It’s hard to believe we are already half way through the year already! My reading has so far survived the stresses that have overtaken us all, though there have been ups and downs. To celebrate my reading from January to June, I decided to look back at some of my favourite reads so far.
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy
The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
Diary Of A Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Firewatching by Russ Thomas
Little by Edward Carey
Cow Girl by Kirsty Eyre
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Over The Top My Story by Jonathon Van Ness
I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
The Soul Killer by Ross Greenwood
Containment by Vanda Symon
You Will Be Safe here by Damian Barr
The Binding by Bridget Collins
I Am Dust by Louise Beech
When We Fall by Carolyn Kirby
To Catch A Mole by marc Hamer
The Creak On The Stairs by Eva Bjorg Aegistottir
Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald
Beast by Matt Wesolowski
The second half of the reading year has already started off well, I am currently reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett and it is exquisite.
Some of my favourites are on there too! Thanks so much for including When We Fall!
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My pleasure Carolyn, It is such a wonderful read. x
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I do love the sound of the Mackesy book! And there’s several others on your list that look good too.
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The Mackesy book is is simply wonderful. I hope you enjoy it to, if you purchase it. x
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That Maggie O’Farrell was amazing, but her novel Hamnet is also fantastic.
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It is isn’t it. I have Hamnet to read and I am excited about reading it x
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I didn’t know you’d read I Am I Am I Am. The final chapters where she talks about her inability to help her daughter, were so moving
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I only read it recently, but adored it. I agree the last chapters were so moving and her writing so eloquent.
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