What I’ve read

I seem to have made an annual tradition of noting which of the Times Notable Books of the Year I’ve read.  It’s an easy post at a busy time of the year. So here goes:

I also read The Emperor’s Children, Intuition, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, and The Places In Between from the previous year’s list.  I got the Lay of the Land out of the library, but couldn’t get past the first couple of chapters.

5 Responses to “What I’ve read”

  1. MW Says:

    My top picks off the Times Notable List are The Gathering, What is the What, and How Doctors Think. If I had to pick one must read book of the year, it is What is the What. Intense and life changing.

  2. Christine Says:

    I was looking forward to your annual post on the Times Notable Books of the Year. As a Times weekend subscriber I read the list and was disappointed with their picks. The only book I read in full was Harry Potter and I had started to read the Jonathan Ferris book. There were alot of books reviewed by the Times Book Review that I had read and thought deserved to be listed in their 100 picks. A week later they had another article on the top ten of the year and it seemed they chose the most recently published.

  3. Jackie Says:

    I’m teaching that Matt Bai book in the spring, and hoping to have my students look at all the surrounding blog posting and debates and dialogues, so thanks for the Klein link.

  4. landismom Says:

    Well, you’re doing better than me. The only ones I read were:
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    On Chesil Beach
    The Yiddish Policeman’s Union

  5. vanessa steck Says:

    So! I am leaving comments for all the literary bloggers I can think of (those that I regularly read, anyway) because I am trying to launch a new blog that will highlight books 4 days a week (M-Th) and then another media (movie, CD, etc) on Fridays. But I don’t want to launch a blog if nobody is going to read it. So I am looking for any ideas from experienced book bloggers on promoting and designing a new book blog. Any suggestions would be welcome, and I am also looking for someone to design a banner, since I can’t do that.
    Thank you so much!

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