So, using some of Jo's six categories, and a few that differ, here are my choices:
Six authors new to me
Elizabeth Savage (Last Night at the Ritz)
Rachel Wyatt (Suspicion)
Saleema Nawaz (Bone & Bread)
Janet Hepburn (Flee, Fly, Flown)
Helene Wecker (The Golem & The Jinni)
Maria Semple (Where'd You Go, Bernadette?)
Six authors I have read before
Alexander McCall Smith
Alan Bradley
Susanna Kearsley
Barbara Pym
Helen Humphreys
Marusya Bociurkiw
Six From the Non-Fiction Shelf
Wm & H'ry by J.C. Hallman
Yours Ever by Thomas Mallon
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates
Threading Light by Lorri Neilsen Glenn
Comfort Food for Breakups by Marusya Bociurkiw
Six books I have greatly enjoyed
Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym
Astray by Emma Donoghue
When I was young and in my prime by Alayna Munce
Six books that took me to other times and places
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Henrietta Sees It Through by Joyce Dennys
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
The Tale-Teller by Susan Glickman
Six books not reviewed yet -- in progress or recently finished
Perdita by Hilary Scharper
The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway
The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke
The Translation of Dr. Apelles by David Treuer
Heidegger's Glasses by Thaisa Frank
The House by Teresa Waugh
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Try your own set of sixes if you wish, and be sure to share them with Jo at the Book Jotter, too.
Thanks for joining in and visiting my blog!
ReplyDeleteI must get round to reading my Barbara Pym book I have bought.
This was a great idea -- such fun to examine this year's reading so far :) I hope you do get around to reading that Pym, she's so enjoyable.
DeleteThe majority of authors I read are new to me. I really should revisit more of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteI know, the shiny new ones are so great -- but then when I know I enjoy an author, I really should go back and read more of their earlier work. The eternal conundrum!
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