2009 in Review: 365 days, 37 books: what I read this year. [...]
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Is it so awful that I’d rather pretend that Jo and her sisters really were just as they were written? [...] If you’re my age or anywhere near it, you’re pretty much genetically disposed to have an abiding fondness for David Sedaris. [...] Is there a librarian on your shopping list? The mildly attractive gentlemen attending USC have assembled for your viewing pleasure throughout 2010, arranging themselves in iconic poses from the history of film. [...] I loved this collection of stories possibly even more than I loved her novel The Namesake I’ve just added her earlier Pulitzer-winning Interpreter of Maladies to my must-read list — Jhumpa Lahiri is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. [...] Just for fun — Bing Crosby’s thoughts on snow and a winter quiz on the white stuff in literature, from The Guardian. [...] Everyone’s got a list, but what’s the best book you read in 2009? [...] I’m obsessive about lists. When I was a teenager, I made top ten favorite lists for everything. I’m so into lists, I even recognize the humor of lists, which is why I’m dying to get my hands on this book so I can read about ghost monkeys. A list about ghost monkeys, no less. And find out what bad guys were chosen as the “22 ridiculous horror-movie adversaries”. Who wouldn’t? [...] Written or shown, there is great nuance, and great subtlety in the way Ishiguro tells a tale; Mr. Stevens and his story could have been created by no other author. [...] |
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