Books Read in June 2024

*Book Group Selection | Bolded Means Favorite

Middle Grade

*Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
*Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams
*Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

*Next Stop by Debbie Fong

I wouldn’t mind going on this kind of tour.

Young Adult

The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer

The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram

Where is Jackson finding so many t-shirts with tags in them? My shirts have had the tag info screen printed in them for years.

Grownup Fiction

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Face blindness was a thing in YA literature a few years ago. In a standard grownup romance novel, it makes for an interesting plot. The villain was a little too uniformly evil, though.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Somewhat of a difficult read due to the everyday sexism, but also very entertaining in the rejection of that sexism.

I tried hitting my eggs with a knife rather than cracking them on the counter or the bowl and found it a good technique.

Little Free Library find.

Grownup Nonfiction

Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments by Gary Taubes
Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars by Richard K. Bernstein
Sugarless: A 7-Step Plan to Uncover Hidden Sugars, Curb Your Cravings, and Conquer Your Addiction by Nicole M. Avena (strangely not listed on Goodreads…)
Keto QuickStart A Beginner’s Guide to A Whole-foods Ketogenic Diet by Diane Sanfilippo

It Turns Out That I am Not Immune

Having made it more than four years without experiencing Covid-19, I thought perhaps I was one of those people with natural immunity. But I wasn’t feeling well the previous day, and though I managed to make deviled eggs and go out to eat, I just kept feeling worse and worse.

So I tested Sunday morning. As I have done before, I set the test aside to wait the ten minutes for the test to do its work. But at about the three minute mark, I walked by and that second line caught my eye.

I totally had Covid.

Aside from not feeling well (Sunday was the worst day with fever and chills and absolutely no energy), I was bummed that I had made super spreader deviled eggs and hauled myself to a restaurant. I should have tested on Saturday. Then I could have at least eaten the deviled eggs myself.

I suspect square dancing at the Reser was my contamination point. Bummer.