12-26-2012, 06:34 AM | #46 |
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Stephen King's The Stand, and close second is the Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey.
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12-26-2012, 07:42 AM | #47 |
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Jane Eyre, never read it before this year. It is an amazing work, and my favorite read of the year.
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12-26-2012, 08:24 AM | #48 |
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Wool Omnibus. No second places if I limit myself to 2012 releases.
Although an older book, my favorite read of the year was Noah Gordon's The Physician. |
12-26-2012, 09:56 AM | #49 |
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Me too! This a great, extremely well researched and written bio of a great inventor and visionary business leader, warts and all. I happen not to have any Apple products because I can't accept their "walled garden" restrictions, but that doesn't lessen my appreciation of Jobs contribution. His impact and Apple's huge global following cannot be denied. |
12-26-2012, 10:55 AM | #50 |
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Not counting rereads, which actually formed the bulk of my 2012 reading, my picks are Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan for nonfiction, and Dare Me by Megan Abbott for fiction.
Frank is a biography of Frank Sinatra, covering the ups and downs of his life and career until his Oscar win for From Here to Eternity. Kaplan presents a well-rounded portrait of a complex person, and I'm looking forward to the second volume. Dare Me is a noir tale set in the world of high school cheerleaders. The story is an irresistible mix of competition and friendship and jealousy and murder. Abbott is a fascinating and artful writer. |
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12-26-2012, 11:23 AM | #51 |
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I spent a good part of this year reading Edmund Morris' thee-volume biography of Theodore Roosevelt, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt. I had been meaning to read them for some time. I was very impressed, both with the books and with the man whose life they covered. I had never understood why his face appeared on Mount Rushmore. These books make the reasons clear.
The piece of fiction I most enjoyed this year was Kraken by China Miéville. I loved this book. It's what fantasy can be but so rarely succeeds in being. Funny, original, and with a wonderful lack of all the stuff I hate. |
12-26-2012, 01:10 PM | #52 |
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Sounds pretty good. I'll have to put that on my reading list. I've always meant to read some of his stuff.
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12-26-2012, 01:16 PM | #53 |
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12-26-2012, 01:19 PM | #54 |
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12-26-2012, 09:29 PM | #55 |
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For Real Stuff (non-fiction) No Easy Day.. awesome.. for fake stuff (fiction) The Racketeer... first fiction book I have read in 20 yrs.. still adjusting, but the Racketeer was good.. A+... when reading fiction I always think about what kinda pot was this author smoking.. I may want some of the same.. LOL
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12-26-2012, 09:39 PM | #56 |
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I'd have to say that Jack Of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay was my number one 2012 release / new read. It's almost a door-stopper, and not in the sort of genre that I'd usually pursue -- but I had promised myself to step out of my literary comfort zone this year, and it resulted in discovering this, which was several leagues ahead of everything else that I read. I highly recommend it. It follows the life of a depression-era boy who loves jazz.
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12-26-2012, 10:02 PM | #57 |
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12-30-2012, 11:28 AM | #58 |
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For light stuff, it's A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.
For more serious stuff it's A Tree Can Save The World by Sadhguru. In fiction it's The City And The Stars by Arthur C Clarke In History it's The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor And in Adventure it's Man-eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett Last edited by regstuff; 12-30-2012 at 11:31 AM. |
12-30-2012, 03:52 PM | #59 |
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My favorite book I read this year would be either the Wool Omnibus, or The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
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12-30-2012, 04:51 PM | #60 |
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11/22/63 by Stephen King, LOVED that book.
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