Book of the Month
I did this last year, and thought it would be fun to do again.
I know December isn't over yet, but we're half way through, so I reckon it's okay to make an assumption.
Which was the best (and worst) book you read each month?
My answer is in the comments once I make up my mind for each month ;)
I know December isn't over yet, but we're half way through, so I reckon it's okay to make an assumption.
Which was the best (and worst) book you read each month?
My answer is in the comments once I make up my mind for each month ;)
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I read as I have time. One moth there is an orgy of books. Another month no time - a famine.
Best /worst - Only occasionally is there a book that is so marvelous it deserves "BEST". And worst? If it's that bad I toss it aside.
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Jan: Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
Feb: Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle
Mar: Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor by Bonnie J. Morris
Apr: Brazilian Adventure by Peter Fleming
May: The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories by Jonathan A. Edlow
Jun: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould
Jul: Word Crime: Solving Crime through Forensic Linguistics by John Olsson
Aug: The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by Philip Mould
Sep: Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Oct: Blameless by Gail Carriger
Nov: One's Company - A Journey To China by Peter Fleming, but Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer by M J Trow gets an honorable mention.
Dec: The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History by Peter Lamont
Worst [In many cases these aren't bad at all, just the least wonderful.]
Jan: The Air Loom Gang: The Strange and True Story of James Tilly Matthews and His ( ... )
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January: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold/The Golden Cat by Gabriel King
February: Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki/The Moment of Psycho by David Thomson
March: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith/A History of Piates by Nigel Cawthorne
April: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak/The Little Regiment and other Civil War stories by Stephen Crane
May: 100 Heartbeats by Jeff Corwin/The Unicorn Dancer by R.A.V. Salsitz
June: A Summer of Hummingbirds by Christopher Benfrey/The Treasure by Iris Johannsen
July: Kentucky Bride by Hannah Howell/Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
August: Bloodsuckers, The Vampire Archives vol. 1 by various/Horns by Joe Hill
September: Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper/The Longest Raid of the Civil War by Lester V. Horwitz
October: The Fall by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
November: Cleopatra, A Life by Stacy Schiff
December: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (so far)
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Best: Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster
Worst: The Glasswrights' Journeymen by Mindy Klasky
February
Best: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by Daniel Grann
Worst: Iron Angel by Alan Campbell
March
Best: Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson
Worst: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
April
Best: Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Worst: Temptress by Lisa Jackson
May
Best: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper
Worst: The Bride Wore Red: Tales of a Cross-Cultural Family by Robbie Clipper Sethi
June
Best: Brothers: A Novel by Da Chen
Worst: Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
July
Best: Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour by Robb Walsh
Worst: The Merchants' War by Charles Stross
August
Best: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield ( ... )
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