I am hoping that Santa brings it because I have been reasonably good.
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Points for honesty. 
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Well, I must have been good because I received it from DD1 for Christmas!!!
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I just finished Long Bright River by Liz Moore and itâs excellent. I had never read anything by this author and now I want to read everything she has written. Itâs about a Philadelphia cop and single mother, Mickey, who is searching for her missing drug addict sister Kacey on the streets of her district. The book is a detective mystery but itâs really about family love and the terrible toll of the opioid epidemic (the title is an allusion to Tennysonâs The Lotus Eaters). It portrays a Philadelphia area (Kensington) and subculture with clinical accuracy and makes you sympathize with and understand people you are maybe not prepared to like too much. It does a good job of answering the question: why do people ruin their lives this way? It also weaves Christmas into the story (I did not realize it when I checked it out but there was a serendipity to it as I read it over Christmas Day and Boxing Day).
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Just read Iran Awakenings and Until We Are Free by Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner. I enjoyed both tremendously.
So itâs December 31st and I am on book # 212 for the year. Not sure if I should be proud of that or if I have a problem.
I do have other hobbies/activities, I swear.
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Good Job! I did keep a list this year for first time (I am retired now)⊠total of 27 books, mostly fiction. That includes books from CC book club and a zoom book club.
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I have 5 hours left to read in The Paris Library to make it to 45 books read this year. My completed reading list for 2021 seems to be light fiction and historical - vs tackling more heavy books - sums up 2021! Looking back a few highlights: Miss Bensonâs Beetle, The Book of Lost Names, The Chicken Sisters, The Kitchen Front, This Tender Land, The Four Winds, Malibu Rising and The Reading List.
I love this thread and all the great recommendations - Happy reading in 2022!
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@coffeeat3 _ I loved the Paris Library, The Kitchen Front and The Four Winds!
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Very late to this game, but I finally read STATION ELEVEN. (DH wants to watch the mini-series but I wanted to read the book first). Probably not the best time to read a book that touches on this subject matter, but wow, what an imaginative and compelling read.
I didnât read it because the brief description of it did not sound like things I enjoy, but IMHO it is not easily categorized.
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As the year comes to an end, I wanted to give everyone here a big shout out for your recommendations. I have no idea how many books Iâve read this year but am sure I havenât kept pace with some of you! But much of what I have read was with this groupâs stamp of approval. Thanks so much!
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I read 52 books this year. Mostly fiction. Some rereads, more than a few novellas. A lot of sci fi and fantasy. A few things by Asian authors which were fun. I also read two books about Chinese painting that I have owned forever, but only looked at the pictures. They were really interesting.
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I gave in to myself this past year and read all the rest of Louise Pennyâs Inspector Gamache books. Finished âThe Madness of Crowdsâ night before last. Lo! Got a Prime deal notification for âState of Terrorâ for $4.99 yesterday and I said yes, thank you!
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I really enjoy this thread and all the book recommendations. I read mostly literary fiction, but started reading memoirs last year and continued this year. I also enjoy the mystery/thriller genre and go through those quickly. In that category, I just finished The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Loved it!
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The Plot was really fun!
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@Surfcity, I am glad that you liked Station Eleven. It is one of my favorite books ever!! It is why I love the CC book club. I have definitely broadened my reading. Now, there are tons of authors that are new to me that I have discovered because of it.
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I loved The Plot. Even though I figured it out early on, the writing was very clever and engaging. Hard to put down.
Just finished Daisy Jones and The Six. Thanks to whoever recommended it!
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I read 97 books this year.
Some highlights:
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio - Derf Backderf (Graphic Novel)
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Goblin Emperor and The Witness for the Dead - Katherine Addison. (Fantasies/set in the same âworldâ)
We Begin at the End - Chris Whitaker (Mystery)
and I also liked These Toxic Things - Rachel Howzell Hall (Mystery - unpredictable, at least for me)
Anyway, I really liked quite a few more, so overall I had a year of good books.
Oh, Lianne Moriartyâs Apples Never Fall - I started not to read it because I hadnât really liked her previous two books. Glad I picked it up because this one gets a solid thumbs-up from me.
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I am closing out 2021 with 105 books (meeting my annual goal of 100). Some of my favs this year:
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn,
both Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club books,
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snickert (the series of unfortunate events atuhorâs first offering for adults),
A Line to a Kill by Anthony Horowitz,
Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro,
Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
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Loved the Tuesday Murder Club books and looking forward to more. Also enjoyed The Rose Code.
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