tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post4131163819747962877..comments2009-12-05T23:55:12.956-05:00Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-9903068106219577452009-12-05T23:55:12.956-05:002009-12-05T23:55:12.956-05:00I haven&#39;t read The Help or Cutting for Stone. I have The Help audiobook on hold at the library - just waiting my turn. Off to add Cutting for Stone. :)Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279475981409958176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-53386184183420572662009-12-02T14:45:19.118-05:002009-12-02T14:45:19.118-05:00Tracy Kidder wrote a new book this year, <i>The Strength in What Remains</i>, that I have on my shelf but haven&#39;t read yet. I wish I had gotten to it.Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09240085627916462704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-32730192383135712572009-12-02T12:18:42.428-05:002009-12-02T12:18:42.428-05:00I have Cuttting For Stone on reserve at the library, there&#39;s quite a waiting list. And I want to read Butcher&#39;s Daughter too. Thanks for the reminder.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265301061583417768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-57611133097715616992009-12-02T09:39:43.582-05:002009-12-02T09:39:43.582-05:00I have been thinking about this question ever since I saw the conversation on Twitter and have read most of the books mentioned already. In fact, my top books of 2009 include GATE AT THE STAIRS, LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN, THE HOUSEKEEPER AND THE PROFESSOR and LITTLE BEE(which I did not see mentioned.)These comments did make me realize that I haven&#39;t read HUNGER GAMES, so that will be my final answer. It may have to wait until 2010!suekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06490820195478507655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-58266374799736279442009-12-02T08:04:04.019-05:002009-12-02T08:04:04.019-05:00I&#39;ll have to check out Cutting for Stone!reviewsbylolahttp://reviewsbylola.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-85184336164057736532009-12-02T00:20:05.355-05:002009-12-02T00:20:05.355-05:00I&#39;m with Lenore on this one... could list about 50 I regret not reading yet! And after reading all the comments, have added a few more titiles to my wishlist. :DAlexia561http://www.blogger.com/profile/10797515620050469395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-30079987948043781002009-12-01T22:36:01.073-05:002009-12-01T22:36:01.073-05:00Yes all, you must read Verghese&#39;s CUTTING FOR STONE. I cleaned off my TBR shelf: it had 73 books on it seriously. I honed it down to 44, with much regret. Fresh on the top: Barbara Kingsolver&#39;s THE LACUNA, Mary Karr&#39;s LIT, Rhoda Janzen&#39;s MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS, Annette Gordon Reed&#39;s THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO, and WOLF HALL. Of the more obscure: THE TOSS OF A LEMON by Padma Viswanathan, THE GIFT by Lewis Hyde, and still needing to finish Lucia Orth&#39;s strong start, BABY JESUS PAWN SHOP. Then there&#39;s the classics...Book Oblatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05361337180068361350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-55680448206290889282009-12-01T18:21:18.299-05:002009-12-01T18:21:18.299-05:00florinda- do you mean MAKE LOVE THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY? you HAVE to read it. It&#39;s a quick read and VERY funny! :-)Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-23665164182256798272009-12-01T18:07:29.305-05:002009-12-01T18:07:29.305-05:00There are SO MANY books I wish I read this year.<br /><br />Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel<br /><br />The Believers by Zoe Heller<br /><br />Woodsburner by John Pipkin<br /><br />among many, many others.<br /><br /><br />Unfortunately, i don&#39;t own any of those, so I doubt I&#39;ll get to them before the year&#39;s out.Space Station Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091908248048157507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-41714175220687083062009-12-01T16:53:30.709-05:002009-12-01T16:53:30.709-05:00What a great discussion post. My regrets are:<br /><br />The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<br />The Maze Runner<br /><br />It took almost all year to sell me on The Hunger Games, so I have promised myself next year.<br /><br />TGwtDT may get read before the year is out.MarceJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10136238772526246675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-2246839011303151102009-12-01T16:45:51.281-05:002009-12-01T16:45:51.281-05:00There are so many good books out there that I didn&#39;t read this year, even though I did make plans to read them. I am thinking that I need to make some time for Cutting for Stone and the Hunger Games. I also really want to get to Wolf Hall, but I&#39;m not too sure when that will happen.Zibileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-46298917755010634232009-12-01T16:44:15.110-05:002009-12-01T16:44:15.110-05:00Well, I <i>did</i> read <i>The Help</i> and <i>The Hunger Games</i>, so what&#39;s left :-D?<br /><br />Seriously, no particular title comes to mind, but there are those books that have been in my &quot;review copy&quot; stack since LAST year (one reason I&#39;ve cut back on taking new ones!). Then there are the books that my husband read first and then left on my nightstand for me; he&#39;s starting to think I&#39;ll never get around to reading the literary efforts of Bruce Campbell :-).Florindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-17323573803768151452009-12-01T16:43:16.426-05:002009-12-01T16:43:16.426-05:00Cool post - though it kind of made me sad thinking about all the books I haven&#39;t gotten to this year. Like you, I really want to, but I haven&#39;t read Lorrie Moore&#39;s novel either - it&#39;s still taunting me on my amazon wishlist. <br /><br />Others: <br />Olive Kitteridge<br />The English Major, by Jim Harrison<br />Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel<br />Generosity, by Richard Powers...<br /><br />etc., etc.,Greg Zimmermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-705664461453087672009-12-01T16:16:04.577-05:002009-12-01T16:16:04.577-05:00This is a great question, but also a very depressing one, as now I&#39;m thinking about all the books I would have loved to get to this year. New Steve Berry, James Rollins, Audrey Niffenegger, all the rest. I am having wonderful success with Alias Grace though, love it so far!<br />Alayne<br />TheCrowdedLeaf.wordpress.comAlaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10305704919065945772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-7906517682267430252009-12-01T15:29:08.660-05:002009-12-01T15:29:08.660-05:00Lenore- too late, I gave away my ARC of THE HELP months ago. I tried reading it and didn&#39;t get past the first page- I don&#39;t care for books written in dialect. *shrug*<br /><br />Diane-Loved SACRED HEARTS. I hope you get to that soon! :-)Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-72134236080435748622009-12-01T15:09:42.275-05:002009-12-01T15:09:42.275-05:00Good post topic Marie. I have (3) regrets that I have not read:<br /><br />-- South of Broad; Conway<br />-- Sacred Hearts; Dunant<br />-- Hunger Games; Collins<br /><br />I did love: Cutting for Stone, The Help and Songs for the Butcher&#39;s Daughter.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-20050403964973825062009-12-01T14:57:11.932-05:002009-12-01T14:57:11.932-05:00No, don&#39;t pass on THE HELP!Lenorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-7220285934846150052009-12-01T14:01:34.000-05:002009-12-01T14:01:34.000-05:00I STILL haven&#39;t read CUTTING FOR STONE even though I own it! I would really love to hear your review of GATE AT THE STAIRS so I hope you get to that one soon!<br /><br />-Amy<br />Life by CandlelightAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851557242036545042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-16013668321609645812009-12-01T13:31:35.187-05:002009-12-01T13:31:35.187-05:00CUtting for Stone and The Hunger Games are two books I want to read.Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558695355351437784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-81943620417794970622009-12-01T13:17:13.504-05:002009-12-01T13:17:13.504-05:00No regrets per say, but I do have Hunger Games form the library, and I plan on getting to it before the 31st. <br />Never heard of the other book you mentioned. I&#39;ll go check that out.Jenny Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04077659644092707107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-56344820307625295402009-12-01T12:53:17.270-05:002009-12-01T12:53:17.270-05:00Wolf Hall burns brightly in the TBR file; I&#39;ve been a fan of hers for some time, loved her last, and pounce on her essays in London and New York reviews of books, but another fire burns brighter, at the moment, a man I consider the D.H. Lawrence of American letters, the late Leslie A. Fiedler, a critic who stood criticism on its arse.<br /><br />Having a weekly review column to do doesn&#39;t help, but Hilary is definite for 2010.Shelly Lowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-11367446596531210142009-12-01T11:09:36.126-05:002009-12-01T11:09:36.126-05:00The Help and The Hunger Games for sure! There&#39;s just not enough time - I wish I could go without sleep.bermudaonionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-83910868898593749182009-12-01T11:09:20.349-05:002009-12-01T11:09:20.349-05:00I regret not finishing The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. It was the pick of my book club and I had about 100 pages to go when we had our meeting. I found out about the ending and couldn&#39;t bear to finish it! But I plan to reread in the future.Kathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-19894924005673779952009-12-01T11:00:42.654-05:002009-12-01T11:00:42.654-05:00I cannot wait to get my hands on Stitches by David Small. Legend of a Suicide by David Vann is on my list since I just read a great interview of him at dovegreyreader. Let the Great World Spin is also on my list along with Brooklyn by Colm Toibin.Vasillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359999156621466745.post-38389047523231676362009-12-01T10:48:27.318-05:002009-12-01T10:48:27.318-05:00Melissa- I passed on THE HELP but I&#39;d love to know what you think of it :-)<br /><br />Silverfysh, oh no! I hope you can get a copy of it soon.<br /><br />Farmlane-yes, wait for the paperback in January. I&#39;m glad it&#39;s coming out soon!<br /><br />Ann- those two are #2 &amp; #3 on my unread regret list.<br /><br />Bookshelf- they are both so worth it!!<br /><br />Caite, Lorri- yes! :-)Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.com