As of this moment, I’ve read 228 books this year. That’s a lot of books!
I saw my friend JoAnn post her lists about her first six months of reading this year and decided to spend some time perusing Jo’s lists at The Book Blotter. Here’s what she has to say…
What is it all about?
The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category.
She has a list of categories to choose from so, let’s get to it. Let me knw how many of these books you’ve read!
Six pretty covers
Six books set in a country not my own
Dawn by Elie Weisel – Palestine/Israel
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa – Japan
A Burning by Megha Majumbar – India
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – Nigeria
A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio – Italy
Six cool classics
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hanberry
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Murder in the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Six series I continued
Jack Reacher by Lee Child -4!
Inspector Rebus by Ian Rankin -2
Dublin Murder Squad by Tana French -1
Lady Sherlock by Sherry Thomas -1
Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman -1
Lucy Valentine by Heather Weber -started and finished all 5
Six non-fiction books I’d recommend
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey
What Unites Us by Dan Rather
A New Kind of Country by Dorothy Gilman
Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Mehrdokht Amini
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Six of the books I’ve enjoyed most so far
Win by Harlan Coben
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
That’s quite a list! I’ve read some of them, like the Dublin Murder Squad books and most of the classics.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I need to read more Tana French. I’ve only read two of the Dublin Murder Squad but loved them both.
So fun, I just saw JpAnns as well. I love those gorgeous covers and I also loved The Push and The Last Flight. Hope you are having a nice weekend.
It was pretty uneventful around here 😦
Thanks for joining in – great to see. Lots of lovely books for me to check out.
It’s a fun challenge 🙂
Glad you decided to join in! I did Six in Six almost every year 2012-18, but missed the last few. The pretty covers idea is a good one… I’ll have to remember it for next year. It’s been years since I read Just Mercy, but it’s one I keep recommending, too.
It was a fun look back for sure (but I really should have been reading, lol).
I didn’t know there are 5 books in the Lucy Valentine series!
I loved them all but the fourth one.
I saw this on JoAnn’s blog, too, and I like it a lot. Your highlighted book covers are very beautiful.