I’m ready, Fern! ❄
Correct me if I’m wrong — some of these titles could be strung together to form a non-wintery poem…?
Mornings on horseback
Skinny dip
Into the water…
Revolutionary summer
In any case, here are my 7 new books:
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro
It took several episodes of The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker (it’s so freaking good!!) AND a reference to Robert Moses while reading about Lady Bird to make me wonder if I should read it. My friend Lisa mentioning reading it together and my friend Amy going to the book sale early and scoring me a copy…? Well, I clearly have no choice now.
The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
It was a delight to doodle my way through their book about the conspiracy to kill George Washington — it’s where I first learned of General Charles Lee! Their book about the conspiracy to kill FDR, Stalin, and Churchill has been patiently waiting on my shelf for a while. Now it has a friend.
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight
Not gonna lie — I didn’t even read the description. The cover is striking and Douglass is fascinating.
Into the Water
Paula Hawkins
This’ll be a quick keep-me-up-too-late-at-night read.
Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen
Just finished reading one of his books this morning. Saw his name on a spine and started reading the summary and realized it’s the book I just finished. (I’m bad with titles! I remember covers and in my defense, the version had a different cover.) In any case — he wrote Bad Monkey and I loooove that show.
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
David McCullough
As if I need to read another book about Theodore Roosevelt. But, David McCullough… sooooo adding it to my pile.
NOTE: the ✔️indicates that I’ve read the book. Which is none of them, because givemeafreakingminute.
PS If you’d rather hear about books that I actually did read, here are a few:
PPS Here’s my collection of library book sale hauls, past and present.
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