I thought I’d share with my readers what I’m reading right now and what’s in my To Be Read stack for the next couple months. I hope to get a lot of writing done the week of Thanksgiving (my school takes the week off) and over Christmas vacation (Dec. 21-Jan. 5). 

Recently Read (reviews coming!)

Flora — Gail Godwin

The Paris Wife — Paula McLain

The Rest of Us — Jessica Lott

 Hystera — Leora Skolkin-Smith

Currently Reading

Sparta — Roxana Robinson 

To Be Read

Sand Queen — Helen Benedict

Flashes of War — Katey Schultz

Stop Here — Beverly Gologorsky

Be Safe, I Love You — Cara Hoffman

(I’ll be writing a piece entitled “Women on War” featuring these books and Sparta)

Amity & Sorrow — Peggy Riley

Man Alive! — Mary Kay Zuravleff

Tinderbox — Lisa Gornick

Hemingway’s Girl — Erica Robuck (to be reviewed with The Paris Wife)

We Need New Names — NoViolet Bulawayo

Happiness Like Water — Chinelo Okparanta

Burial Rites — Hannah Kent

This is Paradise (stories) — Kristiana Kahakauwila

Men We Reaped (memoir) — Jesmyn Ward

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves — Karen Joy Fowler

The Taste of Salt — Martha Southgate

The Celestials — Karen Shepard