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The Stranger Times by C K McDonnell

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The Stranger Times by C K McDonnell
UK Publication: Jan 2021
Reviewed by: Book Worm
Rating: [★★★★]

This ARC was provided by Random House UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.

Rollicking good fun – whacky, weird and wonderful.

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BookWorm’s Top 22 Books of 2022

5 Star Reads 1 – 11 4 Star reads 12 – 22

  1. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
  2. Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeir
  3. Blood to Poison by Mary Watson
  4. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
  5. A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling
  6. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
  7. The Colony by Audrey Magee
  8. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
  9. Lost in Time A G Riddle
  10. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
  11. The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
  12. The Trees by Percival Everett
  13. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
  14. Violeta by Isabel Allende
  15. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  16. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
  17. How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
  18. Ginger and Me by Elissa Soave
  19. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
  20. The Drunkard By Emile Zola
  21. Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
  22. To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

And an honourable mention to the book I have just finished The Stranger Times by C.K McDonnell review coming soon…

Whittling down the 4 star reads was hard work so many good books read in 2022 here’s hoping 2023 is just as good if not better!

Let us know your favourite books of 2022

If forced to choice my Book of the Year would have to be Elena Knows such a powerful story.