Every year I set a Goodreads challenge & I seem to either achieve it or be over my target but this year has been very different. There are many positive reasons why such as getting married, relocating and setting up our first martial home but also the negative things happening right now make it very difficult for me to be in the right head space to sit down and enjoy a good book. I have set my target to 70 and 8 months in I am nowhere near it and that does get me down a little.
I am now slowly starting to find the gusto to start writing regular blogs but the monthly reviews have almost fallen by the wayside so I must rectify this for the remaining months of the year.
Here is what I read so far this year
*Disclaimer* The ratings I have given are my own ratings on Goodreads and are not their overall ratings on the site.
January
Under the Almond Tree by Laura Mcveigh
Goodreads Rating 4 out of 5 Stars
Shelter by Jung Yun
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
Goodreads Rating 2 out of 5 Stars
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg
Goodreads Rating 4 out of 5 Stars
UBO by Steve Rasnic Tem
Goodreads Rating 2 out of 5 Stars
T2 Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
My Own Dear Brother by Holly Muller
Goodreads Rating 5 out 5 Stars
February
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada Translated by Susan Burnofsky
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
The Doll Funeral by Kate Hamer
Goodreads Rating 4 out of 5 Stars
March
The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard by Ivan Chistyakov Translated by Arch Tait
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
The Boy Who Escaped Paradise by J.M.Lee Translated by Chi-Young Kim
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors by Carla Valentine
Goodreads Rating 5 out 5 Stars (there were not enough stars for this I would put many more)
The Night is Watching by Lucy Cameron
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Out by Natsuo Kirino Translated by Stephen Snyder
Goodreads Rating 2 out 5 Stars
June
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami Translated by Philip Gabriel & Ted Goossen
Goodreads Rating 5 out 5 Stars
The Traitor’s Niche by Ishmail Kadare Translated by John Hodgson
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman Translated by Jessica Cohen
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Desire by Haruki Murakami Translated by Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen & Jay Rubin
Goodreads Rating 5 out 5 Stars
Language by Xiaolu Guo
Goodreads Rating 5 out 5 Stars
Home by Salman Rushdie
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
July
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 20th Anniversary Slytherin House Edition by J.K.Rowling
Goodreads Rating 3 out 5 Stars
Top 5 of 2017 So Far (in no particular order)
Past Mortems
Language
My Own Dear Brother
The Doll Funeral
Desire
Have you read any from this list ?
What are you currently reading ?
