Books on My Winter TBR List

I'm doing winter books this week, since I will be sharing my Hannukah wish list next week. Hannukah starts relatively late, on Dec. 18 this year, but ends on Dec. 25. I haven't really been keeping up with my TBR list much lately, and now I have a bunch of books (ok, two) to review (whyyy do I look at all the LibraryThing and Goodreads giveaways whyyy), but here's the aspirational list.

I Bought My Husband's Mistress Lingerie by Stacey Freeman--I tend to find memoirs easy to read these days, and this one looked interesting despite the, er, provocative title. (LibraryThing review)
Caribbean Competitors by Poppy Minnix--Childhood friends in the Caribbean--it made me click. (LibraryThing review)
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater--Saving this up for a rainy (snowy?) day.
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom by Carl Bernstein (Book club read)
And, maybe I'll just stop there so I can catch up. What are you all reading?

Comments

Lydia said…

I hope you love all of these books! May you have a good Hannukkah.

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December 6, 2022 at 12:53 PM

Pam said…

I hope these are all 5-star reads for you! And Happy Hanukkah!

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December 7, 2022 at 7:58 AM

Susan said…

Looks like a very managable list. Good luck with it and Happy Hanukkah!

Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

December 7, 2022 at 1:10 PM

Aj @ Read All The Things! said…

I hope you enjoy them all!

December 10, 2022 at 7:03 AM

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