What I Read in December
December was a busy month, but I still managed to get through 25 books, thanks especially to audio books. I do love a real, physical book that I can cuddle up to on a couch, or in bed, or wherever, but for the car, or as company during housework or chores, audiobooks are wonderful – and the discovery of Borrowbox, which lets me borrow audiobooks straight to my phone for free, has enriched my life this year. (If you want to know more about BorrowBox, which is probably available to you, too, at your local library, there’s a good article here).
My favourite book for the month was, incidentally, one I discovered through Borrowbox, and which I am so in awe of! Artichoke Hearts,by Sita Brahmachari, made me cry and smile and feel all of the feels – and wish that I could write like that!
So, here’s the list of 25 with links to my reviews (or, where I haven’t reviewed them, to the book in a bookstore or elsewhere online). I’d love to hear what you’ve been reading.
Picture Books
Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros, by Meg McKinlay & Leila Rudge
Paddy O’Melon The Irish Kangaroo, by Julia Cooper & Daryl Dickson
A Bag and a Bird, by Pamela Allen
Reena’s Rainbow, by Dee White & Tracie Grimwood
A Perfectly Posh Pink Afternoon Tea, by Coral Vass & Gabriel Evans
Feathers, by Phil Cummings & Phil Lesnie
A Thousand Hugs from Daddy, by Anna Pignataro
Younger Readers
Game Day: Patty Hits the Court, by Patty Mills & Jared Thomas
Game Day: Patty and the Shadows, by Patty Mills and Jared Thomas
I Don’t Like Poetry, by Joshua Seigal
It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do, by Josh Langley
Artichoke Hearts,by Sita Brahmachari
Ruben, by Bruce Whatley
Young Adult Books
Sparrow, by Scot Gardner
In the Dark Spaces, by Cally Black
For Adults
Some Kind of Wonderful, by Giovanna Fletcher
The Way Back, by Kylie Ladd
Believe and Achieve, by Paul Hanna
The Mini Motivator, by Paul Hanna
The Sales Motivator, by Paul Hanna
The Money Motivator, by Paul Hanna
An Almost Perfect Christmas, by Nina Stibbe
How to Be Thin in a World of Chocolate, by Michele Connolly
The Kindness Pact, by Domonique Bertolucci
Playing the Matrix, by Mike Dooley
Having got this post ready to go, I realised that, of course, this was my last list for 2017, which lead me to go back and add up my total for the year. Pleasing to see that I managed 197 books in the midst of a busy year. But, of course, there are still thousands and thousands of books that I WANT to read. Maybe in 2018 I’ll figure out how to read in my sleep 
