Tag Archives: 2013 favorite books

I still fancy myself the reader I was at age 11, which is to say: voracious, focused, one hand clutching the latest Baby-Sitters Club release and the other pulling A Tree Grows in Brooklyn off the library shelf for the … Continue reading →

I hope that Shari won’t mind, but the first book that meant a lot to me in 2013 was actually a reread. Michael Ondaatje’s The Cat’s Table was released in 2011, and I have read it annually since. The novel … Continue reading →

2013 was the year of my return to fiction. It was the year I figured out and got comfortable reading on my iPhone. Had you told me that I would be reading novels on my phone even 2 years ago … Continue reading →

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton “I should like to see him in a storm,” said Anna. “What a peculiar wish,” said the boy, delighted. “But yes, now that you say it, I believe I feel the same way. I should … Continue reading →

About six or seven years ago, a friend gave me a hardcopy of The Principles of Uncertainty for Christmas. It pretty much blew my head off my shoulders. Since then I pick it up on occasion and this Fall was … Continue reading →

I just can’t believe that life would give us to each other,’ he said, ‘and then take it back.’ ‘I can,’ she said. ‘Life’s a bastard.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park When Shari asked me to share my favorite … Continue reading →

Choosing my favorite book of the year is a challenge, because I am an omnivorous reader on my own, as well as a member of a bookclub that can be, well, erratic in its choices.  This year we read everything … Continue reading →

2013 was a year of books for me, although I suppose books have been the theme of the past ten years for me—I spent most of those in graduate school. But in a few important ways, 2013 was especially bookish: … Continue reading →

I’m not a book buyer. I don’t stalk the book stores for new releases and best sellers. I am a library gal. I read the books we pick for book club, which sometimes are old classics, or sci-fi, or whatever … Continue reading →

What a gift to be invited to share my favorite book of 2013 in this space. I feel honored to have been asked, though I will confess that this was a difficult assignment for me! I always struggle to choose … Continue reading →