nomadreader

As I've started working on my Best of 2010 list (it will be published here on December 31), I've been taking a look back on my reading year. Books read (as of today): 68 I'm quite a bit behind my reading total for 2009, but one of my goals was to read deliberately , and I've done that. I've prioritized reading the major book award finalists. I may be reading less, but I'm reading better, reading more challenging literature and enjoying reading more than I did in 2009. Genres: My reading this year has been predominantly contemporary literary fiction originally written in English.There has been a fair mix of historical and contemporary settings, but my focus on reading the prize winners and finalists has returned me to old favorite genre: literary fiction. When I started blogging, I explored genres outside of my comfort zone, and I enjoyed it. I found, however, that I spent so much time reading what everyone was talking about, I lost myself as a reader. 2010 ha...

Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Long List: Debra Adelaide The Household Guide to Dying Gaynor Arnold Girl in a Blue Dress Lissa Evans Their Finest Hour and a Half Bernardine Evaristo Blonde Roots Ellen Feldman Scottsboro Laura Fish Strange Music V.V. Ganeshananthan Love Marriage Allegra Goodman Intuition Samantha Harvey The Wilderness Samantha Hunt The Invention of Everything Else Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog Deirdre Madden Molly Fox’s Birthday Toni Morrison A Mercy Gina Ochsner The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight Marilynne Robinson Home Preeta Samarasan Evening is the Whole Day Kamila Shamsie Burnt Shadows Curtis Sittenfeld American Wife Miriam Toews The Flying Troutmans Ann Weisgarber The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Although I've only read one of the long list books this year, Curtis Sittenfeld's brilliant American Wife (my review is here ), I love this list. For those unfamiliar with the Orange Prize for Fiction, t...