[Magdalen] favorite book(s) from 2024?

[Richard S. Crawford]

For fantasy fans, I recommend *The Gods Below* by Andrea Stewart. It's kind
of a dark story, with a couple of explicit scenes, but a rewarding read,
especially for a first book in a projected trilogy. But I may be biased,
because Andrea is a good friend of mine who has helped me with my own
writing. :)

I haven't read many thrillers or historic novels (though I'm in the middle
of *Hild* by Nicola Griffith), though. I plan to do more of that this
coming year.

Richard

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM Juli Tarsney <juli at tarsney.net> wrote:

> I haven't read Louise Penny's latest yet, but I've read or listen to all of
> the others – love them! (I based my own response on what I read in 2024,
> few of which were 2024 releases.)
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>