This post was delayed from
earlier in the month in order to leave some space between reading late
runners in December 2013 and reaching our decisions. Much of our thinking about
the 60 or so books we read in 2013 had been completed for a likely post on the
awriterofhistory.web page.
The Allrighters’ overall and non fiction book of the year is Why
Bipolar? by Declan Henry. Memories of the hard hitting introduction and the
lives of twenty people detailed in the book, especially Daniel keep coming back
to us.
The Allrighters’ adult fiction
book decision has come to a choice between two books. Never Forget by Angela Petch read in January and The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tan Twan Ing read in December. We cannot really separate them so we make
them a joint book of the year. Both books had a interesting and often frightening wartime background and strong story lines. The way the story in both books was told drew the reader closely into the life of each book's main character.
The Allrighters’ most memorable
jaw dropping reading moment came in the form of a dark deed in Half a Forgotten Song by Katherine Webb.
Looking back a year Daniel Mason’s Piano Tuner remains the most
memorable read of 2012.
Finding The Hill of the Red Fox after over fifty years and reliving the sad
ending made the book the Allrighters’ best children’s book of the year.
The funniest book read of the year was Quentin Lett's 50 People who Buggered Up Britain.
The funniest book read of the year was Quentin Lett's 50 People who Buggered Up Britain.
