New Year, New Beginning!
This week, we were to share some of our most anticipated books for this year. I feel like I have been doing this a lot lately, and therefore, decided to go a different route. One thing about a new year is that it offers us possibilites. We have the opportunity for fresh start should we need it, and keeping with that theme, I want to share some books that celebrate new beginnings. I adore books that chronicle a character's fresh start or comeback because I like to think that we can get unstuck and have a second (or third) chance to pursue the life we long for. Below are ten books that were wonderful and uplifting examples of this theme.
- The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
- The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
- Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
- Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
- Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- The Little Italian Hotel by Pheadra Patrick
- The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
- Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
- Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
Favorite book about new beginnings?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
The Midnight Library would make my list too!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great book
DeleteI love what you did with this topic! I think Carrie Soto is Back, The Midnight Library, and Georgie All Along fit perfectly into it. I know the others do as well if you picked those three. I also had to switch topics today because I felt like I would be giving the same books again.
ReplyDeleteI like to spread the love around. Anticipated books are great. I share them every Wed, but I like to feature books I read even more
DeleteI loved Carrie Soto and Happiness for Beginners! Now Sam I never remember things like new beginnings, main trope in books I have read etc. I don't know how you do that!
ReplyDeleteBooks where people start anew or comeback are my favorites. Stories like that pump me up
DeleteI love seeing new beginnings in books! It just has such a fresh feel to them. Kristen Ashley has some great books for those. Her colorado mountain especially has that which I really love.
ReplyDeleteI have never read Ashley. I will have to look into those
DeleteNot sure I have read a a lot of books about that. Looks like a good list of books though.
ReplyDeleteI can't get enough of books like these.
DeleteOh I love this! I just finished reading Recipe for a Charmed Life and really liked the second chance/new beginning that Georgia May was given.
ReplyDeleteI liked her new life way better than her old one. Glad you enjoyed Georgia's story
DeleteI love a new beginning story. I should read more Taylor Jenkins Reid this year.
ReplyDeleteI have only read three of her books, but they were good. Carrie's story was especially amazing
DeletePerfect theme for a new year! I've read HAPPINESS FOR BEGINNERS, but that's it from this list. I'll have to take a closer look at some of these.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
It was a such a good book! I wanted to stand up and cheer for Helen while she made her journey
DeleteI felt like I've been doing todays theme a lot, too! Happiness For Beginners was a great new beginning!
ReplyDeleteIt was so good! I think I say that after every Center book, but there was something about Helen and her strength and determination that just spoke to me
DeleteGreat idea! I love the feeling of motivation a new year always brings, that opportunity to make changes and begin fresh is always nice. I admit, I usually have grand plans and then a week into the month I manage to keep up doing about one of those things but still love a new year. I'm pretty sure i first heard of Katherine Center from one of the books you reviewed and I adored what I read. Happiness for Beginners is one I haven't gotten to yet but I need to read it so I can watch the fillm that's on Netflix and compare. I think this might be a sign I need to buy it.
ReplyDeleteAs I get older, I set the bar lower. Less disappointment that way. I have not seen the adaptation for Center's book, but Happiness is one of my favorites. Helen was making her comeback and I couldn't help but cheer her on
DeleteI love this prompt (and a fresh start!)
ReplyDeleteI always want to hold onto hope that we can start anew
DeleteGreat idea for a list! I loved Carrie Soto.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Angela. Carrie Soto was one I adored, too
DeletePerfect twist and perfect choices!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I love a new beginning
DeleteLOVE your take on this topic! I really want to read (and I own, because of course) Carrie Soto and Midnight Library, and I love the theme of new beginnings, so I need to get to those ASAP!
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt Haig will be a hit for you, and I think you would appreciate Carrie and her journey for sure. I hope you get a chance to check them out
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