Here they are - the books chosen as the best they read in 2005 by eleven selected BlogCritics. What was yours?
The challenge to our superior cabal was to pick the single book they first encountered in 2005 that most impressed them. Theteneleven* winners (and the BlogCritics who selected them) are listed below, in the order in which they were nominated.…
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26 - Scott Butki
I'm planning to read Ansai Boys during holiday break. I can't wait.
Pat,
I love Neal Stephenson but his books are just too big and intense. When he spoke at the National Book Festival last year he said his goal is for his next book to be small enough to fit in an airplane overhead compartment.
Tis a good goal, me thinks
27 - Scott Butki
Alpha, thanks for your comments. I hope you like the book.
It is an especially good book to read with a discussion group which is how I read it.
28 - Phillip Winn
Fantastic list of books! I'm behind, for sure.
29 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
Ian McEwan is a great book, as is My Life in the CIA by Harry Mathews, which i highly recommend. I could think of others, but for now, i'll leave it there.... lately i've been reading older works for my own book..... so i can't really comment. if this is for 2005, nobody put Dylan's Chronicless which i would have for its honesty and the risk he took. The writing may be coarse but he finally broke his silence and that to me is worth a place here.
cheers all,
s.
30 - NancyGail
Have yet to read any of the choices-but vote for the Historian. Placed hold on it at local library.
31 - Better than your top 10
A book no one has seemed to pick up on here is one I received for Christmas called: The English Harem by Anthony McCarten. I think it says more about contemporary Britan than Saturday or Brick Lane, or White Teeth combined - a Vanity Fair for the 21st Century! Here's a link - not many other reviews on the site, but worth checking out in 06 for sure! here is the a site with info on The English Harem
32 - blinky008
I would like to vote for SIGSBY DENONE by hj stewart, because i am hj stewart thanks for the opportunity hj stewart