I've never taken part of the 50book challenge because I've never had enough leisure time to read 50 books. Granted, I could read a bunch of fluff to beef up my numbers but that didn't seem right. As I reviewed my list of 2007 reads, I realized how close I came to 50 - 40 books read: 25 fiction and 15 non-fiction books. I know the change in jobs helped.
My list of best books and films in 2007 don't include what was published or released last year. It is what I read and saw in 2007.
Best Fiction Read:
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz was my favorite book of the year
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
What is the What by Dave Eggers
Best Non-Fiction Read:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch was my favorite non-fiction book of the year
Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch
At Canaan's Edge by Taylor Branch
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Firehouse by David Halberstam
Best Movies:
No Country for Old Men was at the top of the list
Little Miss Sunshine
Wordplay
Letters from Iowa Jima
Notes on a Scandal
Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Clayton
Old Joy
Lars and the Real Girl
Inconvenient Truth
Best Concert:
The National
Peter Bjorn and John
1 comment:
G's dad gave me The Road after he read it (and didn't like it much) - it's in my to-read pile. I haven't read any Cormac McCarthy, so who knows. Most of the time we like the same stuff, but when we differ in opinion, it's a huge difference.
I think the only "current" books I read this year were The Omnivore's Dilemma and The Girls Who Went Away, both of which were on my favorites list. Other than that, a Mark Twain bio by Ron Powers and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson topped the list.
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