Alright, it's the end of the year and wowee, Jenna has a full list of reckons for the last Loose Reads of 2019.
NOVEL OF THE YEAR The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
ADVENTURE STORY OF THE YEAR The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett
EPIC SUMMER READ Ducks Newburyport by Lucy Ellman
BEST BOOK FOR KIDS The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith
BEST BOOK FOR BABIES My First Words In Māori by Stacey Morrison
BEST FANCY BOOK Private Gardens of Aotearoa by Suzanne Turley
BEST CLIMATE SCIENCE BOOK Fifteen MIllion Years in Antarctica by Rebecca Priestley
BEST BOOK FOR A 2020 RESOLUTION Tales from a Hot Financial Mess by Frances Cook.