The Relentless Reader

It’s already the 5th of February? How did that happen?

I read twelve books in January. I’m certainly not going to complain about that. Here are the books that filled my month with glorious words:

Dead Wake by Erik Larson*

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Strange Fruit by Joel Christian Gill*

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh

Irritable Hearts by Mac McClelland*

A Tree Born Crooked by Steph Post

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege*

The Martian by Andy Weir

*Nonfiction

Favorite Fiction: YOU CAN’T MAKE ME PICK! It’s a tie of awesomeness between The Martian and All the Light We Cannot See

Favorite Nonfiction: Dead Wake

Favorite Graphic Novel/Comic: Smile

How was January for you?

Lost & Found by Brooke Davis

Publisher: Hachette

Publication Date: January 27, 2015

Source: Hachette

Publisher’s Description:

Millie Bird is a seven-year-old girl who always wears red wellington boots to match her red, curly hair. But one day, Millie’s mum leaves her alone beneath the Ginormous Women’s underwear rack in a department store, and doesn’t come back.

Agatha Pantha is an eighty-two-year-old woman who hasn’t left her home since her husband died. Instead, she fills the silence by yelling at passers-by, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule. Until the day Agatha spies a little girl across the street.

Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven years old and once typed love letters with his fingers on to his wife’s skin. He sits in a nursing home, knowing that somehow he must find a way for life to begin again. In a moment of clarity and joy, he escapes.

Together, Millie, Agatha and Karl set out to find Millie’s mum. Along the way, they will discover that the young can be wise, that old age is not the same as death, and that breaking the rules once in a while might just be the key to a happy life.

This book will make you laugh out loud.

It will also make you weep.

Lost & Found will warm your heart.

It might even restore your faith in humanity.

Does that all sound like a very tall order for a book? Perhaps you think I’m exaggerating the adorable delight that is Lost & Found? I’m not. Go read it and see for yourself.

The trailer captures the flavor of the book very well:

My friend Monika, at A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall, published a wonderful review about Lost & Found here. Check it out!

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Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2015

Lost & Found by Brooke Davis – A Review in Gifs