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Thanks, Jen. My goal was to read 100 books this year, but I'm not sure I'll make it. I'll finish #98 this afternoon. It helps to be retired.
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There were too many standouts. If I started naming them, I'd regret that I didn't cover all, and I'm about to review a 37th book. I will say, however, that Jo McDougall is my favorite female poet. I'm allowing myself a top from each gender so I don't have to choose between them. (The other is George Bilgere.) I've also been recommending
12. From the Ruhr to Somewhere Near Dresden, 1939-1940: A Child’s Journey by Rose Mary Boehm
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
because of its unique perspective, looking at WWII through a German child's eyes.
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Thank you. I am a slow reader and my time is limited. I will start with McDougall.
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She's a quick read: short, concise poems that pack a wallop.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. You Must Remember This by Michael Bazzett
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The Undiscovered Room by Jo McDougall
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Finger Bone by Kevin Prufer
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. How to Eat a Raspberry by Jan Duncan-O'Neal
(Book not listed on Goodreads yet.)
9. Music I Once Could Dance To by Roy J. Beckemeyer
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. Aspartame by Lorette Luzajic
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. The Indifferent World by Ken Craft
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. From the Ruhr to Somewhere Near Dresden, 1939-1940: A Child’s Journey by Rose Mary Boehm
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
13. Waiting for the Past by Les Murray
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
14. Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems by Juan Felipe Herrera
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15. Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Joseph Mills
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16. Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
17. West Wind by Mary Oliver
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
18. The Crooked Inheritance by Marge Piercy
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
19. Red Rover by Susan Stewart
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
20. After All: Last Poems by William Matthews
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
21. Gimme Your Lunch Money: Heartland Poets Speak out against Bullies
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
22. Sure Signs by Ted Kooser
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
23. Chickenhood by Robert Stewart
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
24. Transformations by Anne Sexton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
25. 3Arabi Song by Zeina Hashem Beck
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
26. Flour, Water, Salt by Ruth Bavetta
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
27. The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement by Diane Lockward
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
28. Odd Evening by Eric McHenry
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
29. Armed and Luminous by Richard Allen Taylor
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
30. Blood by Alana Dagenhart Sherrill
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
32. Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey by Hayden Carruth
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
33. All of Us by Raymond Carver
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
34. Ligatures by Denise Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
35. Down to Sleep by Scott Owens
(no review since the book isn't listed in Goodreads)
36. White River Junction by Pat Schneider
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My final book, finished on December 30:
37. Nothing to Declare by Henri Cole
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...