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Old 12-28-2009, 05:27 PM   #61
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Does fanfiction count?
If it's what you thought was best of 2009.....go for it.

Others with similar tastes might be interested, eh?
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Old 12-28-2009, 05:46 PM   #62
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If it's what you thought was best of 2009.....go for it.

Others with similar tastes might be interested, eh?

I'm going to have to give this some thought. I read some truly wonderful stories this last year.
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Old 12-28-2009, 08:56 PM   #63
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Watership Down by Richard Adams (my favorite novel since I was ten)
I didn't know Watership Down was available as an ebook I loved it as a kid and must have re-read it ten times over the years, I'm gonna have to hunt it down and buy it now

For me the best reads of 2009 would have to be the Codex Alera series by jim Butcher, I wasn't overly impressed by the Dresden series so was a bit unsure about trying these but I'm so glad I did.
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I didn't know Watership Down was available as an ebook I loved it as a kid and must have re-read it ten times over the years, I'm gonna have to hunt it down and buy it now

For me the best reads of 2009 would have to be the Codex Alera series by jim Butcher, I wasn't overly impressed by the Dresden series so was a bit unsure about trying these but I'm so glad I did.
Don't buy it, its available free, just don't remember where I got it from
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:09 PM   #65
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So I did a little browsing...something that caught my eye...The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, which someone recommended. Are you satisfied now? Another to add to my 1700+ collection!!!
I didn't recommend it, just said it was my favorite read of 2009. The movie is set to be released 15 January 2010 so you might want to move it up your list.

Good luck with your to read list.
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Old 12-29-2009, 08:02 AM   #66
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Here's a list at about.com of what they think was the top 10 of 2009:

http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/...books-2009.htm
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Old 12-29-2009, 08:33 AM   #67
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My personal pics were:
The Quincunx
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Fool

Don't think any of them were 2009 releases though...I read some good 2009 books but none of them reached the engagement level I had with those three - suspense and curiousity for The Quincunx, sympathy and outright bawling for Edgar Sawtelle and guffaws and admiration for the cleverness of The Fool.
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Old 12-29-2009, 08:36 AM   #68
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Here's a list at about.com of what they think was the top 10 of 2009:

http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/...books-2009.htm
I have bookmarked that site as scanning through it I realize that I want to read every one of those books Except the one that I did read by Audrey Niffeneger (which I quite liked) and possibly except the Nicholas Sparks book who I don't read on principle due to his sadistic tendency to kill off his characters and leave someone wallowing in misery.

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Old 12-29-2009, 08:58 AM   #69
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Ok, after a lot of thinking I'm going to go with "Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay as my favourite read of 2009.
(un)fortunately, after reading this thread my "to be read" list for 2010 is threatening to spill over into 2011!
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Old 12-29-2009, 11:01 AM   #70
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So what was the best thing you read in 2009?
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James. It was the first book I read on my then-new e-reader. It is such a meaty and complex story. I am queueing up more of James' work to read in 2010.
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Old 12-29-2009, 08:46 PM   #71
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If I go by the ratings I gave the books on LibraryThing the following got 4.5:

The Lens
Old Man's War
Neptunes Crossing
The Pillars Of The Earth

I think if I picked 1 it would be The Pillars of the Earth.

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I second "Old Man's War". Man, I must have been living under a rock to have not read that one earlier.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:11 AM   #72
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My choice is Laurence Durrel's "The Alexandria Quartet" and as a second place: Toni Morrisson's "Beloved".
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:24 AM   #73
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My choice is Laurence Durrel's "The Alexandria Quartet" and as a second place: Toni Morrisson's "Beloved".

Thanks and WELCOME TO MR!!
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:36 AM   #74
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My choice is Laurence Durrel's "The Alexandria Quartet" and as a second place: Toni Morrisson's "Beloved".
Good choices, I enjoyed those books as well, maybe I'll re-read them in 2010. Welcome to MobileRead!
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:40 AM   #75
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
One of my all time favorite books...read it as a kid, as an adult, as an old man...super!
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