May and June Books

• Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Accidental Witch, by Jessica Penot
• Shadows in the Water, by Kory M. Shrum
• Still Me, by Jojo Moyers
• Governance and Ministry, by Dan Hotchkiss
• Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong
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Another Brooklyn was beautiful.  I look forward to reading it again someday.

The Accidental Witch was a silly light-hearted read, found through BookBub.  I won't go out of my way to read more, but if it landed on my pile I'd probably indulge.

Shadows in the Water is from an author I found w/ BookBub, but not in her Dying series.  It was bit different, eerie and engaging.

Jojo Moyers is always a pleasure, enough that it's ceasing to be a guilty pleasure.

Governance and Ministry, again? Ya.  Again.  Sigh.  I'm on our church Board of Trustees and this is a go-to book for us.  Anyone on the board of a non-profit could probably learn something from it.

Bitten was a fun indulgence, I found it because someone recommended the TV series based on it, so of course, I had to read the book first.

April books

• The Golem and the Jinni, by Helen Wecker
• Octavia's Brood, edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha
• The Feirie Gaurdian, by Rachel Morgan

Good books, thought I'd read more but for the life of me I can't remember what.

February and March Books

• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, by Fredric Backman
• World Wired, by Elizabeth Bear
• My Name is Memory, by Ann Brashares
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, by Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare
• A Failure of Nerve, by Edwin H. Friendman
• The Woman at 72 Derry Lane, by Carmel Harrington
• Don't Know Much About the Civil War, by Kenneth C. Davis
• The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov

January Books

• Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
• Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
• Family Magic, by Patti Larsen
• Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande
• The H-Spot, the Feminist Pursuit of Happiness, by Jill Filipovic
• Dreamland, by Sam Quinones

Is there anything that Neil Gaiman writes that isn't brilliant, or at least really good?  Not so far as I've noticed (except Sandman, which was a bit much for me)

Little Brother was a re-read - and still pretty damn good.

Family Magic was a quick just-for-fun read.  Good for what it was.

Being Mortal was well done, and gives all of us something to think about when it comes to end of life decisions.

The H-Spot, well presented argument about the importance of women's happiness for everyone.

Dreamland, a disheartening report on the opioid epidemic and the horrible break down of any kind of a safety network.

December Books

• Games People Play, by Eric Berne, M.D.
• Mother, Can You Not?, by Kate Seigel
• Eat Dirt, by Dr. Josh Axe
• The Psychopath Whisperer, by Kent A. Kiehl, PhD

The Psychopath Whisperer was the only real book I read this month.  It was interesting, and I think my 13yo would enjoy it.

Eat Dirt was really just a promotion for other low-content stuff from the author. Meh...

Mother Can You Not, is a quick read of short essays inspired by the CrazyJewishMother twitter account.  It's light and funny.

The Berne book shows it's age (1964) with clearly dated language and sexist ideas.  Reading though, I could hear how influential it has been, as some of the language, such as giving "strokes" is still used today.  It made me sad an angry to read the victim blaming, and the derision of women in the book, but I could also see how it would be useful for writers of fiction for the many "scripts" it described.