When you die, you feel as though there were some subtle change...

8.

Sum by Dave Eagleman - Book Club Pick! Forty-some odd visions of the afterlife. Some worked, but a lot didn't. It is the kind of book that makes you go Hmmm, but doesn't really stick with you.

No mention of his suspicion that this had something to do with things he could no longer ignore...

9.

The Coast Road by John Brady - I fell in love with the Matt Minogue mysteries a long time ago and probably still read them out of habit more than anything, but they always seem to hit the right notes and make me miss my visit to Ireland.

I don't know, the guy was beige wallpaper

10.

Agent X by Noah Boyd - Needing a bit of an escape and not being ready for another Lee Child I went back to Noah Boyd and his ready-for-screen thrillers starring Steve Vail, former FBI super hero & current bricklayer. This one did not disappoint. Fun puzzles, lots of action, hints of cold-war spying and eye rolling romance. Quick and fun little read.

Without bicycles, my life would have taken a completely different path.

11.

On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life edited by Amy Walker - I put in the subtitle, because I need you to know that this book is not 50 ways the new bike culture can change your life. It is 50 articles on bikes, bike culture and bike activism. The problem is that some are good and some are bad. Sure, to be expected, but the range of topics is too diverse and the editing is weak. Also, I don't need to read 35 people's different way to phrase 'bikes reduce green house emissions'.

Cause that night, swinging by candlelight in that cramped room, everything warring in me settled down.

12.

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan - The everything nominated Canadian novel tells the tragic story of jazz band in Hitler's Berlin and occupied Paris. Well written, but not showy, it really paints an exquisite picture of time and place. And the dialogue shared by the men is like the music they created. Just a very good read.