Elizabeth's ROOTs 2023

My goal this year is 24 ROOTs. In addition to reading 24 of my own books this year, I am also going to reduce my intake of books. I read 30 last year but probably bought 15 new ones, oops!

My first completed ROOT is The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. Gorgeous cover, but it was definitely a debut novel that read like a debut novel.

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

Good to see you again!

Glad to see you back, Elizabeth. Good start to a new year of ROOTing. Although the book you've read did not quit do it for you.

Great to see you're back.

#2) Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor. It was good, but intense. The author does not hold back in descriptions of hateful actions and the inner monologues of terrible people.

#3) The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. While I liked learning about the haenyeo and seeing the relationship between the two main characters evolve, I was not prepared for the level of graphic violence on the page.

>7 readergirliz: Violence is never nice to read about, but I guess it's inevitable in some stories.

#4) The Unfinished Child by Theresa Shea. Yikes! This was a book which involved a mother giving up her child with Down's syndrome to an institution, and another instance where a mother aborts her child with Down's syndrome. Decently written, but I was not prepared to read about these things. I wish there was a way to know about these triggers without going to the LibraryThing page for the book, as there are also occasional spoilers in the descriptions.

5) Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanna Fluke. The best part about this book is the witty banter between characters. This author has no idea how to write Gen X characters, their names are pretty outdated (for 2007, the year it was published), and I just hated the way everyone seemed obsessed with Hannah's weight and calorie intake. This is why women have such poor body image!

And, currently catching up on ROOT posting!

6) Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
7) Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
8) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)
9) Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny
10) Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks

Hi Elizabeth. Just popping in to see what you have been reading. I hope you are doing fine.