Welcome back to "Reading with Carlie!" It's been a bizarre year for us all, but I'm ready for 2021 and excited to get back into reading for fun. Here are a few of the books I've read this month. The Thursday Murder Club This is a charming mystery novel about a group of seniors who live in a retirement village and solve cold cases as a hobby. The text jumps around between multiple characters' points of view which is to its credit as the cast of characters is an eccentric and entertaining bunch. Though the novel does offer poignant moments, it is, for the most part, a very pleasant escape from the real world and I would highly recommend it to anyone who could use such a break. A Deadly Education This novel is an interesting take on the "magic boarding school" sub-genre. This school, called the Scholomance, is overrun by monsters and has no faculty or staff. The main character, El, is just trying to survive when she catches the eye of cla...