Have a Holly Jolly Bookmas!
These are some of the books I have read or plan to get before this year is over that were gifted to me. They have kept me sane and functioni
ng while giving me a brief respite. They include something from various genres, including thrillers, memoirs, young adult, and stuff in-between.
It has been a very busy year. I am thankful that there weren't any disruptions for where I am a reporter/book columnist/whatever is needed to be done.
Maybe you will find a good gift to give to someone or simply a way to end the year on a good book note. This is not a best of 2020 list. This is just a list made by a cat-loving book nerd.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And don’t forget to read!
A Good Neighborhood
Therese Anne Fowler
With little in common except a property line, two families in a tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood find themselves at odds over a historic oak tree in Valerie’s yard, and the blossoming romance between their two teenagers. What does it mean to be a good neighbor?
A Week at the Shore
Barbara Delinksy
The lives and relationships of the three sisters are forever changed when they reunite at their family’s Rhode Island beach house. A Week at the Shore is the ultimate escape at a time when readers need it most.
Big Lies in a Small Town
Diane Chamberlain
Two aspiring young artists arrive in a small town 80 years apart. Morgan Christopher is serving time in jail for a crime in 2018. She can get out of prison if she completes an old mural from 80 years. The process of restoring the mural to its former glory allows Morgan and the reader to travel back in time to 1940 to learn the story of the original artist and why the mural was never installed.
Featherhood
Charlie Gilmour
This memoir tells the story of a baby magpie falling out of its nest into the author’s hand and changes his life. Because of the bird, Gilmour deals with the impending death of an estranged father and becoming a father.
How to Astronaut: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth
Terry Virts
Written by one of the only four astronauts in history to have piloted a space shuttle, performed spacewalks, and commanded the International Space Station. Virts covers everything from the basic rules and procedures of space travel to space-station cuisine.
Joy of Work
Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo brings her organizational skills to help all of us who have messy offices. It is a chance to use the KonMari Method to throw out workplace clutter and bring in productivity and happiness.
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains
Kerri Arsenault
In this nonfiction book, Arsenault shares how the paper mill sustains her hometown of Mexico, Maine for over 100 years. Also contributed to the destruction of the environment and the decline of the town’s economic, moral, and emotional health in a slow-moving catastrophe, earning the area the nickname “Cancer Valley.”
One of the Good Ones
Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances leaving her sister Happi and others to pick up the pieces. The book explores the differences in how society places value on the lives of black people.
Summer on the Bluffs
Sunny Hostin
The View co-host Sunny Hostin made her literary debut with this novel about a life-changing summer for three adopted godsisters. It is the first book in a new series about the historic town of Oak Bluffs.
Never Forget
Martin Michaud
A homeless man’s suicide leaves many unanswered questions. Why did he have the wallets of a recently murdered psychiatrist and lawyer who has vanished? Montreal police detective Victor Lessard and his partner worked to solve the mysteries to stop the killer.
The Baddest Girl on the Planet
Heather Frese
Learn what the baddest girl on the planet does when a bag of pastries, a new lover, or a quick trip to Vegas can’t fix after some career issues, bad romance choices, and a loved but an unplanned child.
The Black Kids
Christina Hammonds Reed
This novel will take you back to Los Angeles in 1992. Read through the eyes of Ashley Bennett as she juggles her two lives and tries to figure out what it means to be one of “the black kids.”
The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenburg
In this memoir, Molly Wizenburg shares her story about letting go of who she thought she was and embracing her real self.
The New Husband
D.J. Palmer
How well do you know a person? It starts on a chilly pre-dawn morning with an empty boat containing a live dog and a bloody deck. It picks up 17 months later with Nina Garrity rebuilding her life after the day she discovered her husband Glen had been leading a double life and ran away with another woman. This new life for Nina and her two children now includes Simon Fitch, a teacher from her daughter’s school. Fitch is perfect. But is he too perfect?
The Survivors
Jane Harper
Kieran Elliott’s life changed 12 years ago with two young men dead and a young woman missing. Elliott has returned home to help his struggling parents. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away. This book will be released in February 2021.
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