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Favorite Books of the Yearr
FICTION
Diaz, The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
(A funny, ingenious, heartbreaking book about a Dominican SF nerd in New Jersey. Wonderfully written.)
Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
(Finally got around to reading this one. Understatement used like a hammer on the soul.)
Korelitz, You Should Have Known
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My fiction this year
I had 3 stories out in 2014:
My intricate court politics story, "The Year of Silent Birds," at BCS.
"Lines on a Pamphlet Found Near the Museum," at AE.
An arctic horror tale, "Wendigo Nights" in Fearful Symmetries.
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Best Books of 2014: Non Fiction
Aaaand here's the non-fiction list.
(Note: not all of these are new books; some of them are books I just got around to reading for the first time in 2014.)
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeFinally read this one, and wow. A profoundly affecting "Indian" history of westward expansion. Yes, there are certain archaeological claims it makes that have ( Read more... ) -
Best Books of 2014 (a biased list): Fiction
This year I read 76 books for pleasure: non fiction and fiction with a generous helping of SF and New York literary-awards type books. Here are my favourites.
(Note: not all of these are new books; some of them are books I just got around to reading for the first time in 2014.)
FICTION
Station 11I picked up this 'literary apocalypse' novel ( Read more... ) -
2014
I realized today that I've had this lj account for over 10 years. There are other markers of age - seeing people's kids go from babies to toddlers in the blink of an eye, meeting certain milestones - and then there are social media markers, like the fact I remember a world without internet & have now had an lj account for 10 years. Also, the fact I ( Read more... ) -
Still alive! Still alive.
Hello folks ( Read more... ) -
Poem
I've emerged from my Christmas chaos and internet lurking with a poem for you all. I think my geek friends will particularly appreciate this:Fragments from a Childhood
Gwendolyn MacEwen
From: The Fire-Eaters. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1982
You are eleven years old and have finally decided you can fly. You've been through all the issues of the Marvel ( Read more... ) -
The Best Books I've read this Year (so far)
Looking for book recommendations? My list of the best books I've read for fun this year:
1) Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (fiction) - A young teenager deals with death of uncle. And it's bloody, bloody brilliant.
2) Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (fiction) - Housewife discovers butterfly migration and then herself. Some of ( Read more... ) -
Breaking Bad finale
So the Breaking Bad finale was good, and gave us the ending Walt's trajectory had suggested. But damn. I admit to having hoped for a happier end than that.
Conversation in the comments, those who've seen it? -
Still here
There's been a flurry of 'return to lj' posts from some of my f-list recently, so for the record, I'm still here & still reading. I'm also going gangbusters on academic book revisions right now, so I have basically no time for writing that is not let's-get-shit-done related. So: no posts from me for a while ( Read more... )