This is such a FUN challenge. The idea is to post 10 books - one for each year of the readathon - that I have read and recommend. Here are my choices:
1. 2007 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett This is a lovely book about Queen Elizabeth and her love of books and reading.
2. 2008 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows This book takes place on Guernsey Island in the English Channel during World War 2. The people on the island band together and deal with a Nazi invasion.
3. 2009 Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts I have to include something by my favorite author. :) This is the second book in her series about a group of friends who run a business creating lavish, romantic and memorable weddings for their clients.
4. 2010 Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson This is such a lovely book about a widower who learns to enjoy life again and has a second chance at love. I loved the English setting as well.
5. 2011 11/22/63 by Stephen King This tome of a book gave me many sleepless nights because I could not put it down! Mr. King delivers a fascinating alternate reality of the events that led up to - and the day of JFK's assassination.
6. 2012 The Witness by Nora Roberts This is a great romantic suspense tale about an extremely intelligent woman who witnessaed a murfer as a teenager and was put into witness protection only to have her protection brutally taken away. She goes on teh run and creates a completely new identity for herself. Of course, she isn't able to hide forever. Just when she's falling in love and learning to trust the past comes back to haunt her and threaten the life she's beginning to build.
7. 2013 The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith A story about the mysterious death of a super model who lived her life in the public eye and hounded by the paparazzi. This story is gritty, set in London and has a jaded Private Investigator with a slightly naive secretary as a helper. It is entertaining and the start to a series that improves with each book.
8. 2014 The Stories Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin An irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. Sigh. That is borrowed straight from the GoodReads description of the book which I adore! Even though it made me cry.
9. 2015 Devoted In Death by J.D. Robb The 41st book in the popular In Death series finds Eve Dallas, her husband Roarke and her team of homicide detectives on the trail of a Bonnie and Clyde type pair of lovers turned serial killers.
10. 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany and J.K. Rowling It was a pure delight to visit Hogwarts and the future children (and their adventure) of Harry, Hermione and Ron.
11. 2017 The Alice Network by Kate Quinn A story that goes back and forth in time between World War 1 and after World War 2. Oh, and did I mention the network of female spies? This is an awesome book!
This was a seriously fun challenge! I had a great time revisiting books that I've loved over the past ten years. Thank goodness for GoodReads. Thank you for putting this challenge together!
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