Books Read in October and November 2022

I only read two books in October (one was a literary magazine but I still think that counts), so I decided to just put these together. Reluctant Genius I've actually been reading with one of my students for months, and we finished the beginning of November. It was a great choice, and I would highly recommend it for anyone 12 and up interested in Alexander Graham Bell.

Books Read in October and November

Wanderlost by Natalie Toon Patton--Received for LibraryThing review; the odyssey of an evangelical Christian woman from Arkansas who travels the world and learns a lot in the process.
Ploughshares, Spring 2022, edited by Ilya Kaminsky--So glad I subscribed when I saw Kaminsky was editing; I loved every single poem--unfortunately, all their other issues seem to be prose, and I tend not to love the litmag short story genre :-/
Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell by Charlotte Gray
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin--Loved this story about the life of a cemetery keeper in France, translated from the French (#WIT)--highly recommend.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab--I absolutely loved this, an interesting look at a life lived invisibly--and I appreciated the Jewish content that justified reading this for synagogue book club!

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