Even though he reveals parts of the story, Pamuk still keeps you hooked.

Orhan Pamuk: Snow: The language in this one, the way he uses snow as an image and a metaphor … This is so good.

The various stories gives the impression of a huge city, where a lot of it’s inhabitants get to share an experience that in some ways can be said to define the uniqueness that is New York. It involves a lot of different stories, most of which cleverly connect over the marvelous feat performed by a tightrope walker, walking between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Colum McCann: Let the Great World Spin: This one surprised me.

Franzen writes so so so good and everything in the book is just perfect (almost).

Jonathan Franzen: The Corrections: Not only did I love this book and added Franzen to my list of potential favorite authors, my review of this also made it to the Fresh Pressed page here on WordPress which makes me remember it even more fondly.

This is the story of David Copperfield’s life, starting with his birth, and it’s good.

David Copperfield is an amazing book, apparently kind of self-biographical. I loved this, I loved A Christmas Carol, and I loved Nicholas Nickleby when I saw it in it’s entirety in a theater some years ago. Charles Dickens: David Copperfield: I have a weakness for Dickens.How the mother in the family wrote a story for each child and each child had it’s special notebook, decorated so it fitted the child and the story.

For me, the best part and the part I keep on remembering is what gave the book it’s name. Byatt might make it onto the favorite author list one day! Especially since this is apparently isn’t one of her best books if I am to trust other reviewers and bloggers. Byatt: The Children’s Book: This was the first book I read this year and it was a good start to the year. So in no particular order, my best reads of 2011. And I’ve linked to the review I have written. I haven’t written reviews of all of them (yet) but for each book, I’ve written a reason for why it’s one of this year’s favorites. Signatures unopened at top edge.So I’ve read 41 books this year. Dustjacket sunned at spine with one inch closed tear at lower front joint and some chipping along top and bottom edges. Frontispiece of Swinburne from the portrait by George Frederick Watts. Dustjacket sunned at spine with small closed tear at top back edge, Signatures unopened at top edge. Slipcase with light sunning along edges and spine. Slipcase sunned along edges and spine with closed tears at top and bottom edges, complete.

xlvi, 354 (1)pp., 3 plates, facsimiles and Cleopatra, with tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black with publisher's devices. Matching slipcase with printed label in red and black on spine. Original quarter Japanese vellum over blue paper boards with red and black lettering on spine, raised bands, in original printed dustjacket.

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