As long ago promised – the good, the bad and the ugly. Here are the books I’ve read so far since arriving in Rwanda. Some have been awesome (Hotel New Hampshire, Interpreter of Maladies, The World as It Is, Educated, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine), some embarrassing (The Magnolia Story, Kiss Quotient, Here’s to Us) and some downright boring (A River of Stars, The Word is Murder, Bel Canto).
Let's all pray that the Cambridge Public Library never figures out that I am no longer a Cambridge resident. Is there anything cooler than renting library books (okay, ebooks) from thousands of miles away?
Keep the recommendations coming! It is amazing how much you can read when your power runs out and it gets dark at 6PM. Will I hit the elusive 100? Only time will tell.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
Circling the Sun – Paula McClain
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families – Philip Gourevitch
Hillbilly Elegy – JD Vance
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larrson
The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
Girls in White Dresses – Jennifer Close
Room – Emma Donoghue
Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri
Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang
Harry Potter 1-5 – J.K. Rowling *one day I will finish this series, I swear
River of Stars – Vanessa Hua
Here’s to Us – Erin Hilderbrand
The World As It Is – Ben Rhodes
Hotel New Hampshire – John Irving
Commonwealth – Ann Patchett
Hell-Heaven – Jhumpa Lahiri
South and West: From a Notebook – Joan Didion
What We Lose – Zizi Clemmons
My Ex-Life – Stephen McCauley
The Word is Murder – Anthony Horowitz
Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
Lunch in Paris: A Delicious Love Story, With Recipes – Elizabeth Bard
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Asymmetry – Lisa Halliday
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
Educated – Tara Westover
Less - Andrew Sean Greer
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty
The Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montgomery
The Light We Lost - Jill Santopolo
The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Normal People - Sally Rooney
One Day in December - Josie Silver
Turtles all the Way Down
Boom Town
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
The Alice Network
The Cider House Rules
Save me the Plums
The Nickel Boys
Three Women
Maine
The Whisper Network
The Tatooist of Auschwitz
Red at the Bone
Summer of '69