Books on the Shelf

Books Read in 2022 

 At eight years old, I saw the Disney cartoon version of  Beauty and the Beast for the first time. I immediately felt a deep kinship with the protagonist Belle, who was described as a girl with her nose stuck in a book. I always carried a book with me when I left the house because I never knew when I could sneak a few minutes into a different world. Now, as an adult, my house is "decorated" with a colorful array of books filling many shelves. And now, as a creative writing teacher and a writer of my own stories, I can take the task of reading very seriously because reading is an imperative part of my vocation. To be a writer, you must a reader. 

What I read in 2022

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 

Capote's Women: A true story of love, betrayal, and a swan song of an era by Laurence Leamer

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 

The Maid by Nita Prose 

Miss Eliza's English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs 

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

A Slow Burning Fire by Paula Hawkins 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson 

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion 

In the Shelter by Padriag O Tauma 

Rising Tides by Ann Cleeves 

Sea of Tranquilty by Emily St. John Mantel 

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mantel