1. Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - This was our book club book for the month and I really liked it! The story follows a father who goes missing and a family's search for answers. Angie Kim is a local author, so we invited her to attend our book club and she came! She was a delight - so generous with her process and her vision for the story, told us all about a screen adaptation that she's working on, and which local places inspired the story. Such a cool experience to spend the evening with her!
2. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley - This memoir was really sweet. Tragedy causes Patrick to quit his job and take up a position working security at the Met. As an art lover, I enjoyed this one, but I'm not sure it's for everyone.
3. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry - This was a delight! I just love Emily Henry books - they hit every time. I will say I feel like this was spicier than usual - I found myself skipping pages - so just be aware.
4 & 5. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol 1. (reread) and Vol. 2 - I started this series last year with the first book. Each book is more novella than full length and it was pitched to me as Victorian Gilmore Girls, which is right up my street. After reading the first book, I liked it, but wasn't jumping to start the next one. My sister-in-law convinced me to give the series another try, and I had such a better experience this time! I've just started the third one and I feel like I'll finish the whole series this summer. Super short and so charming!
6. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power Greed and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams - This tell-all book about Facebook left me conflicted. It felt to me somewhat obvious? Does anyone actually believe this company has our best interests in mind? It felt like it was trying to convince me of something I already knew, and the author wasn't always terribly self aware about the ways she contributed to the harm. That said, there were interesting & thought provoking moments, and I'm not mad that I read it.
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