For six years now, each Monday morning, I’ve posted a photograph on my Facebook Page of the books I completed in the course of the week, with the tag #GretchenRubinReads.
I get a giant kick out of this weekly behavior—it’s a strategy to shine a highlight on all of the terrific books that I’ve learn.
As I write about in my guide Better Than Before, for many of my life, my behavior was to complete any guide that I began. Lastly, I noticed that this method meant that I hung out studying books that bored me, and I had much less time for books that I actually take pleasure in. Lately, I put down a guide if I don’t really feel like ending it, so I’ve extra time to do my favourite sorts of studying.
This behavior implies that for those who see a guide included within the #GretchenRubinReads photograph, that I favored it nicely sufficient to learn to the final web page.
After I learn books associated to an space I’m researching for a writing mission, I rigorously learn and take notes on the components that curiosity me, and skim the components that don’t. So I’ll checklist a guide that I’ve partly learn and partly skimmed. For me, that also “counts.”
When you’d like extra concepts for habits that can assist you get extra studying carried out, read this post or obtain my “Reading Better Than Before” worksheet.
You may as well comply with me on Goodreads the place I observe books I’ve learn.
If you wish to see what I learn final month, the full list is here.
Currently, I’ve been listening to numerous episodes of Backlisted, a books podcast that I love, and most of the solutions this month have been impressed by the hosts’ conversations.
September 2022 Studying:
Punch Me As much as the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome (Amazon, Bookshop) — Winner of the Kirkus Prize, Winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Named a Finest Guide of the Yr by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Assessment, Library Journal, Amazon, and Apple Books — an unforgettable, compelling, candid memoir of rising up. I picked up a duplicate in a bookstore, began studying the primary web page, and simply had to purchase it.
Mrs. Tim Christie by Dorothy E. Stevenson (Amazon) — An interesting image of a world that has disappeared. Apparently, it was based mostly very a lot on her personal journals, which makes it even funnier.
The Fortnight in September by R. C. Sherriff (Amazon, Bookshop) — A quiet, considerate, stunning guide about two weeks within the lifetime of a loving household of 5, as they go on their annual vacation to the seaside.
Yield: The Journal of an Artist by Anne Truitt (Amazon, Bookshop) — I like the writing of artist Anne Truitt, and was so excited to be taught that her last journal had been printed.
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West (Amazon, Bookshop) — Who knew Rebecca West had written (brief) fiction? In its plot, it jogged my memory of Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot (Amazon, Bookshop) An attention-grabbing, restrained examine of character.
Visible Pondering: The Hidden Presents of Folks Who Suppose in Footage, Patterns, and Abstractions by Temple Grandin (Amazon, Bookshop) — On an upcoming episode, Elizabeth and I’ll interview Temple Grandin for the Happierpodcast — this guide was an enchanting take a look at how folks assume in a different way.
Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness (Amazon, Bookshop) — I’m a giant fan of Jonathan Van Ness’s energetic type and his skill to strike a light-weight, humorous tone whereas participating with tough topics with nice perception.
Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout (Amazon, Bookshop) — Booker Prize finalist; NPR’s One among Ten Finest Books of the Yr; New York Instances bestseller — I learn this novel in virtually one sitting. I actually couldn’t put it down. It began me on an Elizabeth Strout kick; her work is so, so good.
Listening Valley by Dorothy E. Stevenson (Amazon, Bookshop) — A candy, old school novel. On a Stevenson kick (see above).
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley (Amazon, Bookshop) — A Schneider Household Guide Award Honor Guide for Teenagers — a compelling memoir about discovering id whereas rising up with a uncommon situation, fixed operations, bodily ache, a twin sister, and extra.
My Identify Is Lucy Barton: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout (Amazon, Bookshop) — Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, named among the finest books of the 12 months by the Washington Publish, New York Instances Guide Assessment, NPR, and extra, #1 New York Instances bestseller — See above, extra Strout! This was a re-read — after studying Oh, William!, I wished to remind myself of this novel. Subsequent: Lucy by the Sea (Amazon, Bookshop).
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy (Amazon) — an enticing, pleasant guide that’s a little bit of a puzzle, in the easiest way. I checked out this novel from the library, then purchased my very own copy, as a result of I wished to personal it for myself.
