Recommended books for 2008:
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver – One of my favourite authors. One moment, one choice in a person’s life – this book explores two parallel timelines in alternating chapters and does it well!
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess – Really interesting non-fiction book about a 70s experiment to have a chimp raised in a human family and be taught to communicate.
The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer – Enjoyed it but she is wordy and that doesn’t change here.
Apples: A Novel by Richard Milward – First novel set in Middlesbrough in the North east of England. Depiction of teen life is harsh but engrossing and funny at times too.
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea – Experience novel, but well-written and funny.
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan – Graphic novel. Sent to me by a secret santa on librarything.
Plus 3 internet memes turned books + 1 book based on TV:
Pop Charts by Paul Copperwaite
Indexed by Jessica Hagy
Sleeveface by John Rostron, Carl Morris
Mock the Week: Scenes We’d Like to See by Dan Patterson
These are fun books to have laying around when people are over.
