Daughters of Shandong by Eve Chung is at the top of my list.
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I just saw your post and checked out this book which somehow did not make it onto my book radar. I’ve added that to my list for 2025.
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I’m really looking forward to reading “Rethinking Rescue” which I read about on Book Browse. Followed by “I Was Raised by a serial Killer” and then McCullough’s “John Adams”.
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I Highly recommend Daughters of Shandong and I’m really excited that BookBrowse is planning to host a book club for it this year (it also won our 2024 Debut Book Award).
Related to @kim.kovacs’s recent post I’m excited to read Playground at some point, and I saw Fredrik Backman is coming out with a new title so excited to potentially read that.
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Daughters of Shandong has just moved to the top of my TBR pile.
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I enjoyed this book!
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I’m looking forward to James by Percival Everett, but need to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first. Can’t believe I’m 72 y/o and haven’t read it. My husband and I visited Hannibal, MO last year and hit all of the Mark Twain/Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer related sites. I’m thinking that will make “Huck” and “James” even more vivid. Want to read Finn by Jon Clinch, also.
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Barbara Demick’s Daughters by the Bamboo Grove. It will be available in 2025.
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I read Huck Finn again prior to reading James and it really helped. You are right. It made James more vivid.
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This is an absolutely beautiful story - I hope you enjoy it!
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I thoroughly enjoyed James even though I’ve never read Huckleberry Finn. I’m 77🙂
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
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I am looking forward to Allen Eskins, The Quiet Librarian
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That was a surprise favorite for me as well, @Cheryl_Winter. Really enjoyed that one.
James is on the top of my list with Playground.
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I think it will be a challenging year politically worldwide and a book I highly recommend when you need to lift your spirits is the The Man Who Climbs Trees - James Aldred. A memoir about Aldred’s childhood passion for trees culminating in an amazing group of stories about his career as a wildlife cameraman. Vividly written, exciting and awe inspiring.
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I’m looking forward to reading
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Medgar & Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
Home and Away by Rocelle Alers
The Women by Kristen Hannah
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
Lovely One by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
These reads should take me to Spring!
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I just finished The Bluest Eye last week. I was shocked at how relevant it still is. It was published in 1970 and set in the early 1940s, but so much of it could have happened today. Looking forward to the discussion.