Kristin Boldon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Reading, writing, and biking in Minneapolis. Retired Girl Detective.

Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Life Rescued by Tragedy
Dani Shapiro
@janlikezhan Read to the end and don't think anyone has mentioned Dani Shapiro's books, most of which feature memories of her difficult mother, especially Slow Motion, Devotion, and Inheritance.
Paperback, 2013
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dark Tales
Shirley Jackson
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson is a perfect #FridayReads during Spooky Season. https://t.co/89IKngLTK4
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
More Was Lost: A Memoir
Eleanor Perenyi
The sharks and I are reading More Was Lost by Eleanor Perenyì with #NYRBWomen23 and To the Lighthouse with #APSTogether and Emma with @bonnetsatdawn #FridayReads I'm a little overcommitted with my readalongs lately. https://t.co/ybJ9bd4hJW
Paperback, 2016
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Committee Members
Julie Schumacher
@jamiattenberg Julie Schumacher's Dear Committee Members and Curtis Sittenfeld 's Romantic Comedy.
Paperback, 2015
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Middlemarch
George Eliot
There is a similar museum scene in Middlemarch, written 20 years later by George Eliot, where Dorothea views a similar painting, but in Rome. Lots of interesting compare/contrasts.
Paperback, 2015
$12.43$6.22 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Revolution Was Televised: How the Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever
Alan Sepinwall
The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall #FridayReads https://t.co/7g1n3UzQDj
Paperback, 2013
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Busman's Honeymoon
Dorothy L. Sayers
Just finished Dorothy Sayers' Busman's Honeymoon. Am bereft at the end of this series. I feel like I will never love again.
Paperback, 2012
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sentence
Louise Erdrich
@krysmalcolmbelc In Louise Erdrich's The Sentence, at the end there is a list of short, perfect books. I can't believe I forgot one of my faves, Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher!
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Read Now: Essays
Elaine Castillo
How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo #FridayReads https://t.co/r4BHXYCmMF
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories
Dorothy L. Sayers
In between other books, I'm reading Dorothy L Sayers The Complete Stories. Even tho not as good as the novels, still full of delights. #FridayReads https://t.co/9Y9DxIq1jH
Paperback, 2013
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book