Saw others enumerate their annual book reads, so I will do the same in this thread. My goal for each year is to read at least 4 books per month from my lifetime goal list.
In the past four days, I completed the following: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (Hugo 1969) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Nebula 1967) History of the American Frontier by Frederic Paxson (Pulitzer History (1925) Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien (NBA 1979)
Like the solar eclipse, I had a convergence of sorts, completing four books this past week (all recommended): Age of Jackson by Schlesinger (Pulitzer History 1946) NBA fiction winners Cold Mountain by Frazier (1997) and Invisible Man by Ellison (1953) The Speed of Dark by Moon (Nebula 2004)
Finished and recommend Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son (Pulitzer 2013).
Over vacation, finished Toni Morrison’s Beloved (Pulitzer 1988), my first by that author. The hit rate of the 1980s winners has been solid so far: Morrison, Mailer, McMurtry and Updike all with recommended reads.
Completed Rabbit is Rich by John Updike (Pulitzer Fiction 1982). Two things: you don’t need to read the tetrarchy in order (I started with Rabbit at Rest) because two, the writing is just too damn good.
I've been reading this since July of last year, but finally finished this morning. While facile at times, William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is nonetheless a recommended read. Spoiler alert: it has a happy ending.
