2022 Red Carpet

As always, we announce our book club of two annual awards for the books we have read during the year. so, here goes:

1. The most enjoyable fantasy series we read this year. Better for all the books being read in the same year – The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik
2. The best age is no bar book – The Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
3. The most magical of magical realism books – The Inheritance of Orquidia Divina by Zoraida Cordova
4. The most different fantasy series in modern times – The Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos
5. The most unique take on humans and humanity, not to mention ‘hairy household deities’ – The Humans by Matt Haig
6. The most poignant and amazingly written book, a perfect fit to the Pope’s statement about a ‘ famine of peace’- Apeirogon by Colum McCann
7. The most warm hearted book – Love and Saffron by Kim Fay
8. The most over rated book of the year – You made a Fool of Death with your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
9. The most flingable book – The Black Witch by Laurie Forest
10. The most rapid dnf book by us despite rave reviews – An Ember in the Ashes by SabaaTahir

We would like thank everyone who has read our reviews in the past one year and a very special thanks to those who have liked them and also commented. We are as always open to suggestions for books that we can read. Often, in the past the best books have come to us through recommendations.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and a great year for reading in 2023.