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Lynx-lynx · 12-20-2015, 06:15 PM

I've instituted a new reading category (for self) this year 'The Sheer Entertainment Value Category' and my hands down winner is:
E F Benson's Mapp and Lucia series (6 books) - I'm only up to book 4, Mapp and Lucia, but these books are such a gloriously delightful, absolutely hilarious read that I'm reading the whole series through in one go. (And even contemplating the later editions published by new authors after the death of Benson) (Public domain book in Aus, free and available from Adelaide University)

My other 'best reads' this year include:
Aus authors
The Torch - Peter Twohig (mystery of sorts involving a 12/13 old youth in the late 1950's, early 1960's Melbourne)
Give the Devil His Due - Sulari Gentill (mystery, part of a series)
The Sentimental Bloke - C J Dennis (Aus classic written in 1915, described as a 'verse novel')

Classics
The Trial - Franz Kafka
The Train - Georges Simenon
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokof
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark

Literature
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones

Non-fiction
Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain

I've been very interested in everyones lists and have followed up many books.

12-20-2015, 06:15 PM	#23
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,149 Karma: 94320195 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	I've instituted a new reading category (for self) this year 'The Sheer Entertainment Value Category' and my hands down winner is: E F Benson's Mapp and Lucia series (6 books) - I'm only up to book 4, Mapp and Lucia, but these books are such a gloriously delightful, absolutely hilarious read that I'm reading the whole series through in one go. (And even contemplating the later editions published by new authors after the death of Benson) (Public domain book in Aus, free and available from Adelaide University) My other 'best reads' this year include: Aus authors The Torch - Peter Twohig (mystery of sorts involving a 12/13 old youth in the late 1950's, early 1960's Melbourne) Give the Devil His Due - Sulari Gentill (mystery, part of a series) The Sentimental Bloke - C J Dennis (Aus classic written in 1915, described as a 'verse novel') Classics The Trial - Franz Kafka The Train - Georges Simenon Lolita - Vladimir Nabokof The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark Literature Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones Non-fiction Testament of Youth - Vera Brittain I've been very interested in everyones lists and have followed up many books.