What I read in 2013

Full list of books I read in 2013 here.

• Favourite book (fiction) of the year - A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki. 


• Favourite book (non-fiction) - Country Driving, by Peter Hessler


• Highly recommended: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Fault in Our Stars by Jonathan Green, All That I am by Anna Funder. 

What I read: May, June, July 2013

This is bad. As I went gallivanting towards the Orient in May-June, I fell out of my “reading rhythm”.

In the last three months, I’ve only managed to read two books. Thankfully, both were excellent. Peter Hessler is so frighteningly accurate in his portrayal of rural and industrial China that I wish I could’ve said it all first. And Anna Funder just breaks my heart every time I read one of her books. Highly recommended. 

1. Country Driving: A Journey Through China From Farm To Factory, by Peter Hessler


2. All That I Am, by Anna Funder

What I actually read - March 2013

I don’t know why I bother setting myself lists when I hardly ever follow them. But despite not sticking to schedule, I managed to finish off 3 books to put myself ahead of my modest target of 15 (currently on 6).

Here is what I actually read: 

1. Down Under, by Bill Bryson


2. Just One Day, by Gayle Forman 


3. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

Two of those books were actually considered “YA” - a mildly ageist “genre” of no relevance or informational value if there ever was one.

In the spirit of not making promises I cannot keep, there is no list for April. Let’s see where my literary mood takes me. 

Happy readings, 

xx doots