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Last Ten Books That Came into My Possession



Happy Top Ten Tuesday! I'll start with the most recent and try to work backward from there. Not sure if I'll get it exactly right, but I'll try!

1. Grad's Guide to Graduate Admissions Essays by Colleen Reading



Received from LibraryThing Early Reviewers

2. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss audiobook



Borrowed from the library

3. The Art of Sleeping Alone by Sophie Fontanel



Received via Bookmooch

4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr



Borrowed from my great aunt

5. The 100: Day 21 by Kass Morgan



Borrowed from my brother

6. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway



Received via Bookmooch

7. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith



Received via Bookmooch

8. hypocrite in a pouffy white dress by susan jane gilman



Received via Bookmooch

9. Course Correction by Ginny Gilder



Received from LibraryThing Early Reviewers

10. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan



Bought with B&N giftcards; along with a few others.

Comments

Christine said…
All the Light We Cannot See is on my list too, since we're reading it for book club soon. I want to like it, but the rebel in my sort of has a chip on her shoulder, since everyone's all up on it's junk, ifyaknowwhatimean.
Rudejasper said…
Nice collection of books! I feel like the universe is telling me that I need to read Hemingway as the last couple weeks he keeps coming up from all sorts of different quarters. Also, I was not familiar with Bookmooch so I checked it out and it looks pretty fun. Thanks for the intro!
@Christine--I felt the same way about All the Light You Cannot See. I wasn't planning to read it because of the hype and because of the subject matter. But the stories that are told and the way they're told are enjoyable enough in themselves to overcome both, imo.

@Stephanie--I'm a fan of Bookmooch. The site functionality is not always the best, but it gets the job done. Also, the selection over the long haul is pretty good, as long as you can wait years for free books!

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