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Sunday, December 28, 2008

TOP 10 BOOKS I LOVED MOST IN '08

This was hard to whittle down, read me some good books this year, but these are the stand outs.

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11 comments:

Jenny said...: Good blog post! I am going to have to add a few of those to my list.; 4:43 PM
Ask Me Anything said...: I KNEW this was coming!; 5:58 PM
contemporary themes said...: okay. good thing I have all but two of those! otherwise, i don't think my budget could take it!; 7:05 PM
Jill said...: thanks. just went onto my library and requested the 6 i haven' read. i have a feeling i like what you like.; 7:14 PM
Angie Ledbetter said...: The covers of all of those look like they're good and juicy with great characters. So sad to say I haven't read a one. I guess i better go pay that old "liberry" fine and start checking out again. :); 7:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Everyone who follows your blog should get to add one choice. So I'll start: Finding Beauty in a Broken World by Terry Tempest Williams.; 10:20 PM
Michelle O'Neil said...: Here's to more wonderful books and lots of time to read them in 2009, when your kids GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

Love.; 6:29 AM
Lori said...: There are two there I have, so it's time I read them. :)

My favorites from this year -

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Go Tell it on the Mountain - James Baldwin

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

Eleanor of Acquitaine - Alison Weir

Some all-time favorites:

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

Paula - Isabel Allende

Holy the Firm - Annie Dillard

The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan; 7:09 AM
Lola said...: i agree with ALL of those books-so now i must go shopping for the few on your list i didn't read AND maybe I will make a list too!!!!!; 7:54 AM
Amber said...: I have not read most of these. Thanks, although a few words of each would not kill ya! Jeez.I want to know why you likey.
;)

Did you know Claire, (Come Back) sometimes checks in on my blog? She is very cool indeed. That book KILLED me.

:); 6:31 PM
Jess said...: There's never time for all the good books in the world, the stack my bed is huge. :)

And I'll just put in another plug for The Wholeness of a Broken Heart. Loved that, need to read it again now.

Did you read Bel Canto by Ann Patchett? I'm halfway through it. Good stuff.; 11:40 AM

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