Not much action here as of 12/28

Dan Simmons' "Ilium" came out in 2003 and "Olympos" isn't due until July '05, so I'm having a hard time coming up with a favorite for this year.


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The best books I read this year were Stiff by Mary Roach, Devil in the White City by Eric Larson, and Positively 5th Street by James McManus in non-fiction.

The Clearing by Tim Gautereuax might be the best of the fiction. I'm blanking on anything else that struck me as great.

You can trust me, I'm a LIBRARIAN!

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Originally posted by sirbenny:
Devil in the White City by Eric Larson

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I just started reading that one a couple of days ago.

Absolutely fascinating stuff....almost reads like a thriller novel.

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I sat by the pool and finished "Right where you are sitting now" by RAW.

It knocked me flat.

But that was only the last of a long series of books.

It joined the dots.

Best thing I read in 2004 was Alice Munro's Runaway. Eight little stories, each one of them perfect. My favourite: Passion.