2017's Books
I'm super behind on reviewing books (and, frankly, reading) owing to much more travel than usual. I love travelling, and my family and friends are scattered across the East Coast, so there are a lot of reasons to leave home. I am at the same time something of a homebody, and flying to Florida three times in as many months has really cut into my sitting-on-the-couch-and-doing-anything-close-to-relaxing time. I always do the 50 Book Challenge, though I never reach 50. This year, I managed 28, against a goal of 27. It includes a few re-reads, some selections from Our Shared Shelf (Goodreads' feminist book club), and some new friends. 1. Persepolis II , by Marjane Satrapi (OSS read) 2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 3. The Fellowship of the Ring , by JRR Tolkien (re-read; don't argue with me about the whole "The Lord of the Rings is one book split into three parts for financial reasons" argument. I do...