Miriam Halberstam Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
“Although sometimes I think the animals we consider animals are far more advanced than the animals we are but don’t consider ourselves to be.” #SundaySentence from Lessons in Chemistry by @BonnieGarmus. Loved this novel so. https://t.co/1FKxNWFLPb
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand
I was number eleventy thousand on the library hold list for The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand and it recently arrived but are you allowed a summer beach read in the fall, what are the rules?? Anyway, the book is a delight. #amreading #FridayReads https://t.co/hTFfqmUTWP
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
“If you learned new details about someone who was gone, then he wasn’t vanishing.” #SundaySentence from The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Poet's Dog
Patricia MacLachlan
@RoganBarbara @BlueWillowBooks The Poet’s Dog, by Patricia MacLachlan, is wonderful and probably works for both those ages. It came out about five years ago so you might be familiar. A book I’ve kept.
Paperback, 2018
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister
@Wordbender2 Feel this. I was lucky to read several great books recently - Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister; Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story by Terri-Lynne DeFino; and The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley.
Hardcover, 2022
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thank You for Listening
Julia Whelan
Looking forward to reading Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan. #FridayReads https://t.co/TUVfvml0BF
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Matchmaker's Gift
Lynda Cohen Loigman
Okay, fine, I decided to read The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman instead and wow is it wonderful. https://t.co/v4pjL2CKxy
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
@MaeneSigne Hmm, maybe Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. :)
Paperback, 1995
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama
This was pure joy. Oprah Winfrey interviewing Michelle Obama about her book, The Light We Carry. @netflix https://t.co/R0ytpCCaO0
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
“How quickly you go from being the youngest to the oldest person in a room, she thought.” #SundaySentence from Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book