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My favorite reads from 2023
If you are an avid reader and you don’t already know about Shepherd.com, you need to!
This is a wonderful new place to discover amazing books, from (and by) some of your favorite authors.
And Ben Fox’s latest idea is asking members of this community of readers and writers to choose their three favorite reads from 2023.
If you click here, you’ll find out why I chose the books I did.
Wishing you happy reading in the week ahead!
Janet Hulstrand is an American writer, editor, writing coach, and teacher of writing and of literature who lives in France. She is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You, and A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France, and coauthor of Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home.
Five wonderful memoirs set in the Midwest
I am so pleased that Shepherd.com is featuring another list of five of my favorite books. This time the theme is literary memoirs set in the Midwest. You can learn why I recommended these five books, and a bit more about them here: https://shepherd.com/best-books/literary-memoirs-from-the-midwest
But don’t stop with my page: keep browsing Shepherd.com, and tell your friends about it. It’s a wonderful new way to connect passionate readers with wonderful books, and it’s constantly getting bigger and better. For example, they’ve recently launched new genre and topic pages. So if (for example) you love memoir but aren’t particularly interested in reading Midwestern literary memoirs (or maybe just not right now), you might want to look at Shepherd’s Memoirs Bookshelf to find memoirs set in all kinds of other places.
Or maybe you’re a Minnesotan, like me, and right now you are in the mood to read about Minnesota. In that case you would definitely want to check out this page.
Or maybe you’re a Francophile: in that case, you might want to know that my other list on Shepherd.com features books about–surprise, surprise–understanding and appreciating the French! 🙂 )
We all owe a big thanks to Ben Fox (the creator of Shepherd.com) for making it easier for readers to find good books about whatever they’re in the mood for. Thank you, Ben!
And Happy Fourth of July to everyone!
Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor, writing coach, and teacher of writing and of literature who divides her time between the US and France. She is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You, and A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France.
Books that will help you understand and appreciate the French
For any of my readers who are looking for good books about the French for holiday gifts (or whatever), take a look Shepherd.com, which is a new book recommendation site. I was asked to contribute five of my favorite books about some aspect of life in France.
Here is the topic, and the books I chose:
You can read about why I chose these books here:
https://shepherd.com/best-books/understanding-and-appreciating-the-french
Once you’re on Shepherd.com, do stay a while to check out this site. It’s a wonderful new endeavor by some very creative, book-loving, monopoly-challenging heroes of the book world. So take a few minutes to browse around and see what other lists they have available. (Just a few examples of some of their many, many topics: “The best books to understand modern Iran” “The best books on enjoying wildlife when traveling.” “The best travel books when you need escapism.”)
I’m honored to have been invited to do this, along with some very impressive authors from one of my favorite niche genres: books about France. (Martin Walker? Mark Greenside? Stephen Clarke? Wow!)
You might want to also take a peek at the “bookshelf” posts on my blog for additional ideas. Here they are! https://janethulstrand.com/?s=bookshelf&searchbutton=Go%21
PS: Be careful out there everyone. Wear those masks! (I didn’t wear masks as much as I should have in a recent trip to Paris, and I am regretting it. 😦
Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor, writing coach, and teacher of writing and of literature who divides her time between the US and France. She is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You. Her memoir, A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France, will be published in early 2023.
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