Best and Worst Books You Read in 2017

[Alan]

I can’t remember my worst book but undoubtably my best was The Lonely Hearts Hoteleven with the horribly repetitive rose imagery,O’Neils imagination and compassion astonishes me.

Now I remember the worst-The Woman in Cabin 10,Just dreadful. And just when I want to scream please no more women or girls in titles,there is already a new one that is being touted as the current must read. Please,turn it off!

[Petra]

Alan, I couldn't even finish The Woman In Cabin 10. I tried the audio and couldn't take it after she got on the ship. I'm more tolerant of bad audios than I am of bad print books but this one was bad.

[Allison ༻hikes the bookwoods༺]

Oh my God, The Woman in Cabin 10 was soooo frustrating! The main character could never thing clearly because she was always drunk or exhausted. It drove me crazy.

[Colleen]

I didn't even bother with The Woman in Cabin 10. Too many folks whose opinion I respect panned it. And I couldn't agree with you more @Alan re: "the girl" in titles. Enough already!

[Michael]

Best book: "Minds of Winter" by Ed O'Loughlin - an epic tale of the dangerous quest to discover the Northwest Passage and the price paid by those who made the attempt. Worst book: "Brother" by David Chariandy - highly praised as a "powerful elegy" but never engaged me.