblingbear]

Came back and finished the replay. I like the idea of books to take during the Apocalypse. Horror is also not my thing. I can do lighter horror like Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia though. But gore. Nope.

[CestKevvie]

Ooh I wanna read Thistlefoot so badly!!

[KatrinaEames]

I read Braiding Sweetgrass last year and I really loved it

[RunningWrite]

Once again, these are too many books I have not heard of. But my TBR is already soooo full -> The readers ongoing dilemma.

[KatrinaEames]

lol, I actually know Allegra Pescatore - I haven't read this particular book of theirs, but I will say they are a lovely person

[spreadbookjoy]

As an eclectic reader, there are very few genres I could say I would be happy not to read again, though if I had to choose, it would probably be thrillers because some of them are just an exercise in frustration - convoluted plots and ridiculous character behaviour because plot and they often just feel like empty reading calories. I notice someone said YA, but I feel it's more a category (marketing category really) than a genre, much like when people say classic is a genre. As with children's books, there are YA books, the majority of which I wouldn't want to read, and then there are just great books that are marketed or classified as YA. Anne of Green Gables is a 'children's book', but it's actually just a great book and being classified as a children's book means not enough people read it. Ditto great 'YA' such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower or anything by Judy Blume! There is a great Neil Gaiman chat about how Coraline ended up as a children's book, which his publishers were against initially. I always come away from your wrap-ups with a list of books I want to investigate, especially nature writing which is something I don't read enough of! I have had Pat Barker's books on my bookish bucket list since forever. I have been looking into Libro.fm and various other non-amazon audiobook services, however there are some restrictions for non-US Libro.fm customers - no monthly subscription for Libro for example, but books can be purchased individually. The Poppy War was a dnf for me - I liked the premise and the world building, but I dialed out at a point I can't discuss without spoilers, plus the 'not like other girls'' trope is one I could happily never read again. I'm in the minority on The Poppy War really and may have checked out a bit early, but when I am sighing too much reading a book, it's a clear sign I need to read something else and I was ok with that. I am very interested in RF Kuang's new book 'Babel'. Great chat, Margaret! Sorry for the long comment but lots of thoughts!