In which I pick titles out of mugs in the hopes of discovering my favourite book of the last four years.

Books Mentioned:

2015

1. Mrs Palfrey at the Clairmont by Elizabeth Taylor
2. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
3. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
4. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

2016

1. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
2. Freya by Anthony Quinn
3. The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
4. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon

2017

1. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
2. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
3. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
4. Lilian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

2018

1. The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt
2. And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile
3. Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
4. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Booktubers Mentioned:

Russell of Ink and Paper Blog: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHI...

Favourites Videos:

2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OwHl...
2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25RmZ...
2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3NY...
2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZc1_...

Keep in touch:

Email: charles@variousaltitudes.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/variousaltit...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/C_Heathcote
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2AAVmAW

My books are available to purchase from https://www.variousaltitudes.com/books

Our Doris: https://amzn.to/2SKJioK
Indisputably Doris: https://amzn.to/2RADf53

About Me:

I was born in Macclesfield and very rarely leave. I mainly discuss books on this channel but every now and then something else will slip through the net. I'm interested in most fiction, and enjoy books that tell stories about older characters as I feel they're often under represented in literature. Lately, I've become interesting in telling and discovering working class tales.

I have a BA in Creative Writing and have been the secretary to the Macclesfield Creative Writing Group since 2011. In 2015 I independently published my first book Our Doris. The book follows the eponymous Mrs Doris Copeland, atomic housewife, with a rock bun recipe that can make even the most secure dentures shudder. In 2017 I followed it with the sequel Indisputably Doris.