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Saving Savannah Tonya BoldenDate read: 30 july
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: just like me the character thinks it is important to stand up for those who have less
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Book: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Date read: 7/7
Rating: 4 stars
How it relates to you: I love books!
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Book: The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
Date read: 7/11
Rating: 5 stars
How it relates to you: I have some grey hair.
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Book:
Date read: 09/08/2025
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I believe in women's rights.
Book:
Date read: 9/15
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I overcame a childhood of poverty.
Book:
Date read: 9/15
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I read it for the 2025 popsugar challenge.
Book:
Date read: 9/21: 4
How it relates to you: Read for an upcoming book club.
Book:
Date read:9/21
How it relates to you: Feminist fantasy.
Book:
Date read: 9/23
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: It was recommended to my by a book club friend. It also relates to me because I love books & birds.
Book:
Date read: 09/24
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Read for my feminist book club.
Book:
Date read: 09/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Read for Hispanic American month.
Book:
Date read: 09/29
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: Recommended by one of my feminist friends.
Book:
Date read: 10/7
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: Book club pick.
Book:
Date read: 10/9/25
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Read for 2025 pop sugar challenge.
Book:
Date read: 10/12/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I love the author's podcast.
Book:
Date read: 10/13/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Read for a book club.
Book:
Date read: 10/21/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Read for a book club.
Book:
Date read: 10/21/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: goodreads recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 10/24/2025
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: read for a book club
Book:
Date read: 10/26/2025
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: goodreads recommendation
Book:
Date read: 11/6/25
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: read for a book club
Book:
Date read: 11/3/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a book club.
Book:
Date read: 11/6/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a book club.
Book:
Date read: 11/10/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a book club.
Book:
Date read: 11/17/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 11/17/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 11/21/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: on my 2026 pop-sugar list.
Book:
Date read:11/23/25
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: Book club
Book:
Date read:11/24/25
Rating:3
How it relates to you:2026 PopSugar challenge
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Date read: 11/25/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club
Book:
Date read: 11/30
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: goodreads nomination for book of the year
Book:
Date read: 12/1
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: goodreads nomination for book of the year
Book:
Date read: 12/1
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Book club book
Book:
Date read: 12/3
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: PopSugar 2025
Book:
Date read: 12/5
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation
Book:
Date read: 12/6
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation
Book:
Date read: 12/6
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation
Book:
Date read: 12/7
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book club book
Book:
Date read: 12/8
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads choice award.
Book:
Date read: 12/10
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: PopSugar 2026 prompt.
Book:
Date read: 12/9
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Enjoyed Gladwell's other books.
Book:
Date read: 12/13
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club
Book:
Date read: 12/13
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book recommendation
Book:
Date read: 12/17
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: NY Review of Books recommendation
Book:
Date read: 12/20
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: 2026 PopSugar prompt.
Book:
Date read: 12/23
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: PopSugar prompts.
Book:
Date read: 12/24
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Symbols of Luck and Fortune prompt.
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Date read: 12/24
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Symbols of Luck and Fortune prompt.
Book:
Date read: 12/28
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: A New York Review of Books book suggestion.
Book:
Date read: 12/28
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: read for a 2026 PopSugar prompt.
Book:
Date read: 12/28
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a 2026 PopSugar prompt.
Book:
Date read: 12/28
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 12/30
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Audible recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 1/1
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I love birds!
Book:
Date read: 1/2
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation,
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Date read: 1/9
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: PopSugar prompt.
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Date read: 1/10
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book recommendation.
Book:
Date read: 1/12
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: 2025 PopSugar prompt
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Date read: 1/13
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a book club
Book:
Date read: 1/13
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: read for a book club
Book:
Date read:1/13
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: 2025 PopSugar prompt
Book:
Date read: 1/18
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: book recommendation
Book:
Date read: 1/26
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 1/26
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/1
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/4
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/19
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book recommendation
Book:
Date read: 2/9
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/17
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: Popsugar 26 prompt
Book: 2/19
Date read:
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/22
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 2/24
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 3/1
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: book club book
Book:
Date read: 3/4
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: PopSugar prompt
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Date read: 3/6
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Goodreads recommendation
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Date read: 3/8
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: NYT review of books recommendation
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Date read: 3/23
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
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Date read: 3/14
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club pick for 2 of my book clubs
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Date read: 3/23
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book club book
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Date read: 3/24
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book club book
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Date read: 3/25
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book club book
Book:
Date read: 4/2
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Book recommendation.
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Date read: 4/5
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: book club book
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Date read: 4/5
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club books
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Date read: 4/9
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
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Date read: 4/13
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book club book
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Date read:4/18
Rating:3
How it relates to you: book recommendation
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Date read: 4/19
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: book recommendation
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Date read: 4/21
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: New York Review of Books recommendation
Just for Fun: All About Me!Book: Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor
Date read: Nov 30 - Dec 1
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I read this for a reading challenge due to its publication date.
Book: Born in a Burial Gown (DI Avison Fluke, #1) by M.W. Craven
Date read: Dec 3 - 5
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I read this author through his Washington Poe series and was very eager to read something else by him.
Book: The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan
Date read: Nov 30 - Dec 1
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I love twisty psychological thrillers.
Book: League of Dragons (Temeraire, #9) by Naomi Novik
Date read: Dec 1 - 2
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Like Will, I retired to a lovely, quiet life.
Book: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Date read: Dec 2
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Like the people in this book, I have habits that I would like to change.
Book: Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry
Date read: Dec 3 - 5
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I've been wanting to read this forever!
Book: The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Continued by Charlie Lovett
Date read: Dec 5
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I love A Christmas Carol, especially the movie version with Alistair Sim.
Book: Bah, Humbug! (Christmas Street, #1)) by Heather Horrocks
Date read: Dec 5
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: My mother died around Christmastime, so I could strongly relate to the MMC. Also, there is a gingerbread man on the cover, and I love gingerbread!
Book: Christmas at Gate 18 by Amy Matayo
Date read: Dec 5
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I read this for a reading challenge.
Book: The Clue in the Patchwork Quilt (Judy Bolton Mysteries, #14) by Margaret Sutton
Date read: Dec 5
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: Another one I read for a reading challenge. And I do really enjoy mysteries.
Book: Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz
Date read: Dec 6
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I've been reading this series for the past 4 months, so I was happy to read the next installment.
Book: Double Cross (Alex Cross, #13) by James Patterson
Date read: Dec 6
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: It's set in Washington, DC, where my father was raised and we visited his family a number of times a year.
Book: Predator (Kay Scarpetta, #14) by Patricia Cornwell
Date read: Dec 6 - 7
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: This is the next installment of a series I've been reading on a monthly basis.
Book: Redshirts by John Scalzi
Date read: Dec 8
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I was 9 when Star Trek: TOS was first aired, and it was a favorite in my family home. I grew up on it!
Book: Midnight Rainbow by Linda Howard
Date read: Dec 9
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: Ugh. I read this only to fulfill a reading challenge.
Book: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Date read: Dec 9 - 10
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I grew up in the Viet Nam war era; I have a number of family members who are nurses.
Book: One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2) by Karen M. McManus
Date read: Dec 6 - 11
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Another read for a challenge.
Book: Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells
Date read: Dec 11
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: This is a reread for me.
Book: Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21) by Kathy Reichs
Date read: Dec 11 - 12
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: Decided to read it for the icy cover to help with another challenge I'm in.
Book: Marley by Jon Clinch
Date read: Dec 12
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I love all things A Christmas Carol!
Book: Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
Date read: Dec 13
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: I read this just about every year. It's so sweet and wonderful.
Book: Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
Date read: Dec 14
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I've read a number of the books the author include on Hannah's reading list.
Book: Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye
Date read: Dec 15
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I love A Christmas Carol, and I'm always into prequels and retellings.
Book: A Christmas Grace (Christmas Stories, #6) by Anne Perry
Date read: Dec 16
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I've been wanting to read some books from this series for a while.
Book: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1) by Judith Kerr
Date read: Dec 17
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I'm always interested in fictionalized accounts of people's lives, especially as related to WWII.
Book: Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Date read: Dec 16 - 17
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: This was to fill a reading challenge.
Book: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
Date read: Dec 14 - 18
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: Another I picked to fill a reading challenge.
Book: Tell Me What You Did by Carter Wilson
Date read: Dec 18
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: I really enjoy psychological thrillers, and this filled the bill.
Book: Nobody's Hero (Ben Koenig, #2) by M.W. Craven
Date read: Dec 18 - 19
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: I really enjoy this author, although this book was a disappointment.
Book: A Christmas Carol 2: The Return of Scrooge by Robert J. Elisberg
Date read: Dec 19
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: See note on Miss Marley above.
Book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Date read: Dec 19
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: See note about Miss Marley above.
Book: A Christmas Visitor (Christmas mysteries, #2) by Anne Perry
Date read: Dec 19
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: See note about A Christmas Guest above.
Book: One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross (The Rabbi Small Mysteries, #10) by Harry Kemelman
Date read: Dec 20
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I've been gradually working through this series.
Book: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
Date read: Dec 20
Rating: 5
How it relates to you: This is one of my favorite authors.
Book: Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict
Date read: Dec 21
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I love twisty mysteries! But I think I need to read it again to get everything clear.
Book: The Christmas Diary (The Christmas Diary, #1) by Elyse Douglas
Date read: Dec 21
Rating: 4
How it relates to you: Read for a challenge prompt; ended up liking it much more than I'd have anticipated.
Book: The Christmas Diary: Lost and Found (The Christmas Diary, #2) by Elyse Douglas
Date read: Dec 22
Rating: 2
How it relates to you: Having read book 1, I wanted to read book 2. What a letdown!
Book: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
Date read: Dec 23
Rating: 3
How it relates to you: I've had this title in the deep background of my brain for a while, so this seemed like the time to read it!
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Book:
Date read: 12/9/25
Rating: 1
How it relates to you: One of the MC is Jamaican and my husband is Jamaican.
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Read a book that represents something about you. It can be anything. A character that you relate to. Maybe the character has your dream job or has the same sucky luck that you have. Anything at all. Tell us why the book represents you.
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