I was practically born with a book in my hands. An avid reader my entire life, I read about 70-80 books a year. Yep, bona fide book nerd! I mainly read fiction, mysteries, fantasy, and some sci-fi. My favorite book of all time is Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh - read it as a kid and probably 100 times since then. I walked into a library around age 5 and thought I had found heaven, which explains why I am happy as a clam being a public librarian today! My favorite conversation starter: "Read any good books lately?"
If you are looking for something to read that will take your mind off of the gloomy weather and doomsday news reports, try Mrs. Queen Takes the Train. If you are an Anglophile you will especially enjoy this read. Something else I found out after I read this book and thoroughly enjoyed it - Kuhn is a native of Columbus and attended Whetstone H.S. Pretty cool!
I blogged about this book last month and it is here again because it made my top reads for 2012 list. This is the best book I read all year. The rest of my favorite reads from 2012 in no particular order:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Broken Harbor by Tana French
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
Capital by John Lanchester
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hr. Bookstore by Robin Sloan
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Dead Scared by S. J. Bolton
Happy Reading in 2013!
I'll admit that I am late to the party on this one. I had never read a Jack Reacher novel so picked up the first one to see what it is all about. I was intrigued by the movie and the casting of Tom Cruise. There has been much discussion that he is not how people envision Jack Reacher. I really liked this book and will keep on with the series. I'll probably even see the movie just to see how Tom does playing Jack Reacher.
I'm a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright's work so was pretty keen to read T.C. Boyle's novel, The Women. Boyle provides a view into Wright's life through the eyes of the four women he loved. To say he was eccentric is an understatement but via this well written historical novel, one gets a clearer sense of what drove this creative architect.