23 -- Author With An X, Y, Or Z In Their Name

[Leah]

“The Lost Jewels” by Kirsten Manning for this one

[Leslie]

In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

[Victoria]

I finished "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

was hesitant at reading it (far from my usual reads), but by the end, I had felt so many emotions, from sadness to complete joy. It was an amazing book

[Kelly]

The Paris apartment by Lucy Foley

[Heather]

I read Comfort Me With Apples for this one. It was just okay for me.

[Tamara]

I read "Saving Myself One Step at a Time:: A Running Memoir" by T.J. Bryan

[Justin's 52 Books]

I read Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. Not my favorite book, but I'm not sure if that's the book's fault or if it's my ignorance of the subject matter - or perhaps Zalazny demands more than I got right now (Gene Wolfe-style). I liked the premise and some of the beats, but was not enthralled.

[Kathryn]

I just finished No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

[Patricia]

Reading Ruiyan Xu's The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai

[Mindy]

I read Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee.

[Linda]

Depeche mode by serhiy zhadan

[Donna]

I read The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

[Angella]

Elle Kennedy

[Lexxie]

Dirty desires by Crystal Kaswell

[R.L.S.]

For this one, I read World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

[Dawn]

Where the Forest Meets the
Stars by Glendy Vanderah checks this one for me!

[Traci]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1/23/22

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://titlesurfingwithtraci.blogspo...

[Anna]

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

[Leonore]

Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America by Frances Denny

[Alicia]

Was able to read City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

[Shonna]

Sea Wife by Amity Gaige. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2022...

[Tiffany]

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz

[LeAnne]

I read "Devil's Cub," by Georgette Heyer. One of my favorites, by her!

[Emma]

You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry, ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Rachel]

House of Stone by Zimbabwean author Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is an award-winning novel covering the history around the decades of the formation of Zimbabwe as a new nation, in particular the Gukurahundi massacres which followed. ⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

[Rachel]

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Venezuela:
Blue Label by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles is literary fiction set in Venezuela about teenagers on a road trip, trying to find a way to deal with the collapse of a country around them. I found it well-written and engaging. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

[Julie]

I read Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce. (great book!)

[Aurélia]

We Free the Stars by Hafsha Faizal

[Nessa]

"10 Things I Hate about Pinky" by Sandhya Menon

[Liz]

The Devil’s Pawn by Oliver Potzsch