I had some very high highs (and some pretty low lows, but fortunately that’s not what we’re here to discuss!) in my 2019 reading. There are several books that have been added to my all-time faves, and a lot I highly recommend that you check out! Here are the top ten: Non-Fiction: READ MORE
Month: December 2019
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BLUE NIGHTS – JOAN DIDION
Blue Nights picks up pretty much where The Year of Magical Thinking leaves off. When The Year of Magical Thinking was published, Joan Didion’s daughter had passed away, but she had not written about it in the book. The book dealt, instead, with the loss of her husband who died of a heart attack READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I HOPE TO FIND UNDER MY TREE
I rarely find books under my tree. Mostly because no one (even me) can keep track of which I already have, let alone which I most want. So I don’t realistically expect to see any there this year – though if I’m very lucky there might be a gift card I can put towards READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MY NAME IS WHY – LEMN SISSAY
I first heard of Lemn Sissay in a YouTube video. He is a poet, and I was very impressed with his eloquence and thoughtfulness. He briefly mentioned a bit about his childhood – the restrictions put on his reading by his parents, his relocation into state-run institutional homes at the age of twelve, and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MY WINTER TBR
As you know, I am hopeless at TBRs. So I’m not saying I will read these before the end of the year, just that there’s a higher chance for these ones than the rest of my millenia-long reading list! I’m hoping to participate in the BookTube Prize as a judge in 2020, so I’m READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE BUT ME HAS READ
It’s no secret that the past few years have been slow reading years for me. But even when I was reading between 50 and 100 books a year, there were always books I felt like everyone and their lazy dog had managed to read except me. It stands to reason, then, that my sense READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING – JOAN DIDION
I went into this book knowing it was going to be difficult. It’s Didion’s memoir of her husband’s death, but more importantly, of what came after. This book has gathered praise and acclaim for being an unflinching exploration of grief that tells Didion’s experience with an honesty rarely brought to the topic. That’s exactly READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE HOLIDAY READS
There’s something about the lead-up to Christmas that makes cosy something that comes from the inside and makes magic feel real. So I generally love to read anything that has one or both of those elements around Christmas. The Harry Potter Series. Because of course. I don’t even care that it’s a cliché, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MRS. FLETCHER – TOM PERROTTA
I have had this book on my shelves for a long time, but finally decided to pick it up for two reasons: 1) the television show has just come out and I wanted to read it before watching and 2) I wanted something light and entertaining. This is a story about a middle-aged woman READ MORE