November was the penultimate reading month of the year, obvioiusly, and also the ultimate reading post of the year. Any of the books in this post would be perfect for curling up with on the couch, near the fire if you’re lucky, a cup of tea and a plate of shortbread cookies nearby. I hope you find some recommendations that please you.
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The third book I read this year was Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer. Braithwaite is a Nigerian writer who has spent considerable time in England (primary school, boarding school, and then her degrees…
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The second post in a week, and I’m going to sneak in one more before the year (the decade!) is done. This post has been far too long in the making. Back in mid-October, I…
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Only 70 more pages to go in Alice Zeniter’s L’Art de Perdre which I borrowed from the library. A wonderful novel following three generations of a family from pre-Independence Algeria to present-day France. I’ll share more…
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Now that I’ve got some of you coming around to see the shelf-culling and the redecorating, I should catch you up with jottings from the handwritten Reading Journal I’ve been keeping this year. The last…
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