LAST GREAT READS FOR DECEMBER, 2017
Hi everyone. I trust you have all survived Christmas and
are busy making those frail little New Year’s Resolutions to reduce the waistlines –
and the carousing that enlarged them, so that you may face 2018 with strength and
confidence. Really? Who am I kidding? What we all really want to do is blob out on the beach in this amazing summer
weather, and to that end I have compiled a little list of mighty reading culled
from the year’s blog and guaranteed to satisfy all Great Readers.
So: in chronological order only (very loud
fanfare of trumpets)
JULIA’S TOP TWENTY!
Blue Dog, by Louis de Bernieres, reviewed January
I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, ditto
A man Called Ove, by Frederick Backman reviewed February
The Pigeon Tunnel, a memoir by John le Carré, ditto
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, by Jock Serong, reviewed March
Hagseed, by Margaret Atwood, ditto
Carry Me, by Peter Behrens ditto
Leap of Faith, by Jenny Pattrick, reviewed May
Moonglow, a memoir by Michael Chabon, reviewed June
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, ditto Young Adults
Saints for All Occasions, by J. Courtney Sullivan, reviewed July
Look Who’s Back, by Timur Vermes, reviewed August
Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders, ditto
Among the Living, by Jonathan Rabb, reviewed October
The Blood Miracles, by Lisa McInerney, ditto
The Force, by Don Winslow, ditto
A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towle, ditto
The Cartel, by Don Winslow, reviewed November
Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah, ditto
The Trials of Morrigan Crow, by Jessica Townsend Junior fiction
I’m
sorry I can’t provide a link to each review;
my little blog was supposed to receive an overhaul by clever techno
library staff but they have had to attend to more important library chores this
year. However - in 2018 anything could happen! ( I hope.)
In
the meantime, I wish you all a most happy, prosperous and HEALTHY New Year, and
many hours of pleasure reading great books, and continuing, as always, to be Great Readers.
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