I just finished “Class” by Stephanie Land, her biographic sequel to “Maid.”

The heartbreaking struggles of a single mom living in poverty with her six year old daughter while diligently working toward a college degree. I found it equally as compelling as her first book.

Both of those have caught my eye, and Maid has been way up on my TBR list for a while now.

I decided this year that I'll make a dent in the list of every book Obama has said he's read over the years, by reading at least 5-10 of them every year until I'm caught up. Call it the BHO book club or reading challenge, LOL.

Anyway, Maid turned out to be one of those books, so it moved further up the TBR list than it had been. Don't know when I'll get to it, though...

“A Gentleman in Moscow”.

Yes, I schedule my reads that far out in advance.

by Heather Cox Richardson. My husband stole it, so I will read it later, when he has finished it. I can't always interest him in non-fiction, so I am not going to fight this. I have plenty of fiction to get back to!

Most of the time, I do not buy fiction. I check it out of the library. I buy non-fiction, and support our local independent bookstore.

She’s wonderful at explaining current events in a way even a simpleton like me can understand.

I'm the opposite of you: I don't buy much non-fiction, and usually borrow it. I'm more likely to buy fiction (used far more often than new), but, even with that, I'll borrow rather than spend if the treeware price is outrageous. See Jim Butcher, The Olympian Affair. At $30 retail, it's $15 at Half-Price Books

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