Billy Lynn's Long Half Time Walk by Ben Fountain. Just this amazing book about a Private in the US Army who's on leave for a couple of weeks because his ... group (brain has forgotten the military term) did something pretty heroic and difficult. They're whisked around the country, appearing on TV &c. The book is just one day of this, when the guys go to a football match, and it's this incredible piece of writing exploring the kid's feelings and people's reactions to him.
The other book is completely different. It's The Haunted Book by Jeremy Dyson, published by my favourite independent house, Canongate. It starts off as a collection of hauntings around the UK and turns into something else entirely. I was kind of gobsmacked when I finished it, and grinned for a bit. Don't recall ever having had that reaction before.
The other book is completely different. It's The Haunted Book by Jeremy Dyson, published by my favourite independent house, Canongate. It starts off as a collection of hauntings around the UK and turns into something else entirely. I was kind of gobsmacked when I finished it, and grinned for a bit. Don't recall ever having had that reaction before.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
After AMOL, I'm looking for something new, so let me ask - What was the best book you read in 2012?
- 06/01/2013 10:44:24 PM
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Someone asked this question not long ago, actually...
- 06/01/2013 11:23:24 PM
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Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working.
- 07/01/2013 12:10:26 AM
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Re: Thanks, very good resource, but the second link isn't working.
- 07/01/2013 07:13:52 AM
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Speaking of Tuchman...
- 07/01/2013 02:37:31 PM
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Yes. The one I own is The Zimmermann Telegram, which is also great.
- 07/01/2013 05:48:48 PM
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Hard choice between two:
- 06/01/2013 11:33:11 PM
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Interesting....that second book doesn't even have any Amazon reviews!
- 07/01/2013 12:16:06 AM
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Well, depends on how broadly you want to define genres, I suppose...
- 07/01/2013 01:09:34 AM
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Lord of Light- has some similarities to WOT in terms of themes
- 07/01/2013 01:27:01 AM
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It's a great book, though Chronicles of Amber would seem closer to WoT
- 15/01/2013 01:01:25 AM
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For me it's a draw between Patrick Rothfuss: "The wise Man's Fear" and
- 07/01/2013 01:17:14 PM
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Check out the work by David Weber or L E Modesitt Jr if you have't already; both are excellent. *NM*
- 04/02/2013 01:06:39 PM
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