1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2024
Kingsolver, Barbara "Demon Copperhead" - 2022
Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favourite authors and this retelling of "Damon Copperfield" by one of my favourite classic authors shows this again.
2. Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2024
I haven't read any sequels this year.
3. New release you haven't read yet but want to
Alvarez, Julia "The Cemetery of Untold Stories" - 2024 (Goodreads)
I read her book "In the Time of the Butterflies" which was a very sad story about a dictator and all his terrors. She is a great author and I am looking forward to this book about books.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
Chevalier, Tracy "The Glassmaker" (Goodreads)
Also a fantastic author who has given us so much information about history and how women lived during many different times.
5. Biggest disappointment
Ryan, Donal "The Thing About December" - 2013
A book club book that turned out nothing like I expected, dreary and boring.
6. Biggest surprise
Tsumura, Kikuko "There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job" (Konoyoni tayasui shigoto wa na/この世にたやすい仕事はない) - 2015
Another book club book but this one delivered more than I expected.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
Fosse, Jon "Morning and Evening" (Morgon og kveld) - 2001
The latest Nobel Prize laureate. I have to read more by him.
8. Newest fictional crush
Zierl, Helmut "Follow the Sun. The Summer of my Life" (GE: Follow the Sun. Der Sommer meines Lebens) - 2020
I don't get crushes, I don't read the kind of books that give you crushes. But I saw a reading by the author of this autobiography and talked to him afterwards. He's a famous German actor and I had always liked him but he was actually so NICE that I think this would be my crush.
9. Newest favourite character
Selma from
Leky, Mariana "What You Can See From Here" (GE: Was man von hier aus sehen kann) - 2017
10. Book that made you cry
I grew up with three younger brothers which is probably the reason I don't cry easily but I think people would probably cry over
Harris, Robert "Fatherland" - 1992
Şafak, Elif "10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World" - 2019
11. Book that made you happy
I don't read "happy" books but this is both a funny one and a hymn to cats, so a nice story.
Kerkeling, Hape "Paws off the table! My cats, other cats and me" (GE: Pfoten vom Tisch! Meine Katzen, andere Katzen und ich) - 2021
I have only watched one new movie this year, "The Zone of Interest" (IMDb) It's a fantastic film but I have no idea how good an adaptation it was from this book:
Amis, Martin "The Zone of Interest" - 2014 (Goodreads)13. Favourite Review You’ve Written This Year?
That would be the same as my favourite book so far.
Kingsolver, Barbara "Demon Copperhead" - 2022
14. Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received)
Falcones, Ildefonso "The painter of souls" (El pintor de almas) - Die Tränen der Welt - 2019
Such a great author. Isn't it a beautiful cover?
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
I don't have to read any books. However, I am in two book clubs and the next ones we are going to discuss are:
Kapitelman, Dmitrij "Das Lächeln meines unsichtbaren Vaters" [The smile of my invisible father] - 2016
Shute, Nevil "On the Beach" - 1959
Keyes, Daniel "Flowers for Algernon" - 1959
16. Favourite Book Community Member
I need to mention it every year. It is just as impossible as to say which is your favourite child or which is your all-time favourite author or book. There are so many wonderful people in the blogging community.
Books read so far: 40 (last year it was 51)
Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2023
Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2022
Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2021
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I want to read There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job. And I didn't know Tracy Chevalier has a new book coming out. That's exciting. Her books are always so good. Fun book tag! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. I love it. and will carry on doing it because it is so much fun to reminisce about the readings of the last six months. Yes, I'm excited for a new book by Tracy Chevalier. There is always so much to learn with her novels which are always fascinating.
DeleteI didn't know that Tracy Chevalier is coming out with a new book. I definitely want to read more of her books as well as read more of Barbara Kingsolver's book.
ReplyDeleteI didn't either, Lisa. Goodreads always makes me aware of new books coming out by the authors I like. If you haven't read "Demon Copperhead", make sure you do. It's great.
DeleteHow fun. Yet another one for me to put on the list to do!
ReplyDeleteI know, Sarah. There are so many fun challenges but you can't do them all. However, this is one that I definitely want to keep doing.
DeleteI haven't read any Barbara Kingsolver, which one do you recommend to start with? And how did I not know Chevalier is coming out with a new book? Adding that to my TBR asap. Happy reading!
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Good question, Stefani. The first one I read was "The Poisonwood Bible" which was my favourite for a long time. But then I read "The Lacuna" which I think I liked even better though I'm still choosing between the two.
ReplyDeleteYou can see all my reviews here:
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Author%3A%20Barbara%20Kingsolver
I really need to read DEMON COPPERFIELD one of these days. I've heard nothing but good things about it. THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES and THE GLASSMAKER are both on my TBR list as well. I don't know when I'll actually get to them, but they both sound excellent.
ReplyDeleteIt is a brilliant book, Susan. I guess we will both have to be a little patient until the other two are released.
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