Wednesday, January 15, 2025

2024 - Book list

For official purposes here is the books we read in 2024

 

Magnificent Rebels

The Bee Sting, Paul Murray

Know My Name: A Memoir, Chanel Miller

Day, A Novel (voted least favorite book)

James  Percival Everett(voted favorite book)

An Immense World

Martin Marten

Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art of Having an Opinion

Orbital

Heaven & Earth Grocery Store


Comments made during the discussion:


Day was "a let down", "forgettable", and "deeply disappointing from Michael Cunningham".   "Oh, Michael, why did you do this to me?, I trusted you."


Know My Name: A Memoir "I didn't want to read this, but it says with me."  "I think about her experience as I watch what's going on in the world.".  This book was so impactful.  "How can you NOT vote for this as book of the year!?"


Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art of Having an Opinion:  "This book should have been so much more."  "I thought I was going to learn something, or be inspired."


James: So clever, I read parts out loud to my partner,


An Immense World:  "What was that one about?"  (Thomas Goetz takes readers on a captivating journey into the sensory realms of the animal kingdom, offering a fascinating exploration of how different creatures perceive and interact) "Oh yeah, that was good. 


Heaven & Earth Grocery Store;  "Did we read that in 2024"  "yes, we discussed it in February", "Really..." 


Our favorite read of 2024