Favorites So Far, September 2018

September 6, 2018 at 5:43 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Lists, Recommended, Surprises, Women Writers)
Tags: biographies, book lists, Daphne du Maurier, English writers, fantasy, His Dark Materials, Japanese writers, novel, Philip Pullman, reading lists, Tim O'Brien, translation

• Moshi Moshi, by Banana Yoshimoto (novel)
• La Belle Sauvage, vol. One of The Book of Dust, by Philip Pullman, and His Dark Materials, the entire trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass (novels)
• Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
• The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson (novel)
• In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O’Brien (novel)
• Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout (novel in stories)
• Manderley Forever, by Tatiana de Rosnay (novelized biography)
• Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier (novel)

This was a great reading year for NOVELS. Which means self has come full circle in her reading life. Until this year, her favorite books were histories and nonfiction.

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.