2013: the year in books

[decemberthirty]

Happy New Year, friends! I have to confess that I love this time of year on livejournal, as everyone posts their summaries and reflections, their resolutions and goals, their lists of books and movies and what have you... I've already shared my goals for the coming year, so now it's time for the annual reading list

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[decemberthirty]

100 books are not enough! More, more! Heh heh... :)

[urban_affair]

I love this time of year on LJ too.

Great reading list! I'm going to go add several of your favorites to my Good Reads list now.

[decemberthirty]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy them.

[firefish]

[decemberthirty]

I agree totally about the lackluster style of Every Man Dies Alone (I never knew it had another title!). I don't know whether to blame the style issues on Fallada or the translator, but I think that it would have really been a knockout book if the prose had done more for me...

I love Isherwood in general, but Berlin Stories is a must for anyone interested in Berlin as a city, or in the time period of the late '30s and early '40s.

[firefish]

[jillwise]

I've add Tenth of December and Wolf Hall to my list of books to read. Thanks for posting, I hadn't heard of either!

[decemberthirty]

Hope you enjoy it! If you do, check out some of Saunders's other collections--they're all good!

[decemberthirty]

It's nice to read this, because I've been feeling like my total was quite small compared to some folks who are posting lists that go up to three digits! I don't think I'll ever read that much... :)