Spring TBR #TopTenTuesday

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is “Books on my Spring 2024 TBR.”

Currently Reading

Let’s start with the three books that I’m reading.

Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray by Rosalind Rosenberg. This is the March selection for the Community of Hope and Understanding Book Group.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, read by Meryl Streep. This is my second Ann Patchett book after listening to Tom Hanks read Dutch House in February.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. This has been on my TBR for years. It appeared on my top ten list in January of books that I meant to read in 2023 but didn’t get to.

Book Club Books

I have two more books to read this spring for the Community of Hope and Understanding Book Group.

Being White Today: A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life by Shelly Tochluk and Christine Saxman. This is our April selection. Many of us have read Witnessing Whiteness by Shelly Tochluk and look forward to this book that promises to help us through 2024. From the publisher’s blurb: “Using fictionalized scenarios and case studies, it offers a way to resist extremist messaging and recruitment. A helpful resource for White people who care about US society, in particular, White parents, educators, activists, and racial/social justice practitioners, this book also helps people understand antiracist messaging and how to use it strategically to create a larger community of White antiracists.”

“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 other Myths about Native Americans by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio Whitaker. We read An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz a couple of years ago, so we wanted to read another of her works.

For the Laughs

Since I enjoyed Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, I’m actively seeking books that have a humorous narrative voice. Here are five that I’m considering.

Beach Read by Emily Henry
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Glitterland by Alexis Hall

What books do you think I might enjoy?

Comments

Spring TBR #TopTenTuesday — 9 Comments

Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse on March 19, 2024 at 11:09 am said:

I haven’t read any of these yet, but I usually enjoy Alexis Hall’s books. I hope you love all of these.

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Astilbe on March 19, 2024 at 11:32 am said:

Beach Read looks cute.

Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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Tanya @ Girl Plus Books on March 19, 2024 at 11:35 am said:

It’s so coincidental to see you list Glitterland but I was *just* looking at it not an hour ago on the Libby app. I didn’t nab it but I might go back for it. Apparently the universe is sending me signs. 🙂

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Cindy's Book Corner on March 19, 2024 at 12:34 pm said:

Oh, I love RomCom’s!!! The best one I have read recently is A Groom of One’s Own by Emma St. Clair, loved it! Have a good week and happy reading!

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Aj @ Read All The Things! on March 20, 2024 at 9:37 am said:

I read Eleanor Oliphant years ago and really enjoyed it. I hope you love all these!

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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz on March 21, 2024 at 2:30 pm said:

I’m actively looking for humorous reads. Let me know what you come up with.

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Susan on March 23, 2024 at 6:32 pm said:

If you’re looking for humor …. I think Nora Ephron is a good choice but maybe her other books like: I Feel Bad about my Neck and I Remember Nothing …. there’s some laughs in those. Enjoy.

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Constance on March 26, 2024 at 6:37 am said:

I was pleased to read that Romantic Comedy has been optioned to be a movie.

I really enjoyed Tom Lake and Eleanor Oliphant. I wonder if you have read Dear Mrs. Bird? The perfect book for us Anglophiles! It is dramatic, it is humorous, it made me cry – and there are two sequels (not quite as good as the first book but still very enjoyable).

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- Joy Weese Moll on March 26, 2024 at 10:12 am said:
  
  Dear Mrs. Bird sounds great! Thanks!
  
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