I actually cried when I heard he’d died and even writing this I have a lump in my throat. I’ve read all of his sci-fi novels several times and most of his regular fiction (published as Iain Banks) and I wish I could have met him to thank him for his work. Banks, in honor of my all-time favorite author for the last 25 years who died tragically early in June this year after a short fight with gallbladder cancer. Hamilton) but I have to choose The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. There were several strong candidates for my favorite book this year (including Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, The Known World by Edward P. I also don’t ‘speed read’ – I read quickly and make lots of time for reading. Yes, I’ve seen electronic readers – we both have iPads – and I’m not interested in ever reading electronically. not in electronic form – I don’t like reading off a screen. Next year I want to get through some of the really large historical and biographical books I’ve been putting off so I’m setting myself a goal of 40.įor the record, I read ‘real’ books – i.e. I set a moderate goal of 60 books this year and I managed 56. Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year (see my posts from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and people have been enjoying it, so I present the 2013 end-of-year post.
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