Judi's Book

My sister-in-law Judi's birthday is on Christmas. Ten years ago I gave her the novel I had enjoyed reading the most that year. Ten years later the tradition continues. My children know about Judi's Book and it has turned a regular old passion for reading into a delightful exploration. As I read throughout the year I always wonder if the book I'm reading might make it to the list. I profess absolutely no background in literary criticism. The list is as subjective as possible. I pass it along as such.

1996: Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood

1997: A Glimpse of Scarlet by Roxana Robinson

1998: I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb

1999: Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles

2000: The Third Child by Marge Piercy

2001: Black Bird House by Alice Hoffman

2002: Naked in Baghdad by Anne Garrels

2003: Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Monro

2004: Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

2005: On Beauty by Zadie Smith, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

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