Comments on: Best Books of 2008

By: The interview continues - courtesy Jason Fischer « Errantry

The interview continues - courtesy Jason Fischer « Errantry — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:15:35 +0000

[...] What are your top 3 reads from 2008/2009? Interesting. I’ve already picked my top three books, but if I just pick top three fiction reads it is: Bellwether – Connie Willis (a reread, and aloud, [...]

By: tanaudel

tanaudel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:23:34 +0000

:) But I really should have kept track of people to whom I gave it, because it was getting a bit complicated trying not to give it to the same person twice!

By: emmaco

emmaco — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:46:39 +0000

A great year of reading! I love that you have bought half a dozen copies of My family and other animals because it really is one of the best family or comedy or animal books and needs to be kept in print :)

By: tanaudel

tanaudel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:02:02 +0000

Yes! Some very exciting awards going at the moment.

Your achievement is in itself quite impressive. Oh, and the Ryle arrived – thankyou so much! I keep meaning to write and say thankyou and get distracted reading it :)

By: Will

Will — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:41:33 +0000

I saw where Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Award for 2009! Your reading list is quite inspiring. I came nowhere close to that many books last year, although I DID read over 4,000 pages. Oddly, that was comprised of six books.

By: tanaudel

tanaudel — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:14:14 +0000

Aimee – do keep a record, and start the year whenever you like. The record can be surprisingly helpful when, for e.g., you forget reading Emma.

Renaye – thanks for the comment and good luck with the reading this year.

JanetD – thanks for coming back :) Great seeing you and thanks for taking the photo!

By: JanetD

JanetD — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:38:59 +0000

I am quite glad to get back to reading your blog, and this award list is one of the reasons why: you always tell me about the most interesting books.

Good seeing you at Aurealis (and nice to meet Aimee too).

By: renaye

renaye — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:36:54 +0000

wow! u read lots of books in 2008! i only managed to read 16 in 2008.

By: aimeesmith

aimeesmith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:13:06 +0000

This is a truly wonderful list. I wish the experience of having read a book could be transferred via telepathy so I could have read all these too, and not run out of time to do so. Having said that, I have read 19 of them.

Wow. I read 19 books last year. At least. I had no idea. I think I will keep a record this year! Only thing is, do I date it from the start of the Christmas holidays, or from actual January? :)