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 🙂