Books Read in May 2023 (70 books)

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May Flowers, graduations, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, it's a busy month!

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1	The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 9,819 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Disney Princess: A Celebration of Art and Creativity by Charles Solomon 4.39 avg rating — 165 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams 3.95 avg rating — 4,072 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson 4.19 avg rating — 23,819 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Kemper (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 751 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty 4.21 avg rating — 111,467 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 54,921 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 202,729 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton 4.50 avg rating — 1,085 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Complete Peanuts, 1983-1984 (The Complete Peanuts, #17) by Charles M. Schulz 4.46 avg rating — 629 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda 3.10 avg rating — 2,935 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #4) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 43,075 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Lift Up Your Heart: A 10-Day Personal Retreat with St. Francis de Sales by John Burns 4.58 avg rating — 227 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Southland by Nina Revoyr (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 1,537 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Dark Objects (Rees and Tannahill #1) by Simon Toyne (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 3,413 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Second Chance (Jems and Jamz Book 2) by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 754,778 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Homecoming by Kate Morton (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 119,610 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Oslo’s Melbourne: Illustrated Adventures in the World’s Most Tolerated City by Oslo Davis 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, #3) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,494 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narváez Varela 3.96 avg rating — 606 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Honor by Thrity Umrigar 4.35 avg rating — 76,921 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 25,328 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito 4.24 avg rating — 17,423 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Sh*t Rough Drafts: Pop Culture's Favorite Books, Movies, and TV Shows as They Might Have Been by Paul Laudiero 3.52 avg rating — 235 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo 3.85 avg rating — 1,736 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Virginia Woolf: An Illustrated Biography by Zena Alkayat 4.08 avg rating — 415 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Citizen Canine: Dogs in the Movies by Wendy Mitchell 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett 3.82 avg rating — 7,805 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Night Ship by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 13,487 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents by Alexandra Petri (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,000 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 2,433 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Cinders by Mette Bach (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 113,645 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 3,027 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in the 1950s and 1960s Sydney by Peter Doyle (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Grease 2: A novel by William Rotsler 3.30 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Berkeleyworks: The Art of Berkeley Breathed: From Bloom County and Beyond by Berkeley Breathed 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell 4.09 avg rating — 2,480 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Swiss Mistletoe and Macarons by Amey Zeigler (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney 4.28 avg rating — 2,027 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Scurry by Mac Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,164 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.92 avg rating — 1,965,314 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin 3.94 avg rating — 93,739 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Ready For Absolutely Nothing: 'If you like Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner, you'll like this' The Times by Susannah Constantine 3.90 avg rating — 1,473 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Death Wind by William Bell 3.56 avg rating — 211 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Complete Peanuts, 1953-1954 (The Complete Peanuts, #2) by Charles M. Schulz 4.52 avg rating — 3,016 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 100,519 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,006 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	This Art: A Copper Canyon Ars Poetica Anthology by Michael Wiegers (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney 4.52 avg rating — 1,056 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Mother-Daughter Dance by Cathy Guisewite 3.79 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Boy Who Would Be King: A poetic, beautifully illustrated children’s book – the perfect gift to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III by Michael Morpurgo 4.15 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Complete Peanuts, 1963-1964 (The Complete Peanuts, #7) by Charles M. Schulz 4.63 avg rating — 1,529 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Broken Light by Joanne Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 4,886 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey by Adam Bessie 3.77 avg rating — 248 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Pawcasso by Remy Lai (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 2,280 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 16,409 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The convent : a city finds its heart by Stuart Kells 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,552 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Growing Up in Australia by Tim Winton (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown! by Charles M. Schulz 4.34 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman 3.87 avg rating — 31,068 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	I Am Billie Jean King by Brad Meltzer (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 358 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Complete Peanuts, 1985-1986 (The Complete Peanuts, #18) by Charles M. Schulz 4.47 avg rating — 602 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Story of Disney: 100 Years of Wonder by John Baxter 4.30 avg rating — 261 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 19,918 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baume (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 2,267 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Look at This Blue by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke 3.61 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki 3.69 avg rating — 93,792 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars