READING ROUND-UP–2017, April through June
Here are the books I’ve covered in this blog in the past three months. Followed by my top five favorite books so far this year. Happy reading!
MYSTERIES
In this Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear
NOVELS
Flight Patterns by Karen White
Georgia by Dawn Tripp
Glory over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal
Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck *
MEMOIRS
Guesswork: A Reckoning with Loss by Martha Cooley *
NONFICTION
No One Cares about Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America by Ron Powers
FIVE FAVORITES FOR 2017
Two of my five favorites for the first half of this year are asterisked above: The Women in the Castle (historical novel with complex characters) and Guesswork (an exquisitely drawn memoir of reflection). The others are:
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, an inventive and compelling historical novel about slavery.
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, an absorbing and thought-provoking novel about racism by a popular author.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, a thriller about the back stories of the passengers on a doomed flight, great for the beach!
Note: Book photo from wired.com; header photo of cordyline plant ©JWFarrington (some rights reserved).
Now I have my summer reading list! I read Picoult’s book and found it thought provoking though it was hard to believe Turk could change ( though glad he could); that it was backed up by research helped.
Good comment about Turk.