My reading numbers are down again this year. Too many out of town obligations, I guess. But at least I read some wonderful books and not too many duds. As per usual I’ve posted short reviews on each of the books I read on LibraryThing.
Writers who impressed me this year include W.G. Sebald, Gwendoline Riley, Claire-Louise Bennett, and Chinua Achebe. Special mention for Muriel Spark, seven of whose books I devoured this year happily.
Stats from my 2022 reading list:
• 23 were borrowed from our public library
• 5 have Canadian authors
• 7 were chosen due to personal recommendations from friends
• 1 was being reread
• 10 are ebooks
Books read in 2022 (51):
● Whittall, Zoe. The Spectacular: a novel
● Fraser, Jackie. The Bookshop of Second Chances: a novel
● Heiny, Katherine. Early Morning Riser: a novel
● Le Tellier, Hervé. The Anomaly: a novel
● Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart
● Vila-Matas, Enrique. Mac and His Problem
● Spark, Muriel. The Ballad of Peckham Rye
● Spark, Muriel. The Finishing School
● Bennett, Claire-Louise. Checkout 19
● Spark, Muriel. Loitering With Intent
● Tyler, Anne. French Braid: a novel
● Spark, Muriel. Aiding and Abetting
● Gardam, Jane. Crusoe’s Daughter
● St. John Mandel, Emily. Sea of Tranquility
● Spark, Muriel. The Abbess of Crewe
● Humphreys, Helen. And a Dog Called Fig: Solitude, Connection, The Writing Life
● Spark, Muriel. A Far Cry From Kensington
● Kawakami, Hiromi. People From My Neighbourhood
● Barnes, Julian. Elizabeth Finch
● Natsukawa, Sosuke. The Cat Who Saved Books
● Rovelli, Carlo. There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness and other thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World
● Modiano, Patrick. Sundays in August
● Austin, Emily. Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead: a novel
● Henry, Emily. Book Lovers
● Lipscomb, Benjamin J.B. The Women Are Up To Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics
● McCall Smith, Alexander. The Sunday Philosophy Club
● McCall Smith, Alexander. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
● Runyon, Damon. Guys and Dolls and other writings
● Snyder, Carrie. Francie’s Got a Gun
● Sean Greer, Andrew. Less Is Lost
● McCall Smith, Alexander. The Right Attitude to Rain
● McCall Smith, Alexander. Emma: a modern retelling
● Sebald, W.G. The Rings of Saturn
● Coll, Susan. Bookish People: a novel
● Riley, Gwendoline. My Phantoms
● Henry, Emily. The Love That Split The World
● Walter, Jess. The Angel of Rome and other stories
● Kawakami, Mieko. All The Lovers In the Night: a novel
● North, Claire. Ithaka
● Spark, Muriel. The Comforters
● Nunez, Sigrid. Salvation City: a novel
● Nunez, Sigrid. What Are You Going Through
● Strout, Elizabeth. Lucy by the Sea
● Riley, Gwendoline. First Love: a novel
● Drnaso, Nick. Acting Class
● Maass, Donald. Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
● MacLeod, Alexander. Animal Person: stories
● Ignatieff, Michael. On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times
● Vandermeer, Jeff. Hummingbird Salamander