This year really came through reading-wise. Initially, I didn't know what to expect. And I think I was a little surprised to find myself feeling a strong pull right from the beginning of the year to published books. I tried quite a few new-to-me authors with more abandon than I have in recent years—something I'm proud of and hope to continue. Not all of them worked in just an Angie-like way, but regret never entered the room. I passed them on. To the Little Free Libraries in my neighborhood, to the used bookstore down the street that I love, to my own public library in donations. Someone will love them. It didn't have to be me. And I loved giving them that little push along their way to the homes of the people who would soak up their words and hold them tight. What a gift books are. How much I need them and how grateful I am at the end of this year for the ones that came and continued on their way—but most especially for the ones that came to stay. And so, as has long bee...
I love Patricia Briggs!
ReplyDeleteYay for Briggs! She is my very favorite UF writer. Period.
ReplyDeleteI agree with several of those - and you have to try some of Briggs trad fantasy. It's even better than her UF.
ReplyDeleteTotally seeing Grimspace and Wicked Game on multiple lists. This pleases me because they made my list too! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd - I really *have* to read Lisa Shearin, because I see her rec'ed a lot, but I've never read her books.
The Host was wonderful. Not sure how I'm gonna feel when she puts out the sequal.
ReplyDeleteLiviana, I actually read Dragon Bones before discovering the Mercy books. I need to find a copy of Dragon Blood now and finish that set.
ReplyDeleteJanicu, I'm glad to hear someone else loved Wicked Game. I thought it was wicked good. ;)
Princess Allie, I feel exactly the same way. I liked how The Host ended just fine. It doesn't need more and it seems like I'm not as big a fan of her sequels as I am her first volumes. Hm...
"The Host" is still sitting in my TBR pile. I think "Breaking Dawn" put me off more Meyer for a while - though it was a bit like car-crash telly (or reading), I just had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next.
ReplyDeleteThere's quite a few in your Best of list that I definitely have to pick up in 2009!
Li, I know what you mean. I'm actually really glad I read The Host before Breaking Dawn because I'm not sure I'd have been able to read it post-BD. I do recommend it, though, when you feel recovered. ;-)
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