M. Suzanne Terry

It’s Staff Appreciation Month at my job, and I’m choosing to be appreciated in the form of taking a lot of fun classes and a lot of time off. Yay – more time to read!

Book Clubs

In my Rise and Shine book club this month, the theme is science and technology, so I’m mostly gathering suggestions rather than choosing a specific book to read. I mean, I have some science fiction recommendations…but I’m not sure that’s what they mean.

• Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
• The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
• The Pisces by Melissa Broder
• Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
• The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
• Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

TBR

I start compiling these posts two or three months in advance, so there’s plenty of shifting by the time I actually post it. And by shifting, I do mean the occasional “no, on second thought, I don’t really have any interest in reading that at all” but mostly “hey – I want to read that, too!” And thus the TBR expands. This section was four books…until the last couple of weeks.

• Memoir – Of Walking on Ice by Werner Herzog and Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry (both recommended and loaned to me by Sarah Ruth – thanks, friend!) 
• Inspiration – My Hygge Home by Meik Wiking and Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home (home selections for the month)
• Series – A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness and Hardcover Homicide by ACF Bookens and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. And let’s be real – I’m going to keep listening to The Iron Druid Chronicles that I started last weekend until I’m done with the series. 
• General Fiction (that needs to go back to the library this week because four people are waiting for it) – Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Collection

I have multiple Girlxoxo selections for this month, and they are all from the collection at home. 

• My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (keyword “friend”)
• Can’t Wait to Get To Heaven by Fannie Flagg (keyword “wait”)
• The Long Run: A Memoir of Loss and Life in Motion by Catriona Menzies-Pike (keyword “run”)

Have you read anything exciting lately? Tell me about it!