Sunday Salon #9 Twelve Favorites (So Far)

I have read 121 books so far this year. IF you are surprised, then that makes two of us. I think I usually have about fifty to sixty books read in an average year. (And not every year is an average year. Certainly I can get distracted from reading.)

So what books have 'stood out' to me so far??? IF I included rereads in this list, I don't know that it would be completely fair. So I'm going to try to focus on new-to-me books.

• The Secret School Avi. 2001. 157 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Secret Sisters. Avi. 2023. [August] 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• The One and Only Bob. Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Patricia Castelao.  2020. 352 pages. [Source: Library]  
• The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only Ivan #3) Katherine Applegate. 2023. [May] 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Lost in Time. A.G. Riddle. 2022. 455 pages. [Source: Library]
• Going Dark. Melissa de la Cruz. 2023. [January] 336 pages. [Source: Library]
  
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. Bernard Waber. 1965. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
• Falling Out of Time. Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2023. [May] 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Retro. Sofia Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman. 2023. [January] 400 pages. [Source: Library]
  
• The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town In Stories and Photographs. Chana Stiefel. Illustrated by Susan Gal. 2022. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
  
• The Sisters of Sea View (On Devonshire Shores #1) Julie Klassen. 2022. 448 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• God Shines Forth: How the Nature of God Shapes and Drives the Mission of the Church. Daniel Hames. (Series introduction by Michael Reeves, general editor of the Union series). 2022. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

 I am currently reading a couple of books that may just end up on my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE AND BEST books of the year list. I am so in love with The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz. It is historical fiction set in SCOTLAND. It is super swoon-worthy. I am also adoring The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis. This one is all kinds of awesome. Quite a road trip with unforgettable characters.

Questions:

Have you loved, loved, loved a book this year? Do you have a favorite so far? Which book(s) would you recommend?

Several of the books on my list--and my currently reading list--don't release until later this year. Which book(s) are you looking forward to releasing? How do you keep up with new and upcoming releases?

 

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