http://www.edrants.com/top-ten-books-of-2008/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/top-ten-books-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249734 2008 — The Year in Books : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:42:23 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=9527#comment-249734 [...] its annual symposium and the Chicago Sun-Times has posted its favorites for 2008. You can also find my top ten books of 2008 on this site, as well as my Barnes & Noble Review contribution and my take on this year’s essays at [...] [...] its annual symposium and the Chicago Sun-Times has posted its favorites for 2008. You can also find my top ten books of 2008 on this site, as well as my Barnes & Noble Review contribution and my take on this year’s essays at [...]

]]> http://www.edrants.com/top-ten-books-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249279 Eileen Gunn Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:19:49 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=9527#comment-249279 Kudos for nominating <i>Crazy Love</i> by Leslie What. She is a writer who deserves much wider attention, and whose work rewards readers with intelligence and wit. Kudos for nominating Crazy Love by Leslie What. She is a writer who deserves much wider attention, and whose work rewards readers with intelligence and wit.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/top-ten-books-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249273 leslie what Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:13:19 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=9527#comment-249273 A lovely list and an embarrassment to have only read one of the ten books. I still have a couple of weeks before the year ends, so there's still time. Thank you. For the nod and the list both. A lovely list and an embarrassment to have only read one of the ten books. I still have a couple of weeks before the year ends, so there’s still time. Thank you. For the nod and the list both.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/top-ten-books-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249247 Luc Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:29:21 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=9527#comment-249247 Good choices. Human Smoke was the best book I read all year, fiction or non. I would have also added Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year for it's sheer detonation of form. It is the best multi-tiered novel I have read since Cambodia: A book for people who find television too slow by Brian Fawcett. And thanks for mentioning that Ferris' book is overrated, because I read 60 pages before closing it. Good choices. Human Smoke was the best book I read all year, fiction or non. I would have also added Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year for it’s sheer detonation of form. It is the best multi-tiered novel I have read since Cambodia: A book for people who find television too slow by Brian Fawcett. And thanks for mentioning that Ferris’ book is overrated, because I read 60 pages before closing it.

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