I haven't put up many reviews this year. The first reason is simply that I haven't read as many books. My reading speed has slowed. And this year I put in a vegetable garden twice the size of my usual effort, without stopping to think it would demand twice the time to tend it!

I'm trying to copy Terry and Judine Brooks, who have a set time every evening when they sit down to read. It's a lovely fantasy that I might be able to do that, but one I'm trying to engineer. It would require that both dogs and the evil cat cooperated. But I can dream.

And yes, all the books I reviewed here got five stars. Not all the books I read were five stars, but I've made a choice that I'm only going to review the ones that merited those stars, in my opinion. If I did a lesser number, I might start saying why that book didn't work for me; is that truly useful to anyone? So I will continue to only review the ones I really enjoyed.

I hope the reviews are helpful!