- The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
- The Tulip by Anna Pavord
- The Man Who Would be King by Rudyard Kipling
As I finish each one, another will be added to the list in its place. I am determined to read more this year! The brain needs the stimulation and maybe it will encourage me to write more too.
"The rarest and most precious knowledge is not that which is imposed, but rather, that which is absorbed, inhaled almost, from the ephemeral substance of the world in which we are contained."



