Reading Check-in
It's close to the end of March, so this is a quarterly review of my reading so far in 2024. So far I've read thirteen books, a lucky number.
When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, Cleve Jones
A Minor Chorus, Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Edited by Linda Joy Myers, PhD & Brooke Warner
A History of My Brief Body, Billy-Ray Belcourt
This Wound Is a World, Billy-Ray Belcourt
Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina, Raquel Cepeda
Four Funerals and a Wedding: Resilience in a Time of Grief, Jill Smolowe
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, Elizabeth Gilbert
The Fixed Stars, Molly Wizenberg
Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood
Delancey, Molly Wizenberg
Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays, Lauren Hough (Cable Guy)
Truth in nonfiction: Essays, Edited by David Lazar
Trying to hold down costs, many of these were from the library, although I had to buy that last one, it was so good and related to memoir writing. Books from a few years ago are often available if the library carries them. Newer books have long wait lists.
A few were from Small Book Libraries scattered around the city. Priestdaddy was one such find! It had been on my to read list a long time.
My best suggestion is to keep reading and keep your lists active. I know there are other sites that track books, if anyone wants to share their comparison experience I'd love to know how they work for you.
Meanwhile my next poetry book, Slow Now with Clear Skies, will be out by June, so I'm busy setting up readings.
Have a beautiful spring.
When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, Cleve Jones
A Minor Chorus, Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Edited by Linda Joy Myers, PhD & Brooke Warner
A History of My Brief Body, Billy-Ray Belcourt
This Wound Is a World, Billy-Ray Belcourt
Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina, Raquel Cepeda
Four Funerals and a Wedding: Resilience in a Time of Grief, Jill Smolowe
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, Elizabeth Gilbert
The Fixed Stars, Molly Wizenberg
Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood
Delancey, Molly Wizenberg
Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing: Essays, Lauren Hough (Cable Guy)
Truth in nonfiction: Essays, Edited by David Lazar
Trying to hold down costs, many of these were from the library, although I had to buy that last one, it was so good and related to memoir writing. Books from a few years ago are often available if the library carries them. Newer books have long wait lists.
A few were from Small Book Libraries scattered around the city. Priestdaddy was one such find! It had been on my to read list a long time.
My best suggestion is to keep reading and keep your lists active. I know there are other sites that track books, if anyone wants to share their comparison experience I'd love to know how they work for you.
Meanwhile my next poetry book, Slow Now with Clear Skies, will be out by June, so I'm busy setting up readings.
Have a beautiful spring.
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