{"id":10031,"date":"2026-05-04T19:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/?p=10031"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:50:51","slug":"i-will-never-run-out-of-books-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/i-will-never-run-out-of-books-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"I WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF BOOKS TO READ"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a bit bummed out about the books that won the vote for the next batch of AIC bookgroup books. Not because they’re not good choices, and sure to be good reads, but because not only have I read 2 of them already, but NONE of my 5 recommendations made the list, and 2 books made the list that were recommended by someone who has never even participated in bookgroup, but showed interest and sent her book recs in right before the deadline. Grump. She’d better show up now. One of her books that made the cut is one I actually want to read, but the other is one I’ve already read, double sting. <\/p>\n

We only have one book left, and I will start reading it soon, as I’m almost finished with the YA book I started a few days ago. The discussion isn’t until May 20, but time seems to be flying right now, so I feel I’d better get moving. It’s Hamnet <\/em>by Maggie O’Farrell. Yes, that Hamnet<\/em>, that was turned into a movie starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, that won Jesse a Best Actress Oscar. I want to see the movie, but really want to read the book first. The movie was nominated for 301 different awards across all the award shows, and won a whopping 97, so hopefully it will live up to its hype and be good, once I actually get around to seeing it.<\/p>\n

This year, we had a mindboggling 43 books recommended and to choose from. And we could only, as usual, vote for NINE. After we had voted and the organizer had tallied the votes, we had to vote again for four of thirteen books that had all tied for the last 4 spots. Sadly, even though 3 of my recommendations were in that tiebreaker, NONE of them made the final cut. I’ll be reading them anyway. I have so many books on my TBR list that I’ll never get them finished. Anyway, for posterity, here is the list:<\/p>\n

Key: blue=recommended\/voted for by me<\/b><\/font>, orange=voted for by me<\/font><\/b>, neon green=voted for by me in the 2nd round<\/font><\/b>, pink=already read<\/font><\/b>. The ones with a star in front won.<\/p>\n

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  1. *A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  2. Angel Down by Daniel Kraus<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  3. Atmosphere (A Love Story): by Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/li>\n
  4. Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  5. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: by Katherine Boo<\/li>\n
  6. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall<\/li>\n
  7. *Butter by Asako Yuzuki<\/li>\n
  8. Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  9. Future Boy by Michael J. Fox<\/li>\n
  10. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson<\/li>\n
  11. Good People by Patmeena Sabit<\/li>\n
  12. How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy\u2019s Guide to Silencing Women by Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell<\/li>\n
  13. James by Percival Everett<\/li>\n
  14. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  15. Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali<\/li>\n
  16. *Moloka’I by Alan Brennert<\/li>\n
  17. Monterey Bay by Lindsay Hatton<\/li>\n
  18. Mother Daughter Widow Wife by Robin Wasserman<\/li>\n
  19. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy<\/li>\n
  20. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne de Maurier<\/li>\n
  21. My Friends by Fredrik Backman<\/li>\n
  22. Prophet Song by Paul Lynch<\/li>\n
  23. Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen<\/li>\n
  24. The Alienist by Caleb Carr<\/li>\n
  25. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray<\/li>\n
  26. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans<\/li>\n
  27. The Count of Monte Cristo by Andre Dumas<\/li>\n
  28. *The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  29. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng<\/li>\n
  30. The Girls by Emma Cline<\/li>\n
  31. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer<\/li>\n
  32. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai<\/li>\n
  33. The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  34. *The Pretender by Jo Harkin<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  35. The Ten Year Affair: A Novel by Erin Somers<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  36. \n*Theo of Golden by Allen Levi<\/li>\n
  37. The Women by Kristin Hannah<\/li>\n
  38. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World by Rutger Bregman<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  39. \n*Weyward by Emilia Hart<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  40. What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama<\/li>\n
  41. *When in French by Lauren Collins<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  42. *Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  43. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  44. You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I guess I can be grateful that The Count of Monte Cristo<\/em> didn’t get voted in. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

    Mood: tired
    \nMusic: babyidontlikeyou\u2014If It Makes You Feel Better<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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