Sheryl's Booklist

Happy 2020! In 2019 I read 45 books, 29 of which were fiction. Here are my favorites for both fiction and not. NONFICTION I read a...

Hello readers! This is my fifteenth year writing this end-of-year list, and this was as great a year for reading as ever. Let's ...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is, by far, one of the most u...

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty My rating: 2 of 5 stars Liane Moriarty is usually amazing brain candy, but this b...

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I mean, the Crazy Rich Asians books are all just so.much.fun. I...

Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a fun quick read. It was about a young man who re-appears f...

Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden My rating: 4 of 5 stars Found this novel on the Millions list and i...

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh My rating: 4 of 5 stars I heard about this book on a moms' email list I...

Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I mean, for real, could the world need anything mo...

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Loved this one! It is a novel that follows a young woman who...

Artemis by Andy Weir My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love love loved Weir's The Martian book, and had high hopes for this. I...

The Lost Family by Jenna Blum My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just learned that Blum lives in Boston, when I saw that she was sp...

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Heard about this book on NPR, and this was one of t...

I Will Not Fear: My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith Under Fire by Melba Pattillo Beals My rating: 3 of 5 stars You...

Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival by Jeffrey Gettleman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I saw this book at the M...