Given that I generally prefer fiction to nonfiction, I was somewhat surprised by how many of the books I’d read in the All-Time Best 100 nonfiction books since 1923 — which was when Time – as in the magazine – began. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2088856_2088860,00.html Naturally, I’d read all the four nonfiction novels, including Capote’s In Cold Blood, although I [...]
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Storied nonfiction
Posted in Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged In Cold Blood, Nonfiction, rereading, The Civil War, The Elements of Style, The Last Lion, Time magazine on August 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Wrapping up some more books
Posted in Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged An Object of Beauty, Bloody Crimes, Bruce DeSilva, children's books, Ellen Potter, Emily Winfield Martin, Fannie Flagg, Fiction, gift books, holiday reading, I Still Dream About You, It's a Book, James Swanson, Lane Smith, mystery, Nonfiction, Rogue Island, Steve Martin, The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer, The Kneebone Boy on December 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been reading a lot more than writing the last couple weeks, not just books but everyone else’s lists of best books, favorite books, recommended reading, etc. Consequently, my own TBR list grows ever longer, and I will be writing to Santa about that. But it occurs to me as I start wrapping up books [...]
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