I did it! I read and reviewed ten books in the month of December. I really didn’t think I’d make it. The most books I read in any other month last year was six, and reviews are far fewer. The donation page for Bookstravaganza is closed tomorrow. If anyone is as proud of me as I am, go ahead and donate a couple bucks to the Welcome Baby program at Edmonton Public Library.

Here are my reviews:

1. Prairie Ostrich by Tamai Kobayashi
2. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
3. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
4. Shopgirl by Steve Martin
5. The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink
6. Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
7. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
8. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
9. Detachment by Maurice Mierau
10. Longbourn by Jo Baker

TransAtlantic remains my favourite. Other standouts were The Wallcreeper, Wild, and Detachment.

Thanks to everyone who supported Bookstravaganza this year. Next year I may try to read…. 11. To celebrate my success, I’m starting the year with the longest, densest books I can find. First up: The Luminaries.