And the winner is...
They do it in the movies all the time. They pick the best. Sometimes it's arbitrary. Sometimes it's much needed recognition. With the scent of the Oscars in the air this weekend, I thought noting the best books of 2008 would be in order.
Seattle Post Intelligencer beat me to it. John Marshall, their book critic, has named the following his favorite:
OUT STEALING HORSES by Per Petterson
NORTHLINE by Willy Vlautin
APPLES & ORANGES by Marie Brenner
OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
FINAL SALUTE by Jim Sheeler
KNOCKEMSTIFF by Donald Ray Pollock
TRAFFIC by Tom Vanderbilt
THEM by Nathan McCall
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE by Glenda Burgess
THE ENGLISH MAJOR by Jim Harrison
Glenda Burgess...she's one of our 2009 Get Lit! Festival authors!
Glenda Burgess...she's one of our 2009 Get Lit! Festival authors!
John had this to say about her latest book: "An unlikely love affair blossoms into an exemplary married and family life in this inspiring memoir by a Spokane writer who previously has written two novels. Even when her husband, Kenneth Grunzweig, develops cancer, they continue to act upon "the instinct to seize a sure and ebullient happiness, or go down trying." What might sound like a two-hankie Hallmark TV movie is elevated into affecting art through Burgess' superb handling of intimate material."
You can come to a reading with local authors Glenda Burgess and Sherry Jones on Saturday, April 18 at 10:30am in the South Hill Library.
Now, while John obviously has very good taste, we'd like to hear your favorites of 2008! Here's the kicker: you can only pick ten!
You can come to a reading with local authors Glenda Burgess and Sherry Jones on Saturday, April 18 at 10:30am in the South Hill Library.
Now, while John obviously has very good taste, we'd like to hear your favorites of 2008! Here's the kicker: you can only pick ten!
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