My little list of books

For the past thirty one years I have been keeping record of every book I read. It is just a list of titles and authors. Sometimes a book gets a tick (*), a nod of appreciation. Most years I also choose my “Book of the Year”.

I have a vague new year’s resolution to fill in the gaping holes in my memory with short notes on the book’s plot and maybe a star rating. But for now, here is my 2015 list.

1. The Sorrows of an American – Siri Hustvedt *
2. No Tern Unstoned – Tim Bowden
3. Tigerlily’s Orchids – Ruth Rendell *
4. Recipes for a Perfect Marriage – Kate Kerrigan
5. Musicophilia – Oliver Sacks
6. The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
7. Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott *
8. The Tenderness of Wolves – Stef Penney * (Highly Recommended)
9. The Saturday Night Big Tent Wedding Party – Alexander McCall Smith *
10. Writing Down the Bones – Natalie Goldberg *
11. Lovely. Dark. Deep. – Joyce Carol Oates *
12. Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing – Dean Wesley Smith *
13. White Truffles in Winter – NM Kelby *
14. All Fall Down – Ita Daly
15. Great Lion of God – Taylor Caldwell
16. Raising Steam – Terry Pratchett *
17. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul – Deborah Rodriguez
18. The Firebird – Susanna Kearsley
19. Holy Bible – Vanessa Russell *
20. My groot vet Griekse egskeiding – Pat Stamatélos
21. The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje *
22. The Dog Walker – Leslie Schnur
23. Criminal Karma – Steven M Thomas
24. The Charming Quirks of Others – Alexander McCall Smith
25. The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Garner *
26. The First Man – Alexander Camus *
27. Wish – Peter Goldsworthy * (Book of the Year)
28. Cane Toads – Nigel Turvey *
29. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak * (Highly Recommended)
30. One Foot Wrong – Sophie Laguna *
31. The Silver Linings Playbook – Michael Quick
32. Get a Life – Nadine Gordimer *
33. Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood *
34. Hot House Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire – Margot Berwin *
35. The Source of the Sound – Patrick Holland *
36. Journey to the Stone Country – Alex Miller *
37. The First Forty-Nine Stories – Ernest Hemingway *
38. The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood *
39. Soul Music – Terry Pratchett *
40. Live and Let Die – Ian Fleming *
41. Creativity, Inc. – Ed Catmull *

Hope your 2016 is filled to the brink with books and art!