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My theme this year is authors that I've read. More about the books I've read than the authors themselves.
I'm an avid reader. I'm a member of 2 in person reading groups through my local library. I'm gradually working my way through an old BBC reading list of 100 books (I'm about half way through) and I'm taking part in the online 52 Book Club Challenge for the third time this year where the challenge is to read 52 books over the year based on 52 different prompts. You can also find me on Goodreads here.
The J authors I've read are:
- Jakob Juno
- James P D
- James Peter
- Jane Corry
- Jeffrey Diane
- Jewell Lisa
- Johnson Alan
- Johnson Milly
- Jonasson Jonas
- Jones Christina
- Jones Wendy
- Jonsson Ulrika
- Joyce Rachel
Well a few more authors for J and I had to read the one by my namesake (Juno Jakob) titled Atticus. This book details living with schizophrenia, in particular during hospitalization. It's a hard read in that it's graphic - bad language occurs frequently throughout the book and it's dark. But it feels truthful and although sad at times it is also hopeful. Atticus is a fox that appears in the main characters hallucinations.
The book was recommended to me by one of my DILs as it was quite short and fitted a prompt for the 2025 52 Book Club challenge.
Lisa Jewell is my most read author on that list but despite not having many authors on the list there are a few quirky titles:
The Hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The thoughts and happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals (Wendy Jones) and
The Unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry. (Rachel Joyce)
The Harold Fry was a book club read which I enjoyed and it has since been made into a film which I hope to get around to watching at some point.
There's also an autobiography on there (Please, Mr Postman by Alan Johnson a former MP.) which is not my usual genre and I definitely wouldn't recommend this one. It covers a relatively short period of his life when he worked as a postman and was heavily involved in the union. It was soooo boring. A good snapshot of life at the time but it certainly didn't make me want to read about any more of his life!
Do you enjoy autobiographies?
I don't think I knew Harold Fry had been made into a film. I liked the book a lot so will look for this one on film.
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting, Wendy!! I will look for that movie you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of and read stuff my P D James, the others never heard of
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your list, other than P D James, the names were unfamiliar to me. However when you mentioned some of the books you have read I realised I too have read a few of the 'J' authors.
ReplyDeleteOther than James Joyce, I think the only author I've read from your J list is a couple by Jewell....they were super easy and fast reads but I find that most of her novels are so very similar. I don't often choose her. I think I'm finally caught up on my blog even though I cheated and did 2 letters in one day for 4 of the letters...oh well...i do have a life outside of blogging and now that Spring has sprung finally here in NYS i'm outdoors more and more.
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed your posts for this challenge.
That book on schizophrenia sounds absolutely intriguing. I'll look for it. I for one do like reading autobiographies but the one you mentioned sounds horribly boring indeed.
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