Once again (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002), I’ve kept track of what I read this year, recording brief notes about each book. I’m always looking for recommendations … Continue reading BOOKS READ 2022
A la Jessamyn 2021 stats Total number of books read: 105 average read per month: 8.75 booksaverage read per week: 2 booksnumber read in worst month: 4 (April)number read in best month: 13 (July, Sept.) percentage by male authors: 34% … Continue reading 2021 Book Summary
Books read in 2009: (previous lists: 2004, 2003, 2002) January Scarpetta (2008) by Patricia Cornwell. Forensic crime fiction. Excellent. Offshore (1979) by Penelope Fitzgerald. For bookgroup. Won Booker Prize. Not sure why … February Before the Frost (2004) by Henning Mankell. Police procedural/thriller set in parts of Sweden and in Copenhagen, Denmark. Begins with the killings at Jonestown, Guyana. Good. Jesus’ Plan for a New World: The Sermon on the Mount (1996) by Richard Rohr. Some quibbles, but in all, I liked it and found it inspirational. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (2007) by Barbara Kingsolver. Tedious, amusing, informative, interesting, irritating, engaging, … Continue reading Books Read, 2009
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