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My little list of books

1/2/2016

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For the past thirty one years I have been keeping record of every book I read. It is just a list of titles and authors. Sometimes a book gets a tick (*), a nod of appreciation. Most years I also choose my “Book of the Year”.

I have a vague new year’s resolution to fill in the gaping holes in my memory with short notes on the book’s plot and maybe a star rating. But for now, here is my 2015 list.

  1. The Sorrows of an American – Siri Hustvedt *
  2. No Tern Unstoned – Tim Bowden
  3. Tigerlily’s Orchids – Ruth Rendell *
  4. Recipes for a Perfect Marriage – Kate Kerrigan
  5. Musicophilia – Oliver Sacks
  6. The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
  7. Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott *
  8. The Tenderness of Wolves – Stef Penney * (Highly Recommended)
  9. The Saturday Night Big Tent Wedding Party – Alexander McCall Smith *
  10. Writing Down the Bones – Natalie Goldberg *
  11. Lovely. Dark. Deep. – Joyce Carol Oates *
  12. Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing – Dean Wesley Smith *
  13. White Truffles in Winter – NM Kelby *
  14. All Fall Down – Ita Daly
  15. Great Lion of God – Taylor Caldwell
  16. Raising Steam – Terry Pratchett *
  17. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul – Deborah Rodriguez
  18. The Firebird – Susanna Kearsley
  19. Holy Bible – Vanessa Russell *
  20. My groot vet Griekse egskeiding – Pat Stamatélos
  21. The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje *
  22. The Dog Walker – Leslie Schnur
  23. Criminal Karma – Steven M Thomas
  24. The Charming Quirks of Others – Alexander McCall Smith
  25. The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Garner *
  26. The First Man – Alexander Camus *
  27. Wish – Peter Goldsworthy * (Book of the Year)
  28. Cane Toads – Nigel Turvey *
  29. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak * (Highly Recommended)
  30. One Foot Wrong – Sophie Laguna *
  31. The Silver Linings Playbook – Michael Quick
  32. Get a Life – Nadine Gordimer *
  33. Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood *
  34. Hot House Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire – Margot Berwin *
  35. The Source of the Sound – Patrick Holland *
  36. Journey to the Stone Country – Alex Miller *
  37. The First Forty-Nine Stories – Ernest Hemingway *
  38. The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood *
  39. Soul Music – Terry Pratchett *
  40. Live and Let Die – Ian Fleming *
  41. Creativity, Inc. – Ed Catmull *

Hope your 2016 is filled to the brink with books and art!
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