I had some time off on July due to surgery and the recovery allowed me to rest and indulge in a a few books and short stories (healthwise, I’m back 100% and gratefully so 🥰). Even though I wasn’t able to post as much as usual I still kept reading, below I’ve placed a ❤️ (heart) next to the stories I loved the most.
✅ WHAT I FINISHED
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk’s
❤️ The Last Flight by Julie Clark
❤️ Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
❤️ The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin
✅ SHORT STORIES
❤️ The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Heminghway
Girls, At Play by Celeste Ng
❤️ The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
Sweetness by Toni Morrison
❤️ To Build a Fire by Jack London
On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning by Haruki Murakami
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
Snow Flakes by Ruth Ware
❤️ Slow Burner by Laura Lippman
✅ WHAT I’VE BEEN WATCHING
I have read and enjoyed some of the same titles. Great list of books.
Thank you 😊