FAVORITE BOOKS YOU READ THIS YEAR?

Giving, by former President Bill Clinton.

I am not finished reading it quite yet, but Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind.It is part of a rather large series called "Sword of Truth. I based some of my newest game (which I hope to release a demo of on the 24th) on this novel. I personally never got into the Harry Potter idea.

God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory by Niall Shanks

An excellent rebuttal to all this ID bullshit.

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. I'm not exactly the epitome of Catholicism, but just the sheer skill and tact that Lewis uses to present his ideas about the world and how terrible it is (or really, on a happier note, what real Christians should do) is just so amazing.

I also read Ella Minnow Pea, which is an interesting read (I can't remember the author off the top of my head, nor do I have the book handy). It's written in letters (like Screwtape) - it really gets to you feel with the characters in the degrading situation of their society.

Of course, I also read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but I didn't really enjoy it as much as Goblet of Fire or Half-blood Prince.

Going Postal and Making Money by Terry Pratchett. I consider them the same book. Brilliant, and any fan of Harry Potter should probably read Pratchett's Discworld series because JK Rowling's work is practicaly plagiarist.

Hmm, The Road by Cormac Mccarthy, Harry Potter 7, Siddartha by Herman Hesse, Farewell To Arms by Ernst Hemingway.

Those weren't all released this year, but I read them this year.

I read Animal Farm, really awesome book, suprised I didn't read it sooner.

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The Bible in general, but most recently the Gospel according to John.

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Going Postal and Making Money by Terry Pratchett. I consider them the same book. Brilliant, and any fan of Harry Potter should probably read Pratchett's Discworld series because JK Rowling's work is practicaly plagiarist.

And the Tiffany Aching subseries in Discworld, which started came out AFTER Harry Potter, does everything Harry Potter does BETTER.

Making Money and Wintersmith(the third in the Tiffany Aching series) for me, since I had already read Going Postal a coupla years back....it's probably my favorite book in the whole Discworld series. Making Money wasn't quite as good, but it was very readable.

I read Harry Potter 7, too, but it sort of fell apart near the end. Still, it provided closure that I needed as a longtime fan, so that's good at least.

Let's see....I read a lot of Gaiman this year, but all of it's been out for years. Neverhood, Stardust, and Don't Panic. I don't even know if I need to say that I loved all of it, because it being Gaiman it pretty much goes without saying. I especially liked Don't Panic, since it was about Douglas Adams, and I really identified with the way he was presented....I saw a lot of things that I do reflected in the events of Adams' life, and it was reassuring in a lot of ways. And deeply depressing in others. Still, good book.

Making Comics by Scott McCloud. If you've read Understanding Comics you probably already knew that this one would turn out good.

I can't think of any others right now that were worth mentioning. Most of what I read this year was just re-reading books I had already read.