*Book Group Selection | Bolded Means Favorite
Picture Books
*Two Together by Brendan Wenzel
Early Chapter Books
*Born Naughty: My Childhood in China by Jin Wang, Tony Johnston, and Anisi Baigude
Young Adult
*Break to You by Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, and Michelle Knowlden
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Grownup Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
But How Are You, Really by Ella Dawson
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
Honey by Isabel Banta
A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
Need Blind Ambition by Kevin T. Myers
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
With a decades-spanning plot and two instances where I gasped “No!” this was pretty much my perfect read.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Sometimes the dial on historical fiction is turned too much to the side where we establish scene by naming songs and describing clothes and hairstyles. That was the case here. While Frankie’s story resonated with me, I kept getting pulled out of it by too many historical details that didn’t add anything to the plot.
Young Nonfiction
*Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo
Grownup Nonfiction
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae