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Jan 02, 2011 06:23PM
I've got so many books that I can't wait to read in 2011!! It's like getting a gift everytime I start one.
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I am so glad this amazing story is getting attention again! My mom read it to my sister and me when we were kids back in the early 70's!
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand4 Stars (****)
11.
Ancestral Links: A Golf Obsession Spanning Generations by John Garrity4 Stars (****)
I bought this book for $1 at a Borders that was closing...I couldnt put it down when I started...not just about golf but how the game just takes us and defines who we are and how it effects our relationships with those close to us...
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)
I loved it and I loved how this story was told by the author....excellent book that I would highly recommend!!
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Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - the Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom inAfghanistan by Ed Darack4 Stars (****)
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Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson4 Stars (****)
The more I think about this book the more I want to go back and read it again...it just provoked alot of thought for me...
27.
The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf4 Stars (****)
As I read this book really began to grow on me...to me Kent Haruf just has a way of developing these characters which who remind you of someone you know or have met...The book started a little slow for me but by the end I couldn't put it down...
31.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)
I loved it...I just laughed out loud so many times at the crazy characters in this book...this is one that I will recommend to my friends...
32.
The Eight by Katherine Neville4 1/2 Stars (**** 1/2)
Almost a month since I posted my last book and this was worth the time and effort...The further I got in this book the more I wanted it...I love the dual time periods and every time the author switched to the other it was very smooth and fluid and the story lines were evenly matched...one of my favorites this year so far...
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Preferred Lies: A Journey into the Heart of Scottish Golf by Andrew Greig5 Stars (*****)
Although golf is the underlying subject in this book there are so many other things which strike home...reading it made me appreciate the time Ive had with the ones who are most important to me, but more than that it's made me excited about the time I have left with the ones I love...
34.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield5 Stars (*****)
The best book that I have read in 2011 so far!!! I just enjoyed every page of this one....
35.
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt4 Stars (****)
It took me a while but it was worth the effort...could be one that I would read again just to get all the relationships between the characters straight...
41.
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver3 Stars (***)
3 different story lines and I really only warmed to one of them....
45.
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova4 Stars (****)
The "Thief" trilogy I chose....The Holy Thief, The Coral Thief, and The Swan Thieves!!...I enjoyed them all!!
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The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox4 Stars (****)
Good book and a quick read for 700 pages!!
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