December 2024
I love Benjamin Stevenson and Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret is a fun mystery perfect for reading in December. It’s a short one, so if you are looking for a fast Goodreads addition, its perfect!
A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks is a completely different read. Its beautiful prose is a critique on modern living, consumerism, greed, mental health…so much to think about in these pages. It won’t make you run out and buy more Christmas decorations but maybe that’s not a bad thing?
I loved Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods. Set in an American Summer Camp, it’s such a literary thriller…huge themes like wealth and power, missing children and beautiful descriptions of the woods. This haunting novel is not at all Christmasy, but more a great summer read!
We read A Month of Sundays years ago for book club. It was my first Liz Bryski novel, and I can see what all the hype is about. Really memorable characters, relatable issues such as ageing, loneliness, friendship, the power of connection and the joy of reading…perfect to see 2024 out with!