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Didn’t get much reading in this weekend. Can’t wait to get back in bed with my book, The Reckonings by Lacy M. Johnson. What’re you reading today? Announcing our January The Stacks Book Club selections, three books to kick off 2019. • • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (January 2) A self help book that provides a code of conduct to transform lives and promotes self love. • • Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (January 16) A modern retelling of Antigone that is both suspenseful and a heartbreaking story of family and love versus loyalty. • • Rap Dad by Juan Vidal (January 30th) A memoir at the intersection of modern fatherhood, identity, and hip-hip. • • 2019 is looking bright! We hope you’ll read along with us and send over any thoughts or questions to discuss on the podcast. Comment below if you plan to read along. More info on these books in the link in bio. #thestacksbookclub If You Leave Me||Crystal Hana Kim||⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • • The beautiful and haunting story of one woman and her life during and after the Korean War. The book is told through five perspectives and spans over 15 years. • • If You Leave Me is beautifully written. The book tackles the struggles and pain of war and rebuilding, but never feels heavy handed. Kim is expert in presenting complex and interwoven ideas and allowing her reader to unpack it themselves. We are subtly presented the themes of mental illness, feminism, jealousy, grief, and more, but these words are never expressly said. It’s an incredible feat. • • I enjoyed these characters, learning about them and watching them evolve. There were times the story lost momentum in place of beautiful prose and descriptions. The story would dim, but never for too long. • • If you read this book, what theme jumped out at you most? • • My full review of If You Leave Me is on the blog, and you can hear my conversations with @ajagabel and @crystalhanak about the book through the link in the bio. #thestacksreview Aja Gabel is back for The Stacks Book Club, and we’re discussing If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim. • • This sweeping novel tells the story of Haemi Lee, a young woman navigating life, love, and survival during and in the years following the Korean War. There are spoilers this week, but if you want to learn more about the book without spoilers, check The Short Stacks feature Crystal Hana Kim. • • Did you read along with us? What character did you connect with most? Listen to the show now through the link in bio. Don’t forget to rate & review the show. #thestacksbookclub 📒November Book Haul📒 • • I added 19 books to the collection this month. Whoa. I want to say a special thank you to @lacymjohnson who gifted me a copy of her own fantastic book. The rest come from our sponsor @mentorbookclub, online book retailers, and #freebooks from publishers (those books are marked with 📒). • • If You’re in My Office It’s Already Too Late by James J. Sexton📒 Rock Needs River by Vanessa McGrady📒 Thirst by Scott Harrison Open City by Teju Cole The Ensemble by Aja Gabel📒 Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah📒 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim The Current by Tim Johnston📒 Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit The Other Side by Lacy M. Johnson An Imperfect Rapture by Kelly J. Beard📒 Sugar Run by Mesha Maren📒 The World Only Spins Forward by Issac Butler & Dan Kois📒 Home Fire by Kamila Shamir Atomic Habits by James Clear Seven Sundays by Alec Penix📒 Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister • • I’ve read a handful already. Any you see that you love? #thestacksbookhaul I’m the guest today on the @whatshouldireadnext podcast, hosted by @annebogel. We talk books I love, books I don’t, so much non fiction, and then Anne tells me what she thinks I should read next. • • Go check it out, then come tell me what you think I should read next. The episode is in the link in bio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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