









Pictured: This month's 5-star reads
1.
How to Feed a Dictator by Witold Szablowski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
2.
A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier, translated by Romy Fursland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
3.
The Rib Joint: A Memoir in Essays by Julia Koets ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
4.
The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse, narrated by Robert Ramirez, Luis Moreno, Alma Cuervo, Alyssa Bresnaham, Jonathan Davis, Tony Chiroldes, Florencia Lozano, Annie Henk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla audiobook;
my review)
5.
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla audiobook;
my review)
6.
The Innocents by Michael Crummey ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
7.
Tender Cuts by Jayne Martin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher;
my review)
8.
The Kids Are in Bed by Rachel Bertsche ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher in Edelweiss;
my review)
9.
Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print galley from publisher;
my review)
10.
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, narrated by Bahni Turpin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Audible audiobook;
my review)
11.
Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
12.
This One Looks Like a Boy by Lorimer Shenher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print galley from publisher;
my review)
13.
33 Simple Strategies for Faculty by Lisa M. Nunn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (borrowed;
my review)
14.
Guapa by Saleem Haddad, narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Audible audiobook;
my review)
15.
Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity edited by Micah Rajunov ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print galley from publisher;
my review)
16.
Tracks by Louise Erdrich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library copy;
my review)
17.
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
18.
Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy;
my review)
19.
Planetfall by Emma Newman, narrated by Emma Newman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Audible audiobook;
my review)
20.
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (interlibrary loan;
my review)
21.
Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
22.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library book;
my review)
23.
WWJD and Other Poems by Savannah Sipple ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print galley from publisher;
my review)
24.
Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza, translated by Thomas Bunstead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (print galley from publisher;
my review)
25.
The River Gods by Brian Kiteley ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library ebook;
my review)
26.
Paper Girls Book One by Brian K. Vaughan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla ebook;
my review)
27.
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library book;
my review)
28.
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Kindle ebook;
my review)
29.
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss;
my review)
30.
The Antidote for Everything by Kimmery Martin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley;
my review)
Total Books Read: 30
Audiobook: 5
eBook: 14
Print: 11
Borrowed (other than library): 1
Galley: 16
Library: 8
Personal Copy: 5
Goal - Author List: 4
Goal - Middle East 2020: 2
Goal - TBR Explode: 2