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2015
My Year in Books
15,627
pages read
Bernard O'Keeffe
52
books read
Bernard O'Keeffe
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This is my journey in books for 2015!
Sentenced to Life by Clive James
Shortest Book
60
pages
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Longest Book
771
pages
Average book length in 2015
300
pages
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Most Shelved
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Glass by Alex Christofi
Least Shelved
456
people also shelved
Bernard’s average rating for 2015
3.5
3.5
More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.22 average
The Interestings by WOLITZER MEG

Bernard’s first review of the year

it was amazing
I have known about Meg Wolitzer for some time but only got round to reading her when I saw 'The Interestings' featured in several 'best of 2014'lists.Having read 'The Wife'(http://tinyurl.com/qeu9mzf) at the end of last year 'The Interestings' was a great way to kick off 2015 and I recommend it strongly. It's one of those huge ambitious novels which follows a group of characters from their teenage years through to adulthood - in this case a group ...more
BERNARD’S 2015 BOOKS
The Interestings by WOLITZER MEG
it was amazing
The Road to Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Towards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn
The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
The Vacationers by Emma Straub
Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Where I'm Reading From by Tim Parks
The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
really liked it
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
Bark by Lorrie Moore
Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Glass by Alex Christofi
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
The Rain Before it Falls by Jonathan Coe
Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young
Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
it was amazing
Spies by Michael Frayn
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
The Gathering by Anne Enright
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Sentenced to Life by Clive James
it was amazing
Angelica's Smile by Andrea Camilleri
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
A Book for Her by Bridget Christie
What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Deaf Sentence by David Lodge
Purity by Jonathan Franzen
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
really liked it
Blade of Light by Andrea Camilleri
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
Territorial Rights by Muriel Spark
More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Number 11 by Jonathan Coe
really liked it
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Cockfosters by Helen Simpson
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
Public library and other stories by Ali Smith
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Bernard’s last review of the year

liked it
I'm a big Anne Tyler fan (though I do find it difficult to remember the specific details of her novels, as they all tend to blur into one...) but this one disappointed. It's all very readable and enjoyable (and, let's face it, an off-form Tyler still trumps most others) but I found the way it jumped about chronologically in its telling of the different generations' stories, as well as the way these stories needed more careful integration, a littl ...more
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