Top 2024 Top 10

As of this writing, I have read 109 books this year – my most ever in a single calendar year!  Of those 109, I’ve had the misfortune of picking only 10 standouts. Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan Claire Keegan’s quiet novel about a coal merchant’s courageous actions affected me on a deep level.…

Small Things Like These

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE follows Bill Furlong, a coal merchant, as he prepares for the busy holiday season in Ireland. While making a delivery to a convent, Bill is witness to a practice that goes unspoken amongst those in town forcing him to question his morality and confront his past. Claire Keegan’s story gripped me…