Books

Last year, I was able to read 21 books.

How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims

Spare, Prince Harry

All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot

If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery

All Things Bright and Beautiful, James Herriot

All Things Wise and Wonderful, James Herriot

Out of My Heart*, Sharon Draper

Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond

American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang

Sink, Joseph Earl Thomas 

Song of the Cell, Siddhartha Mukherjee

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon*, Grace Lin

Year off the Tiger, Alice Wong

It Wasn’t Me*, Dana Alison Levy

Chasing My Cure, David Fajgenbaum

Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

I Know Who You Are, Barbara Rae-Venter 

Ghost*, Jason Reynolds

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen*, Sarah Kapit

The Conversation, Robert Livingston 

Eve, Cat Bohannon

Bun Bun and I read a few of them together either for school or for her virtual book club (*). I really like reading the James Herriot series and think I would have became a vet if I had read them when I was in high school. The memoirs by Prince Harry, Joseph Earl Thomas, David Fajgenbaum, and Trevor Noah were really fascinating. I think my favorite was "I Know Who You Are" about using genetic ancestry tests to solve crimes.

Goal this year is to read at least one more than last.

It's been a while

 

Quick updates:

Bun Bun is in the 7th grade, in the middle school. She still loves to read and obsesses over really cute babies.

We had our first snow (~5 inches) in over 2 years. The backyard has enough of a slope for some sledding. We had to take down a bunch of large trees which opens up the yard a lot more. If you're wondering, those trees were infested by emerald green borers. These beetles lay eggs into the tree bark which the larvae eat as they crawl their way out. Over time, the tree slowly dies. As those sick trees were removed, we started planting new one, hence the wiring cage you see.