Blog Posts on book lists
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Best Books I Read in 2011 by Coffeespoons on Jan 2, 2012Of the 69 books I read last year, these were the most memorable. They're ordered according to when I read them. The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David - Adam's a valued co-worker, but before he was a co-worker, I'd already read and loved this p...
10 Best Reads in 2010 by Coffeespoons on Dec 31, 2010In six hours or so, 2010 will end for me. It's been a year of many great and grand changes in my life, and for that, I am truly grateful. And although I didn't even read half of the books that I did last year (I only made it to 41 books this year), I...
Top 10 Reads of 2009 by Coffeespoons on Jan 4, 2010There are a couple of things I feel I need to do, book-wise, before I can finally lay 2009 to rest. This is one of them. I gave a reckoning of my year already, and greeted everyone for the new year, but I've yet to post my best reads for 2009. Unfort...
Of presents and wishes by Coffeespoons on Dec 26, 2009image from ijm.nlI do not ask family members to give me books for Christmas anymore. Not for the past couple of years. In fact, I tell them that they can give me anything BUT a book. I have a simple reason for this: though I often scrimp on many thin...
The Complete Booker List by Coffeespoons on Mar 31, 2009Keeping track of my Complete Booker project... The books in bold are the ones I've already read. The ones hyperlinked are those I've read since I started this blog.See here for a list of Booker Prize winners and shortlisted books till 2007.2008 - The...
Time 100 Best Novels list by Coffeespoons on Mar 31, 2009Keeping track of my progress through Time's 100 Best Novels since 1923. This safely rules out Ulysses. (thank God.)Books in bold are those I've read. Books with links are those with reviews.The Adventures of Augie March - Saul BellowAll the King's Me...
BBC's Big Read Top 100 List by Coffeespoons on Mar 31, 2009Though not in my original reading plan, I thought of keeping tabs on my progress on this list, too. This is the original list taken from the BBC Big Read website, by the way, not the one that's become a meme. Books in bold are those I've read. Books...
