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My "to be read" pile is threatening to topple over and bury us all one of these days, so any progress I can make is great. The books that are on it are generally ones that I own—that I've been really excited about and bought, rather than borrowing from the library—but that I then never get around to reading because I'm always reading library books! So here's my list ... you can expect to hear more about these throughout the year (hopefully!)
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2. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Beautiful and Damned
3. Louise Penny: Still Life
4. Z.Z. Packer: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
5. Lorrie Moore: A Gate at the Stairs
6. Sandy Balfour: Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose
7. Nicole Krauss: A History of Love
8. Chris Adrian: The Children’s Hospital
9. Haruki Murakami: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World
10. Mark Zusak: The Book Thief
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12. Wells Tower: Everything Ravaged Everything Burned
Oh, and I'm allowed two alternates in case any of those prove to not be all I hoped they would:
1. Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone
2. Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
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Lets hope you don't have to use your second alternate pick, Jonathan Strange and Mr.Norrell, as it is 800 pages long!
ReplyDeleteAs a show of support for your noble effort, I have decided to pick a title from your list to read as well. I have chosen Everything Ravaged Everything Burned by Tower Wells.
I can vouch for the zz packer and the Zadie Smith for being deliciously readable - I whizzed through them in no time. The Beautiful and the Damned is wonderful too - later this year there's a biopic of Zelda planned using the title, so it may be a popular choice later in the year.
ReplyDeleteI'll investigate the Tower Wells too - with that title and author name, it has to be worth a look!