This Week: May 4th

We are heavy into Spring cleaning and resetting at our house now that birthday season is over, which means I’m spending quite a bit of time listening to audiobooks while I work. My grandmother used to talk about her father listening to serial radio dramas a few nights a week after dinner – I think of listening to audiobooks a bit like that. You listen a few to a few chapters, then move on to something else and come back to it another day. Do you like audiobooks?

Here’s the books I’m looking forward to discussing with you this week. Grab your copies of these books by clicking the images below:

RWL Reading Challenge – Week 19: A Memoir

I’m Glad My Mom Died

by Jennette McCurdy

Posting on Tuesday, May 6th

McCurdy’s memoir was tabloid fodder for months after it first came out – drama around her time with Disney, with her mother, with substance abuse. This book covers it all.

Since this prompt is a genre in itself, here’s some other memoirs that fit our monthly theme of yellow:

• Boat Baby, Vicky Nguyen
• I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, Hala Alyan
• The In-Between, Hadley Vlahos
• The Last American Road Trip, Sarah Kendzior
• Lovely One, Kentanji Brown-Jackson
• You Deserve Good Gelato, Kacie Rose
• The Young Man, Annie Ernaux

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Raving Fans

Posting on Instagram Thursday, May 8th

I read this with my leadership team at my day job and I can’t wait to share it with you! Keep an eye on on Instagram for this quick review!

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Sponsored Read – Week 19

Muse

by Dr. Amanda Hanson

Posting on Saturday, May 10th

When her life takes a turn she wasn’t prepared for, Claire returns home for the first time since she left as a teen. Will her past come back to haunt her, or will she find there’s no place like home?

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What I’m Reading

• Current print book: The Violet Hour, Victoria Benton Frank
• Current audio book: The Civil War of 1812, Alan Taylor
• Book I’m most looking forward to: Marrying the Ketchups, Jennifer Close