Here are a few of my favorite books from this past year:
A House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Assorted Short Stories by George MacDonald
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
John Adams by David McCullogh
No Opportunity Wasted by Phil Koeghan
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
You should read them.
5 comments:
no! you forgot the sequel to Out of the Silent Planet, Pernalalksjdiwljf I forget... I still need to give you That Hiddeous Strength! That one is great!
Ooooh, I really like A House of Mirth , Anthem , and Persuasion (it's my favorite Austen novel). Of Lewis' space trilogy (I guess that's what it's called) I've only read Perelandra -- not my favorite of his writings. But maybe if I read the whole series, I might enjoy it better. Hee hee, oh, The Hobbit . It's hard for me to read it without remembering that awful cartoon that was made in the 1970's. And thanks for getting me thinking about MacDonald again; he's one of those author's tucked in the back of my mind that I'd really like to read but never quite get around to.
I couldn't get past the unbelievable condescending misogyny in That Hideous Strength, but I do love The Poisonwood Bible and Jonathon Strange. Three Cups of Tea is on my reading list.
Three Cups of Tea and Anthem are books that I want to read too. Perhaps I'll get to those after I wade through the other six books that I've lined up?
What are you guys reading for book club now? I noticed there is a local book club at the library here, but this month they are reading 1776. Maybs I'll go when they read something that I haven't read in the past six months? It won't be as fun without you!
Fautie the illiterate says:
I only read 10 or 12 books this year. And I have only ever read one ever on your list and that is the Hobbit.
Here are some I read this year:
Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Truman by David McCullough which was excellant.
We Might as Well Win by Johan Bruyneel
A Bio about Abe Lincoln
Lone Survivor about Navy Seal Group in Afghanistan.
Other unimpressive novels that I do not really recall much about.
Fautie Hill
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