Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

National Book Award winners announced

nbaawardAnd the winners are:

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Young People’s Literature

I hadn’t read these or any of the shortlisted titles in any category, though I did have Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor checked out from the library. It was on the ya shortlist.

Library Loot 11.18.09

Hosted by Eva and Marg

I have quite a few library books out now. I always like to have options, so I tend to always have a bunch of books out. I also like to read a few pages of a new book to see if it grabs me. If you’ve read any of these, please help me determine which should go higher on the priority list, or vice versa, which books I can take back. Here are the ones I have checked out:

  1. The Piano Teacher by Jelinek (German challenge)
  2. Death in Venice by Mann (German challenge)
  3. Crabwalk by Gunter Grass (German challenge)
  4. I’ts Beginning to Hurt by Lasdun
  5. A Woman Alone, edited by Conlon
  6. The Day the Falls Stood Still by Buchanan
  7. The Good Women of China by Xinran
  8. The Weight of Heaven by Umrigar
  9. The Spare Room by Helen Garner
  10. Love and Summer by William Trevor
  11. The Thing Around Your Neck by Adichie
  12. Nocturnes by Ishiguro
  13. Her Fearful Symmetry by Niffenegger
  14. Leaving Tangier by Ben Jelloun
  15. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
  16. Await Your Reply by Chaon
  17. Wife of the Gods by Quartey
  18. In other rooms, other wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
  19. Wanting by Flanagan
  20. Last Night in Montreal by Mandel
  21. Marcelo in the Real World by Stork (I’m listening to this on audio right now)
  22. Lips Touch: Three Times by Taylor
  23. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
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