Nineteen out of the 42 books that I finished in December were so good that I gave them 5 stars on Goodreads. That's what I call an excellent reading month! My favourite books are listed below, roughly in order of preference, starting with the best.
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka
Eddy, Eddy by Kate De Goldi
The Short Story Advent Calendar, edited by Michael Hingston
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey by Florence Williams, audio read by the author
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich
Amazona by Canizales
Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice, audio read by the author
Rebent Sinner by Ivan Coyote, audio read by the author
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz, audio read by
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, audio read by Charlie Thurston
Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch
Maya's Song by Renee Watson and Bryan Collier
Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family by Erika Hayasaki
Charlie Muskrat by Harold Johnson
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure by Dan Werb, audio read by Jason Culp
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, audio read by Genevieve Gaunt
Indelicacy by Amina Cain
Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, audio read by the authors
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My stats for December:
There were two that I did not finish, and in both cases it was because I could tell that it was the wrong time for me to be reading that book, not because I didn't like it:
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