Reading Round-up & Favorites: 2017, Apr.-June

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 EverythingBeyond 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).

2 thoughts to “Reading Round-up & Favorites: 2017, Apr.-June”

  1. 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.

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