Welcome to the 5 on a Friday (evening edition). I hope your Friday night plans are exciting – mine consist of my son’s tennis lessons, which is when I’m wrapping this up to be posted!
This week I’m sharing about my library trip last weekend, how I get out of a reading rut, a historical fiction article, a Women’s History Month book recommendation, and a quote to remember.
Saturday Library Trip
I have many books at home and readily available to borrow via Libby, and even a gift certificate that I need to use at a local bookstore, but sometimes I just need a trip to my local library. Last Saturday afternoon I headed to the Walnut Creek library for browsing, reading, and sipping coffee at Prologue.
10 Pages a Day
I haven’t been reading as much lately, so I set a goal this week to read 10 pages a day, and guess what? It brought me out of my reading rut. I took my book with me everywhere I went this week. Yes, some days I really was just checking a box, but I recall exactly when my book “got good” and it was all easy reading from there. The book was The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. It is about how a woman’s attic delivers her an infinite supply of husbands. It answers the questions: how do you know you’ve taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living? (Libby)
A Century of Historical Fiction
I loved reading “A Century of New Historical Fiction Reading.” Three books are featured for each decade from 1900 to the 1990s. Some of my favorite authors are included: Lisa Wingate, Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict, Fiona Davis, Amor Towles, Kristin Hannah, and Bonnie Garmus.
I’ve read a few of the books: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
Set in the 1920s
Set in the 1930s
Set in the 1960s
Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month and March 8th (Saturday!) is International Women’s Day. If you are looking for a book to read this month, I recommend The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. I love how author Kate Quinn described it: “It’s a WWII story about the most effective female sniper in history. But it’s really about how women can embrace crushing levels of perfectionism while swallowing ungodly amounts of rage. And how it makes them professionally successful but personally and emotionally unbelievably stressed.”
Quotable
“Time is a wheel, vast, and indifferent, and when time rolls on and men forget, we face the risk of circling back. – Kate Quinn, The Huntress
A few questions for your weekend:
- How do you get out of a reading rut?
- How many books have you read in this article: A Century of New Historical Fiction Reading?
- How are you celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day this year? Any book recommendations?
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