Short, sometimes one sentence, reviews of books I read in 2016. The reviews go in reverse chronological order of when I read them. So, books I'm still reading are first and books from last January are at the end.
I read forty-three books in 2016 (probably more as I
re-read a lot of books that I have and check out a few physical copies of books that aren’t available
for check out online for Kindle). Twenty-eight by women (I thought there would be more.
Ever since I did that year of reading books written only by female authors, I’ve
lean towards books written by women. I think I read 70+ books in 2015, so the decline is something to ponder.
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All I
Did Was Shoot My Man: A Leonid McGill Mystery (Leonid McGill series Book 4)
Walter Mosley
Almost finished with this one. I just want to sit in a warm
corner with hot cocoa and finish it whenever I’m doing something else.
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The
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Everything from STD outbreaks, to decline in crime, to
fashion trends and how they happen. Something as small as reducing medical
personnel by a few people can have a disproportionate effect. Not finished, but
so far, so fascinating. Makes sense since I liked Blink by the same author.
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Orange
Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
Piper Kerman
I love the series on Netflix and it
was fun connecting the people in the book with the characters on the show. It
was a lot more poignant than I thought. Well-written.
