The Very Best Book You Read Last Year
"Last year" means 2007... till next January.
EDITED: no, now it means 2013!!
"The very best" means you can name only one.
It also should be a new read, not a re-read, even if your tenth time through The Waste Lands was your last year's best reading experience.
Mine was definitely The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle! I can't thank Lisa enough.
Last edited by Jean; 12-06-2013 at 01:15 AM.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters.
I love that one, too - actually, it's the only book by Salinger I love with all my bearheartOriginally Posted by Seymour_Glass
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. The entire series was a great read, but this was my introduction to it. It helped me keep my mind occupied when I needed it.
(No King books were published in 2007, so nothing was new on that front.)
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
How, many have you read?I love that one, too - actually, it's the only book by Salinger I love with all my bearheart
The Catcher in the RyeHow, many have you read?I love that one, too - actually, it's the only book by Salinger I love with all my bearheart
Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Franny and Zooey
also a lot of short stories, like For Esmé with Love and Squalor (my favorite of them, I think) etc. I like them all, but with either some or, sometimes, a lot of reservations/qualifications
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Salinger's one of my favorite writers, as you could probably tell.
it wasn't very hard to guess
why don't you start a Salinger thread here? he sure does provide a lot of stuff for discussion
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just might.
Lisey's Story was the best book I read last year.
Heart Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
The Road - Cormac McCarthy.
I read the proof of Duma Key last year. By far the best new book I'd read.
John
Fevre Dream by George R.R Martin.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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sugarpop <3
My memory is exceptionally bad in this respect, but I'll give it a shot.
Fiction: Black House-Stephen King
Non-fiction: America Alone, by Mark Steyn
"The Bridge" by Doug Marlette.
"The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time" By Mark Haddon.
Outstanding.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver
I am going to read it soon, too!
(thank you Lady Linda!!!)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My in laws gave me A paperback copy of the Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Jean, you will love it. It is very good.
Very much so! Have you read A Spot of Bother too? It's also great.
I read that last year too. Very disturbing but very compelling.
Like Maer, I'll go with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There were quite a few books I read last year that are worthy of the title "The Best" - but I think the anticipation and excitement and sorrow I felt over DH, are what make it my number one.
I think I'll have to agree on The Deathly Hollows.
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock - Clinton Heylin
I love this thread but I'm not sure I can adhere to the rules put forth. There are two that are just so different and I love them for different reasons.I cannot answer. Both have been listed already though.
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