A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allend Historical Fiction 400 pgs. 9 hrs 46 min Follows two refugees from the Spanish Civil War, whose mock marriage as they flee to Chile gradually deepens into real love, set against a backdrop of war and upheaval. “…..Her (Isabel Allende) new book, A Long Petal of the Sea –translated by Nick Caistor & Amanda Hopkinson —
Taken from The Insider EditionDecember 8, 2020 5 books I loved in 2020 Click on the above link which will take you to Bill Gates’ blog. Interesting reading for sure, and maybe you’ll find you share some of his tastes in books.
Best books of 2020 How are the top 10 books chosen each year? According to an article in the ‘Times Insider’, written by Terence McGinley and published in November of 2019, the process of choosing the ‘best books’ for any year begins right after the current year’s list is published. A diverse group of people who work on the New York Times Book Review section
November Road Lou Berney Red Notice Bill Browder Matisse and Picasso Francois Gilot My Antonia Willa S. Cather Educated Tara Westover Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens Lady In Waiting Anne Glenconner Life after Life Kate Atkinson The Guest Book Sarah Blake All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Bryn Greenwood We Were the Lucky Ones Georgia Hunter Just Mercy
On August 27, 2020, the New York Times published a list of books to look for in September. The article was updated on Sepember 1. I have culled from that list several non-fiction books that seemed interesting, not only to me but possibly to those blog readers who like books that I might not be drawn to. Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre–Sonya is her ‘spy’
Ronald H. Balson, The Girl from Berlin Fiction Sarah Blake, The Guest Book Fiction Ariel Burger, Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s ClassroomNon-fiction Jung Chang, ,Big Sister Little Sister Red SisterNon-fiction Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to SomeoneNon-fiction Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient Fiction Michael Ondaatje, Warlight Fiction Ann Patchett, The Dutch House Fiction Naomi Regan, Sotah Fiction
October 14th Death in the Family By Tessa Wegert Led by Joanne Hennessy Zoom call with the author November 11th Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland By Patrick Radden Keefe Led by Carol Hacker December 9th The Leavers: A Novel By Lisa Ko Led by Kathy Hogan January TBD Joint Book Club Luncheon February 10th A Woman
The Overstory Paris in the Present Tense The Night Watchman The Brothers Mankiewicz Tyll Devotions/Migrations American Dirt Tender Land The Dutch House Haunting Paris
TENDER LAND by William Kent Kruger DEAR EDWARD by ANN NAPOLITANO EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU by Celeste Ng AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER by Karen Dionne ALL FALL DOWN by Jennifer Weiner THE MIRACLE ON MONHEGAN ISLAND by Elizabeth Kelly SISTERS IN LAW BY Linda Hirshman THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim Michele Richardson LIFE UNDERCOVER: COMING OF AGE
