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Wednesday, February 01, 2023
The Bookish Books Reading Challenge: February Book Ideas and Linkup for Reviews
6:17 PM
It's hard to believe the first month of 2023 has already passed us by. How did your January go? Did you read any bookish books? I read these four:
I enjoyed all of them, with Dead and Gondola being my favorite of the bunch. It has a fun mountaintop setting, complete with a gondola and a charming bookstore. The mystery is entertaining, too. Of these four, I only managed to review The Blackout Book Club here at BBB, but you can see my quick reviews of each on Goodreads. Hopefully, I'll get at least a couple of these reviewed here in the next few weeks. We'll see.
My goal is to read 2-3 bookish books a month. I rocked it in January. Here's what I'm thinking of reading in February:
The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons doesn't come out until July, but I've got an e-ARC of it from NetGalley. It's about a widow in London who doesn't have the heart to keep her bookshop open after the death or her husband. When she decides to take in a Jewish girl fleeing Nazi Germany, she finds new purpose in helping her and in the book club they run together.
Smile Beach Murder is the first installment in Alicia Bessette's cozy Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery series. It stars Callie, a laid-off journalist who returns to her hometown to lick her wounds. She finds a job at a local bookstore. When a suspicious death rocks the town, it's eerily reminiscent of Callie's mother's own unexplained demise. Are the two related? What really happened to the dead women?
I've been wanting to read this bookish memoir for years. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch tells the story of the bookstore she and her husband opened in a little Applachian mining town. Against all odds (a declining economy, the growing popularity of e-books, no knowledge of how to actually run a bookstore, etc.), Welch and her husband managed to create not just a successful business but also a powerful sense of community.
I've heard nothing but good things about Sara Nisha Adams' The Reading List. It tells the story of two lonely souls, each very different from the other, finding a connection through a list of recommended reading. Sounds uplifting and heartwarming!
Have you read any of these? What bookish books are you planning to read this month?
For those of you who are participating in the Bookish Books Reading Challenge, here's the Mr. Linky to use for linking up February reviews. If you've not yet signed up for the challenge, what are you waiting for? Join us in this low-key challenge that celebrates a genre we all love: books about books. It will be fun, I promise!
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