I’ve reached Humor, the fifteenth and last category in the Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year contest. In this category, I read the book that won: Henry Winkler’s memoir, Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond. Being Henry This book was not what I expected from the “Humor” category. I thought it would be comedy. Instead, it’s the memoir of a guy who rose to fame early in a sitcom and then had to figure out what to do with the rest…
I’m creeping toward the end of my project to read a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses in its Best Book of the Year contest. This review is of a book from the History and Biography category. I read The Wager by David Grann, who also wrote Killers of the Flower Moon. The Wager is not the story of a bet. It’s the name of a British Navy ship that sank off the coast of Patagonia in…
I’m now reading from the last three categories of my project to read a book from each of the 15 categories Goodreads uses in its Best Book of the Year contest. The winners are listed here. If you click back through my last 12 entries, you’ll see my reviews of previous categories. Category 13 is Memoir and Autobiography. I run into a lot of people who are writing memoirs. I can’t imagine doing it. Why would anyone want to read…
I’m working on a project to read a semi-finalist in each category of Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year contest. The winners of the contest are listed here. If you click back through my posts, you can see what I have to say about Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mysteries and Thrillers, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Fiction, Horror, and Debut Novel. This post reviews a book from the Non-Fiction category. I don’t read much non-fiction, so I was looking…
I’m still working on my project to read a book from each of the 15 categories Goodreads uses in its Best Book of the Year contest. The winners are listed here. Category 10 is YA fiction. In this category, I’d already read The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The rules I set myself meant I needed to pick a new book. I chose Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood. The Brothers Hawthorne The Brothers Hawthorne is the fourth book…
I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a semi-finalist from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last eight blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I was dismayed to realize I hadn’t read any of…
I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a semi-finalist from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last seven blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I don’t usually read Horror, so I wasn’t surprised I hadn’t…
I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses for its Best Book of the Year Award. If you click back through my last six blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, and Fantasy. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I’ve now reached the Science Fiction category. I’d already read Children of Time…
I’m working on a Goodreads project, reading a book from each of the fifteen categories Goodreads uses in its Best Book of the Year Award contest. If you click back through my last five blog entries, you can see reviews of the books I read in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Romance, and Romantasy. When I started, readers were still voting. Since then, Goodreads has announced the winners. I’ve now reached the sixth category, Fantasy. To my surprise, I…
I’m still working on my project to read a book from each of the fifteen categories in Goodreads’ Best Book of the Year contest. As I’ve been reading, voting has proceeded, and the winners have now been chosen. You can see of list of them here. Today’s category is Romantasy, a combination of Romance and Fantasy. The category is new this year. I’ve read that Goodreads created it because so many submissions combined these two genres. They’d have dominated either…