I'm about to walk out the door to go to my local Mockingjay
release party and figured I'd go ahead and say it one last time before I go quiet:
release party and figured I'd go ahead and say it one last time before I go quiet:
Happy reading!
I am winded, you guys. Winded from laboring over this list. This is the first time I've attempted to cobble together a Best Books of the Decade list, and I can't say I'll be up to it for another ten years or so. But my, I couldn't resist the challenge (or profound pleasure, if we're being honest). I kept trying to winnow it down, kept forcing myself to be ruthless. Like somehow I could (or should) keep it to a top ten (flat impossible) or at least a top twenty-five (who are we kidding?). But after bidding those constraints good riddance, I really did press myself to take a hard, clear look at what hurts (to mangle my favorite Hemingway quote). Because these novels hurt in the best way. Each entry on this list is a five-star book in my books. Which means I wouldn't change a single thing about a single one of them. They are the ones I call perfect when I recommend them to friends and strangers. They are the ones I have read and reread over the past ten years and…
Woohoo Team Gale! I won't be able to get my copy until the 26th but have fun on the release party and I look forward to your review of this. :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun! When I got mine, I couldn't put it down. You'll love it!
ReplyDeleteHurrah!
ReplyDeleteTeam Gale!! If mine doesn't come in the mail tomorrow I'm going to scream!! Have fun tonight :)
ReplyDeleteMine and Peeta's respect for you just got a whole lot lower!
ReplyDeleteHurraaa...mine will hopfeully arrive today :)
ReplyDeleteTeam Gale.
ReplyDeletehahaha.
ReplyDeleteWe're going this afternoon. There are to be cupcakes!
Chachic, you've got to be counting down the hours now! Hope it comes soon.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline, you were so right. It was superb.
Adele, hehe.
Rosey, did it come? Are you okay??
Matt, LOL. You and Peeta. You creamsicles, you.
Emily, I hope it got there to you safe and sound and that you've got your nose buried in it this very minute. :)
Christine, yay!
Raspberry, ooh. And how were they?