I don’t read lots of books because I am a ridiculously slow reader, but I have read some really good books this year. So I thought I would share them with you on this rainy, stormy Christmas Eve eve!
Three of my favorite novels have been ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ by Anthony Doerr, ‘The Martian’ by Andy Weir (I still haven’t seen the film, but then I do know how it ends!) and ‘The Heart Goes Last’ by Margaret Atwood (I whizzed through this one in three weeks – see, that is me reading fast!!).
Three of the best non fiction books for me this year were ‘Big Magic’ by Elizabeth Gilbert, ‘Everyday Superfood’ by Jamie Oliver and out of a ton of art books this one is a beauty, ‘Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces’ by Jane Davenport.
We do tend to read lots of kids books because I still read to my youngest every night. Favorite children’s books have been ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ by C.S. Lewis, the ‘Harry Potter’ books by J.K. Rowling and ‘The Iremonger Trilogy’ by Edward Carey.
I am currently reading ‘City on Fire’ by Garth Risk Hallberg and we are on book five of the Harry Potter books – ‘The Order of the Phoenix’.
What are your books of the year? Any recommendations? I am always looking for good books!
Happy Wednesday/Christmas Eve eve.
Clare Davis Etheridge 
I have yet to read All the Light We Cannot See, and I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed reading it 😀 Hope you have an even great reading experience in 2016, inshAllah!
It is a great book! I can’t wait to see what books are waiting for us in 2016!
I didn’t know about that everyday super food book! Gotta check it out. And big magic is in my list. Merry Christmas!
I got the Jamie Oliver book from the library, it is a good one. Enjoy Big Magic. Merry Christmas!
All the Light We Cannot See is on my list and I bought Big Magic as a Christmas present to myself but haven’t had a chance to look at it yet. I really enjoyed The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop – review is here http://irisandedie.com/2015/09/23/have-you-read-the-other-side-of-the-world-by-stephanie-bishop/. The Girl on the Train was a pretty good read too – and a quick one.
I hope you enjoy the books! I will look up The other side of the world. The girl on the train is the only book I have ever finsished then decided I didn’t like it much! Merry Christmas!