Meanderings and Muses: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From the Barleys

Friday, December 17, 2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From the Barleys

Happy Wishes for this Holiday Season

“Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

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Books Read

Every year I promise myself I'm going to keep a log of books I'm reading. And I immediately forget. Then I remember again, but only after I've already read a few books, but can't be sure I'll remember them all and so - - can't bring myself to start the list. It's sort of like missing the first 30 minutes of a movie. I just can't watch it if I've missed the beginning. And being the anal ol' soul I am, I can't bring myself to start a list if I can't be sure it's going to be a complete one. So. I decided to keep a list during 2010 and found it to be a fun thing. Especially for a compulsive list-maker like myself.

You can see my 2010 list here -

http://meanderingsandmuses.blogspot.com/2010/12/books-read-during-2010.html

And, you can see my 2011 list here -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2011/12/books-read-during-2011.html

And here's my 2012 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/01/books-read-in-2012.html

And, my 2013 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2013/12/books-read-duing-2013.html

And, my 2014 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2014/12/books-read-in-2014.html

And, my 2015 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2015/12/books-read-in-2015_14.html

And, my 2016 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2016/12/books-read-during-2016.html

And, my 2017 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2017/12/books-read-during-2017.html

And, my 2018 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2018/12/books-i-read-in-2018.html

And, my 2019 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2019/12/books-i-read-in-2019.html

And, my 2020 list -

http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2020/07/books-read-in-2020.html

And, my 2021 list - http://www.meanderingsandmuses.com/2021/12/books-i-read-in-2021.html

Books Read in 2022

The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
The Vanishing Type by Ellery Adams (ARC)
We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall (ARC)
The Messy Lives of Book People by Phaedra Patrick ( ARC)
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay (ARC)
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner (ARC)
The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery (ARC)
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (ARC)
Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne (ARC)
With Love from London by Sarah Jio (ARC)
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (ARC)
The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon by Celia Anderson
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith *

FTC Disclosure Notice

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