The Top 60 from the Best Books of 2024 List of Lists

Presenting the 2024 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2024-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 60 books.

(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 55 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2024 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

I’ll be frank – Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors was just not my thing. But others will love it (and I think already do).

At the guts of it, three sisters return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister, Nicky’s, death (from an overdose). Each of the sisters is battling her own demons, and each in her own unique way. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles and hung up the gloves after a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. Continue reading

20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)

Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy explains, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). The challenge is straightforward – read the books between June 1st and September 1st. Continue reading