[Magdalen] favorite book(s) from 2024?

[Ann Markle]

This isn't from 2024 (except the last book in the series), but I LOVED the
entire Louise Penny/ Chief Inspector Gamache series. A little more
substantial than "cozy mysteries," but not enough to give nightmares. Also
loved Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series (historical fiction, not thrillers).


Ann
The Reverend Ann Markle
Buffalo,  NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu

On Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 8:55 AM Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read and enjoyed them as well!
>
> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 11:50, Juli Tarsney <juli at tarsney.net> wrote:
> >
> > > It's good to hear from all of you, some of whom I do see on Facebook. I
> > > have such good memories of St Sam's and then Magdalen, and I do value
> my
> > > abiding connection with the Anglican world, as embodied by each of you
> > ...
> > >
> > > I'll chime in here on the books question -- a more straightforward
> > > assignment than the "update" one :-)
> > >
> > > After a look at Goodreads: My very favorites included two novels by
> David
> > > Nicholls (One Day and Us) and, much earlier in the year and on the
> > > non-fiction front, Liz Cheney's memoir (audio version -- highly
> > > recommended). On the Anglican theme, I read Glittering Images by Susan
> > > Howatch ... I had been assuming this was a reread, but it didn't feel
> at
> > > all familiar to me, so I think the book I remember reading years ago
> was
> > > actually a later title in the series. At any rate, I'd kind of like to
> > read
> > > the whole series, but since then I've been sidetracked ... the story of
> > my
> > > reading life.
> >
> >
> > I think I've read all the Starbridge novels - probably not in the correct
> > chronological order, but  I can't check now. I hope they're in one of the
> > boxes in our back shed (I couldn't bear to throw them out !) I enjoyed
> them
> > all. I often wonder what my mother-in-law (wife of a sometime CofE Vicar
> > and postgrad.student of JRR Tolkein, brought up Unitarian) would have
> made
> > of them, but she died before they started to come out.
> >
> > Lesley de Voil
> >
> > >
> >
>