Showing posts with label best fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best fiction. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

Best Fiction of 2011
The Heck with Kirkus, What Are Your Picks?

Kirkus has announced their list of the Best Fiction of 2011.
I have only read one of them: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  It was excellent.
Here is a link to my review: The Night Circus is Magic
What does that say about me?
I started to read Moondog by Alexander Yates, but found the first couple pages too jarring.
I also started to read Galore, by Michael Crummy, but after several chapters found it uncompelling.
I have a signed copy of The Art of Fielding. I picked it up for my husband. He hasn't read it because it is not on Kindle. 

How is it possible that the Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbach (review) is not on this list?
I guess those would be the two "best" books I read this year. I also enjoyed them.  They are high on my list of favorites as well.  I don't tend to think in terms of rankings.

What was your favorite book this year?  Was it a book that should have been in this list?