My “top ten” books for 2011
I read voraciously. I keep up with new releases by reserving books at the library and browsing the new release section, but you’ll also often find me digging deep in the racks for some obscure book from ten years ago or reading a beat-up paperback I found in some dusty used book shop.
These are the ten best books I read that were released in 2011. How do I decide that? At the end of the year, I just went through my list of books read in 2011 and marked which ones I want to re-read in the future. I then checked their year of first publication. That left me with ten books published in 2011 that I read and hoped to re-read in the future. Easy enough, right? If I liked it enough to want to re-read it, it’s got to be pretty good.
These are in no particular order, of course. Just the ten best books of 2011, in my opinion.
The feeling of a blank page
A new year feels like a blank page to me. It is a story yet to be written, one that you hope will have a good ending.
This year, the idea of a blank page is even stronger than before. Just a few weeks ago, I turned a new page in my life, turning over the management of The Simple Dollar (which I spent the last five years building) over to someone else and earning myself the freedom to start seeking a different path.
That blank page is even more real right now, as I’ve set a goal of finishing at least two strong novel drafts this year.
The word processor is open and the blank page is before me. What will be written?
