Okay, folks, this is my list for January 1 to end of December this year. Notice the many fiction to the few non-fiction. I'm not kidding myself. Right now it seems that I am mostly drawn to fiction. Escapism? Not sure. I do feel a lot when I read fiction so I'm not sure I'm escaping anything. Cathartic, then? I'll just have to ponder that one.
I wish you a great reading year!
Hey -- and please, I'd love to hear what you're reading.
Fiction
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
Divisadero - Michael Ondaatje
In the Woods - Tana French
The Likeness - Tana French
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barberry
Gourmet Rhapsody - Muriel Barberry
The Man in the Wooden Hat - Jane Gardam
About a Boy - Nick Hornby
A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
How to be Good - Nick Hornby
Feathers - Jacqueline Woodson
[children’s book]
The Most Beautiful Book in the World: Eight Novellas - Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Lark and Termite - Jayne Anne Phillips
Suffer Little Children - Peter Tremayne
Bridge of Sighs - Richard Russo
The Bean Trees - Barbara Kinsolver [re-read]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
Hamlet - Wm. Shakespeare [re-read]
At Swim, Two Boys - Jamie O’Neill
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
[children’s book]
The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
[children’s book]
Rosie - Anne Lamott
The Diving Pool - Yoko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa
Shame - Salman Rushdie
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
The Manticore - Robertson Davies (re-read)
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
A Thread of Grace - Mary Doria Russell
Our Town -Thornton Wilder
Fugitive Pieces - Anne Michaels
Song for Anninho - Gayl Jones
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Price of Butcher's Meat - Reginald Hill
Swan Peak - James Lee Burke
Nonfiction
I Can Make You Thin - Paul McKenna
Just Kids - Patti Smith
Running in the Family - Michael Ondaatje
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing - Walter Murch
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and For Those Who Want to Write Them - Francine Prose
Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
Two Gardners: A Friendship in Letters - Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence
1 comment:
Hi, Charlotte.
I just look at the books that I've accumulated around the house and then figure out which are the ones that I want to read first ... approximately 40 books. It's a fun project. I love making up the list ... then I have fun reading the books. What's not to like?
I hope you have fun with it too!
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
-- Ms Manitoba
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