As usual I'm relying on the books I gave 5 stars to on Goodreads this year. I read 118 books in 2015. A fair effort but well short of the somewhat random 200 I set myself as a goal.
Withering-by-Sea. An exciting Victorian tale of mystery and adventure.
I am Juliet. Always good to have a Jackie French on my end of year list.
See Ya, Simon. Powerful Kiwi storytelling.
Redwall. It really surprised me that I liked this book so much. It still does.
The Man Who Loved Boxes. A beautiful picture book about the father son bond.
Brock. An extraordinarily powerful book about badgers and many other things.
Pardon My French. A fabulous little book that taught me so much
Sister Madge's Book of Nuns. Doug MacLeod is hilarious.
Protected. Claire Zorn is going from strength to strength.
Mister Monday. I finally got to read, well listen to, Garth Nix, and he's brilliant.
Fattypuffs and Thinifers. Perfect French Quirkiness.
The Running Man. My book of the year.
22 out of the 118 books earnt themselves 5 stars. That's a pretty good hit rate.
12 Aussie Books
3 Picture Books
3 Nonfiction/Memoir
2 Paris Books
3 Audio Books
6 1001 Books
6 1001 Books
9 Female Authors
13 Male Authors
14 New to Me Authors
I hope 2016 is another great reading year. No reason to think it won't be...
14 New to Me Authors
I hope 2016 is another great reading year. No reason to think it won't be...
Oh, I did enjoy scrolling down and seeing some of my favourite books here! When I had Years 5 & 6, I always used to read them Ash Road, such a brilliant book and as you say, still relevant today. I also used to read them Fattypuffs and Thinifers when I was doing an oh-so-serious unit of work about Government. They loved it.
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The Man Who Loved Boxes is just beautiful:)
And yes, Sister Madge. Nuns are not so prevalent these days but it can still raise a laugh.
I'm glad you enjoyed it Lisa, it's always an interesting list to compile. How lucky your kids were to have you reading them such great books. Master Wicker was lucky and had teachers reading to him all the way up to Year 6.
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