The Times They Are A Changing

I’m an avid reader, have been ever since I can remember. I’m sure it was because my father read everything he could get his hands on and at a young age I wanted to emulate him. I have a favorite book. Of course, I have a lot of favorite books. But, I think our real favorite book is the one that may have come along at a younger age, an impressionable age. That book for me was “The Good Earth” by Pearl S Buck. I remember in later years going to the library and reading all her books one by one.

My favorite book of this year is “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein. Any book that has me crying by page six, I know, has something to say to me. There is a quote I remember that I think about when I have three different books going at one time. Sorry, I don’t know who actually said it or if I have it completely right. “First I buy books. If I have a little money left over I buy food.”

Best Books of the Year

These are books from other people’s list in consideration of putting them on my own “want to read” list.

Amazon Top Picks

(1) The Northern Clemency
(2) Hurry Down Sunshine
(3) Nixonland
(4) The Forever War
(5) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Publisher’s Weekly (top nonfiction: How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People)

(1) When Will There Be Good News
(2) 2666
(3) Hold Tight
(4) The Brass Verdict
(5) Master of the Delta

New York Times (top nonfiction: The Dark Side)

(1) Dangerous Laughter
(2) A Mercy
(3) Netherland
(4) 2666
(5) Unaccustomed Earth

Herald Tribune (Same as New York Times)