For me, it would be "The Night Circus" by Erin Morganstern. I had to check to see when I read "The Historian", but that was the previous November.
For me, it would be "The Night Circus" by Erin Morganstern. I had to check to see when I read "The Historian", but that was the previous November.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
The Fall of the House of Dixie by Bruce Levine.
"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," by Julian Jaynes
I'm leaning towards The Shining by Stephen King
I read "Night Circus" in 2013 too but I'd have to place it just a notch below "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.Originally Posted by marcshoe
Honorable mention:
"I Am the Messenger" - Markus Zusak
"World War Z" - Max Brooks
"John Dies at the End" - David Wong
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
I can't really think of any book that really stood out that I have read recently. I have read a lot of good books but my favorite authors, but nothing that says "WOW".
Probably "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
I've had 3 people now tell me to read that. Would it make for a good audiobook, or is it one you need to read the pages? My reading is about 50-50, with the time I spend commuting every day.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
I can't think of why it wouldn't work as an audiobook, should be fine.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Most books work on audio. Ones that don't tend to be those with a high number of characters that pop in and out throughout, or that skip around quite a bit chronologically....or ones that I need a dictionary close by if I want to understand.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
I listened to it as an audiobook. No problem at all.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
I didn't read any standouts, but I enjoyed 11/22/63 a whole lot. That was probably my most enjoyable reading experience of the year.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
One book I read this year that stood out for me was Evel, Leigh Montville's biography of Evel Knievel.
I was really impressed. I might check out Montville's bio of Ted Williams next.
His Bio on WIlliams is really good. I read it about a year or so ago.
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