I’ve had a pretty darn good reading year this year. I’ve got lots of new favourites, but interestingly they’ve mostly been non-fiction. A good chunk were memoirs – ones about interactions with nature, others about special interests, others about mental health or neurodiversity, and some were about more than one of these. But each of these books made me feel a connection in one way or another with the writer(s), most taught me something, and all of them drew me into their world and made me want to stay a while. I’d recommend any of these!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
That’s it for this week – and, indeed, for the year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful reading year and that you’ve found books you’ve loved as much as I’ve loved these. Here’s to an even better reading year in 2024!
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I’ll have to check out the nature nonfiction. I want to read more of that.
I’ve really been enjoying it!
Reading Demon Copperhead filled my soul.
Oh, mine as well. It was a lovely surprise – so well written, well plotted and just the most magnetically charismatic voice I’ve encountered in a book in a long time. The story was excellent, but even if it hadn’t been I would have enjoyed spending time with Demon Copperhead telling me whatever he wanted to share!
How to Keep House While Drowning just ended up on my radar. Definitely one I want to read 🙂
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I listened to it on audio and it was super fast, but had a lot of interesting things to say!
A friend of mine recommend HOW TO KEEP HOUSE WHILE DROWNING, so I bought myself a copy for Christmas. It sounds like exactly what I need going into the new year!
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Susan
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Someone recommended it to me in my comments a while back so I listened to the audiobook and they were right – it was very refreshing and relatable! Quick, too.
I’ve seen Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette stage show but have never read the book. I may have to add it to my TBR. I hope you have a wonderful 2024.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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Oh I adore Hannah Gadsby! Her stuff is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it’s just so darn good that it’s always worth it. I’d recommend giving it a try if you can handle the darker stuff she has included in her shows (Nanette in particular) and enjoy her way of talking and her humour. I do, and this was just brilliant!
Interesting list. I’ve not heard of any of these. Farm City sounds like a book I would enjoy, I’ll have to add that to my TBR.
That was a random discovery, but I really ended up enjoying it! Such a strange concept – a farm in a run down urban area – but somehow it totally works!
It looks like you read some great books this year. I hope 2024 treats you even better.
I did – thank you! You too!
I’ll have to pick up KNITTING YARNS. It sounds like it would be interesting. I’m glad you loved all of these books! Happy 2024!
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I enjoyed it, but I don’t really remember much of it. I need to read it again. I just finished the sequel – Knitting Pearls – and I liked that one as well. They include patterns, which is cool, and have a good variety of writers from the well known to ones I’d never heard of sharing a really wide variety of stories that involve knitting. If you’re interested in fibre crafts, it will probably have something that you will enjoy!
I’m glad to know you thought so highly of “Unraveling” — I bought it on sale, so it will be one of my reads this year. 🙂 My own list is here
I did, but I will say I don’t think it’ll be for everyone. Yarn crafts are one of my hyperfocus hobbies, so for me it was like having a book-length infodump session with someone who really got my interest. It was interesting in terms of learning how yarn is created – from sheering right on through. I hadn’t learned much about some of the steps in the process, and her novice account of trying to learn these very skill-based tasks was fascinating to me as well! If it’s your kind of thing I think you’ll enjoy it!
Somehow, Farm City is what drew my eye the most – perhaps, because I have lately picked up gardening as a hobby! I am going to look up these books on Goodreads, they are all new to me.
Me too! I’m obsessed – I have been forcing my family to watch Gardener’s World and Love Your Garden, my kid and I have listened to Monty Don’s podcast episodes and books, I’ve been learning about how to grow all kinds of things (I finally have a garden for the first time in decades, so it’s coming in useful!). If you have any books to recommend or want someone to chat plants with, I’d love to hear about what you’re learning!
Demon Copperhead was my favorite of the year. I saw Hannah Gadsby in person and want to read her book.
Happy New Year!
My Favs of 2023
Demon Copperhead was just so brilliant. I am so grateful to have read it – the voice of the book completely won me over within pages, and the whole book carried that same tone. I loved it, even though the subject matter is one I can’t usually handle. I’m so jealous! I’ve never seen Gadsby, but I’ve watched all her shows that are available online and I adore her. Her books is fantastic and I am planning to re-read it soon! Happy New Year to you as well!