( by JD Jung)
We at UnderratedReads wish all of you health, happiness and prosperity in 2019.
As a tradition, we want to remind you of the books that received a 5 bookmark (Must-read now!) rating from our reviewers this year. The actual books may have been published in a prior year, but they weren’t discovered by us until 2018. To insure that these don’t just gather dust, please check out our best of the best.
Please note that they are in no particular order, just separated by Fiction and Non-Fiction.
Enjoy!
FICTION
Verklempt – Peter Sichrovsky , Ari Roth, translated by John Howard (reviewed by JD Jung)
Stone Baby: Stories – Michelle Sacks (reviewed by JD Jung)
Songs to New York – Myrtle Brooks (reviewed by Pat Luboff)
NON-FICTION
A Rebel in Gaza: Behind the Lines of the Arab Spring, One Woman’s Story – Asmaa al-Ghoul , Selim Nassib , Translated by Mike Mitchell (reviewed by JD Jung)
Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II – Nicholas Best (reviewed by Glenda Anderson)
How to Have Fun with Your Aging Parents: I Want to Go to Lithuania – Christina Britton Conroy (reviewed by Pat Luboff)
The Ghetto Swinger: A Berlin Jazz-Legend Remembers – Coco Schumann , translated by John Howard (reviewed by JD Jung)
Overcoming Anxiety & Depression – Lydia Francis (reviewed by Pat Luboff
A Tongue in the Sink: The Harrowing Adventures of a Baby Boomer Childhood – Dennis Fried (reviewed by Pat Luboff)
We are all looking forward to exciting, thought -provoking and provocative releases in the upcoming year. In fact, I have already found one!
Sydney Noir (Akashic Noir Series) – edited by John Dale (release date 1/8/19) a definite “Must-read-now!”
If this is any indication of the quality of literature to be released in 2019, I am excited for the New Year!
