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The Strays by Emily Bitto

Australian. Heide-esque. Very good. 

Last book for 2018...  61 books - not bad at all.

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Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

I’m on an Ann Patchett roll. More non-fiction.  Excellent.

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Okaaaay, but kind of just another book about someone on the spectrum learning how to live in society...another Eleanor Oliphant. 

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Normal People by Sally Rooney

Worth all the hype. Better than Conversations with Friends. Fantastic. One of the best books of the year - up there with My Year of Rest and Relaxation. 

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Clock Dance by Anne Tyler

I had a gap in my reading pile, and grabbed this at the library, as I liked her last book.  Not bad at all. Easy to read, not too heavy. A bit sad. American.

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

These older books are a bit of a slog for me, but apparently this is one of his best, and it’s pretty good. 

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The Woman in the Window by A.J.Finn

Suspense, thriller, whodunnit blah blah blah. Just like Girl On A Train but set in a New York suburb. 

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The Child in Time by Ian McEwan

A stunning, devastating book. Recommended on an Australian podcast.  About a father’s life following the abduction of his young daughter.  Awful, but good.

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The Orchid Thief by Susan Orleans

OMG. Who knew orchids were so fascinating. I saw the movie Adaptation, which was inspired by this book, but this is just nuts. Nuts. I’m on a but of a non-fiction roll. 

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The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

Another bizarre dystopian novel, a but like The Cage. Great book. 

AND BOOK 52 IS DONE.

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The is the story of a happy marriage by Ann Patchett

Non fiction. Essays. Made me more interested in AP as an author - I loved her last book, but am now going to go back and read her early book - Truth and Beauty.  

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Romulus, My Father by Raimond Gaita

Autobiographical, now a movie. A wonderful Australian story of an incredible man, and his relationship with his family. 

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Transcription by Kate Atkinson

She’s becoming one of my fave writers... getting punchier and cleverer.. and she loves a good war story. Spies, subterfuge and bombing.

BOOK 50!!

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Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

Young gay love in Italy. A very memorable scene involving a fresh peach. 

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The Man With a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige

An odd, but tremendously enjoyable book about art, and the paths a life can take..

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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Oh the themes. I do get a bit tired when a book has such transparent themes - home, mothers, fires, rubbish, fitting in.....

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Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

An Australian classic. Fantastic. A much better storyline than I was expecting, I also didn’t realise it was written in the 1960s, so more modern that I had thought.