2013 - Your Best Five Reads of Q1 (January - March)
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1PaperbackPirate
Please share the best five books you've read in the last three months.
Happy list making!
Happy list making!
2fuzzi
In no particular order:
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
The Running Foxes by Joyce Stranger
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
The Running Foxes by Joyce Stranger
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
3cammykitty
Count of Monte Cristo and that should probably count as five books in and of itself
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Under Shifting Glass by Nicky Singer
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Book Thief
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Under Shifting Glass by Nicky Singer
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Book Thief
4barney67
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
Essays in Biography by Joseph Epstein
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books ed. by Charles Kesler
A Cure For Gravity by Joe Jackson
Essays in Biography by Joseph Epstein
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books ed. by Charles Kesler
A Cure For Gravity by Joe Jackson
5KAzevedo
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - One of the best books I've ever read
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Driftless by David Rhodes - Wonderful underrated book
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Driftless by David Rhodes - Wonderful underrated book
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent
6digitalmaven
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson
Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods by Florent Chavouet
Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson
Skylark by Dezső Kosztolányi
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods by Florent Chavouet
7judylou
The Dinner by Herman Koch - so powerful and so well written
The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian - just a what-the kind of book. Loved it!
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan - Brilliant, simply brilliant!!
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas - impossible to describe.
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam - incredibly moving story.
The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian - just a what-the kind of book. Loved it!
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan - Brilliant, simply brilliant!!
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas - impossible to describe.
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam - incredibly moving story.
8PaperbackPirate
3 cammykitty
"Count of Monte Cristo and that should probably count as five books in and of itself"
LOL!! I loved that book too.
"Count of Monte Cristo and that should probably count as five books in and of itself"
LOL!! I loved that book too.
9beatles1964
Charmed to Death by Shirley Damsgaard
Casual Hex by Vicki Lewis Thompson
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
The Feminine Face of God The Unfolding of The Sacred in Women by Sherry Ruth Anderson
Sword and Sorcercess by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beatles1964
Casual Hex by Vicki Lewis Thompson
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
The Feminine Face of God The Unfolding of The Sacred in Women by Sherry Ruth Anderson
Sword and Sorcercess by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beatles1964
10rabbitprincess
The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood
Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
When Christ and His Saints Slept, by Sharon Kay Penman
Doors Open, by Ian Rankin
Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
When Christ and His Saints Slept, by Sharon Kay Penman
Doors Open, by Ian Rankin
11montsamu
In order of when I read them:
Declare by Tim Powers
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
The City of Devi by Manil Suri
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
Declare by Tim Powers
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
The City of Devi by Manil Suri
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
12NielsenGW
* The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto
* This Craft of Verse by Jorge Luis Borges
* The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to the Ornamental Gnome by Gordon Campbell
* Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life by Daniel Klein
and
* Watchmen by Alan Moore and David Gibbons
* This Craft of Verse by Jorge Luis Borges
* The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to the Ornamental Gnome by Gordon Campbell
* Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life by Daniel Klein
and
* Watchmen by Alan Moore and David Gibbons
13christiguc
My 2013 Q1 best are (so far):
Vipers' Tangle by Francois Mauriac
Stone Upon Stone by Weislaw Mysliwski
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (reread)
Couldn't Keep it to Myself: testimonies from our imprisoned sisters by Wally Lamb
Vipers' Tangle by Francois Mauriac
Stone Upon Stone by Weislaw Mysliwski
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (reread)
Couldn't Keep it to Myself: testimonies from our imprisoned sisters by Wally Lamb
14Canadian_Down_Under
In no particular order:
Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas E. Mann
January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas E. Mann
January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
15mollygrace
In the order in which I read them:
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage by Marly Youmans
Astray by Emma Donoghue
All We Know: Three Lives by Lisa Cohen
A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Parts by Sebastian Faulks
Toby's Room by Pat Barker
A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage by Marly Youmans
Astray by Emma Donoghue
All We Know: Three Lives by Lisa Cohen
A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Parts by Sebastian Faulks
16BillWG
In the order they were read:
The Journey Home by Olaf Olafsson
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Journey Home by Olaf Olafsson
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
17PaperbackPirate
In the order I read them:
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
I had the best quarter I've had in a long time so I have to mention a 6th, but this one was good for the pictures:
Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong by Steven Brower
Thank you for sharing your lists!
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
I had the best quarter I've had in a long time so I have to mention a 6th, but this one was good for the pictures:
Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong by Steven Brower
Thank you for sharing your lists!
18CarolynSchroeder
In no particular order:
1. The Shell Collector: Stories by Anthony Doerr (fiction)
2. Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann (fiction)
3. Second Suns by David Oliver Relin (ARC Edition) (non fiction)
4. Wallace by Jim Gorant (non fiction) (click on author - cannot get the touchstone to match with the book without monkeying around with it more)
5. Sheepish by Catherine Friend (non fiction)
1. The Shell Collector: Stories by Anthony Doerr (fiction)
2. Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann (fiction)
3. Second Suns by David Oliver Relin (ARC Edition) (non fiction)
4. Wallace by Jim Gorant (non fiction) (click on author - cannot get the touchstone to match with the book without monkeying around with it more)
5. Sheepish by Catherine Friend (non fiction)
19Rayaowen
In no particular order:
Antidote by Oliver Burkeman (non-fiction)
Nightrise by Jim Kelly (mystery)
The First Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks (mystery)
The Golden Calf by Helene Tursten(mystery)
The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris (non-fiction)
Antidote by Oliver Burkeman (non-fiction)
Nightrise by Jim Kelly (mystery)
The First Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks (mystery)
The Golden Calf by Helene Tursten(mystery)
The International Bank of Bob by Bob Harris (non-fiction)
20timesdisease 
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Time's Disease, Laurent In Chains by R.S. Ebert
Kirkus Review: "Grief, madness and treachery send King Leon on a murderous campaign against former allies and the mystic nomads of Laurent, culminating in rebellion and war. Fans of exotic high fantasy can lose themselves in the many intricacies of author Ebert’s impressively sprawling saga... Genre fans seeking a fix of especially ornate, challenging and imaginative high fantasy could find this one quite catchy.
Feel free to Look Inside~
http://www.amazon.com/Times-Disease-Laurent-Chains-ebook/dp/B008RZR32I
Kirkus Review: "Grief, madness and treachery send King Leon on a murderous campaign against former allies and the mystic nomads of Laurent, culminating in rebellion and war. Fans of exotic high fantasy can lose themselves in the many intricacies of author Ebert’s impressively sprawling saga... Genre fans seeking a fix of especially ornate, challenging and imaginative high fantasy could find this one quite catchy.
Feel free to Look Inside~
http://www.amazon.com/Times-Disease-Laurent-Chains-ebook/dp/B008RZR32I
21MaggieThom
A Life Less Ordinary by Virginia Bernadine
A World Apart by David M. Brown
Dylan's Song by P.M. Terrell
Red Flame Wizards' School by Pamela Shine (a cute 12 year old author)
Finding Claire Fletcher by Lisa Regan
A World Apart by David M. Brown
Dylan's Song by P.M. Terrell
Red Flame Wizards' School by Pamela Shine (a cute 12 year old author)
Finding Claire Fletcher by Lisa Regan
24jnwelch
Benediction by Kent Haruf
Old Goriot by Honore de Balzac
Volt: Stories by Alan Heathcock
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered by Geoff Dyer
The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon
Hard to leave off Building Stories by Chris Ware
Old Goriot by Honore de Balzac
Volt: Stories by Alan Heathcock
Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered by Geoff Dyer
The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon
Hard to leave off Building Stories by Chris Ware
25sarahbird
I'm going to cheat and list 7. I had a really great beginning to my year!
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Psychopath Test and Lost at Sea, by Jon Ronson
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
The Psychopath Test and Lost at Sea, by Jon Ronson
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
26bell7
I'm late in finding the thread, but here are my top five reads of Jan-Mar 2013 in no particular order:
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
