Best book you read this year?

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for me, it has to be the "Stop! It's Not Too Late: Adding Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years Using the BMS Model" which offers practical advice for a healthier and more fulfilling life through the BMS Model. It is an essential read for anyone seeking to improve their well-being.

for me, it has to be the "Stop! It's Not Too Late: Adding Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years Using the BMS ecosystem which offers practical advice for a healthier and more fulfilling life through the BMS Model. It is an essential read for anyone seeking to improve their well-being.

for me, it has to be the "Stop! It's Not Too Late: Adding Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years Using the BMS Model" which offers practical advice for a healthier and more fulfilling life through the BMS Model. It is an essential read for anyone seeking to improve their well-being.

Just About Coping by Natalie Cawley.. written by a Clinical Psychologist Doctor which includes very candid insights into her own life...

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A series of books by Lucinda Reilly called 'The seven sisters'
I have been hospital then bed/sofa bound.
Helped pass the time.

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Just finished reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. An amazing story about the American Army nurses who cared for the Soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Part fiction but the author did a lot of research to get her facts right.
Since I finished it I have been looking at articles on line about how the American public shunned the veterans when they returned to the states.

For me it was "It's a (wo)man's world. by Stella Beake. A different take on inequality, where women are in charge. I found it really made me think!

The Warden by Anthony Trollope.
Never read Trollope before. So funny and so percipient.

I'm reading The Zealot's Bones by DM Mark and Victim Without A Face by Stefan Ahnhem.

I can't put either of them down!

Recently I came across a book I read as a child - "The wide wide world". I was shocked when I read it again, it is the clearest example of grooming a young person you could see, and it was represented as a good thing.
So I tried some others," Little Women" and its sequels. I found the stories not too bad, but the prosy religious tone was really annoying.
So I went for a third choice "What Katy Did" and the sequels. This had stood the time, the characters were real, the stories were god, and the writing, especially descriptions of environment, was excellent.

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.

Mrs Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - loosely based on a true story.

A Terrible Kindness - Jo Browning Roe. Better than I expected. About a young embalmer who volunteers to help at Aberfan. I wasn't sure about the author using Aberfan in a novel as it is still quite recent history. However, the story is sensitively told and is about his life rather than just Aberfan.

Really enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry and also Cloud Cuckoo. Land. So many books this year I will have to look at my bookcase to remind myself. Will get back on here later on.

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I have no views on this matter but do have views on Katie Hopkins- none of them pleasant. She holds strong views on the shortcomings of many, and does not hesitate to share them. Rarely do her writings offer joy or enlightenment. She wrote an unpleasantly critical article about the names chosen by the underclass for their children, with particular derision for naming a child after a place. Her daughter is called India. When challenged on this , her reply was that India is not a place, it is just a lovely name for a child..

Just about to start Tom Lake!

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Genuinely loved reading this book

I particularly enjoyed " Remarkably Bright Creatures". It centers around the relationship between a senior woman and an octopus at the aquarium where she works. It was so unexpectedly touching and brilliant. I highly recommend it.
As others have noted. "Demon Copperhead" was fantastic.

I've yet to read Demon Copperhead - so many different opinions about it. A marmite book?

Although I loved Lessons in Chemistry, my favourite book during 2023 was easily Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt.

As for my top read this year, it's "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. This enchanting tale of a magical competition held within a mysterious circus is beautifully written. Morgenstern's descriptive prose and the way she weaves the story together are truly mesmerizing. It's one of those books that transport you to a different world, and I found myself captivated from the first page to the last.
If you're looking for something a bit different and enjoy a blend of fantasy and romance, "The Night Circus" might be your next great read. And if you ever decide to explore some contemporary fiction and romance, do check out bookwormera.com/emily-henry-books/

Since i was ill, I have found it difficult to get back into reading but I really loved A Terrible Kindness.

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer is my current favourite read of this year. It is about a New York ‘Death Doula’, Clover, who is still mourning her grandfather eleven years after his death. It’s a gently humorous story of secrets, regrets and life lessons.