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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Food and Finding Home in the Sicilian Countryside by Tembi Locke

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Food and Finding Home in the Sicilian Countryside

Tembi Locke

10 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

11 hours • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction biography history race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables #1

L.M. Montgomery

8 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1908 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction classics middle grade funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Middle of the Night

Riley Sager

365 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Swift River by Essie Chambers

Swift River

Essie Chambers

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. Grant

A Pocketful of Happiness

Richard E. Grant

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
In the Form of a Question by Amy Schneider

In the Form of a Question

Amy Schneider

6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

16 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0amandas_bookshelf's review
fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced