Happy Saturday. After a crazy week of traffic and avoiding crowds we are settling into some quiet times for walking. Our weather has been up and down with a few freezing nights which required covering the plants...then an upswing of record highs in the 70s this week.
This week I posted about the 2026 Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shelleyrae at Book'd Out. Join in if you fancy some good suggestions and love nonfiction.
Are you participating in Shelia's First Book of the Year photo collage? Check it out at Book Journey. I see my photo there from last year with my first book of 2025 - Olive, Mabel and me by Andrew Cotter. I've already picked put my first book for 2026 and it's a nonfiction.
Hello Santa, am I too late? (haha) I enjoyed reading the book lovers' wish list for Christmas many of you posted this past week so I thought I would make mine for fun. Yes, I know Santa is gone but I do love making a list. Here is mine.
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Tata by Valerie Perrin I have enjoyed the three previous books by Perrin but this one has not been translated into English yet and available in my country. According to the link here at Amazon. One day...
📚📚 Currently reading and almost done with Flesh by David Szalay. This is a buddy read with Susan at The Cue Card. Szalay is the first Hungarian-British author to win the Booker Prize. The settings are in Hungary, with our character living in a poor housing development, and London where he experiences a richer lifestyle through the employment of upper class individuals. This is not a rags to riches story by any means. Lots of graphic passages.
Today......
Linking up with:
Readerbuzz for Sunday Salon
Joy for British Isles Friday
Oh my, I almost forgot about First Book of the Year. I am so glad you reminded me.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you posted what you wish Santa would bring you. It's never too late. Les sent me Evensong after she and her mom read it a month or so ago, and I will be happy to pass it along to you after I finish reading it!