I tend to read a lot of books and oftentimes the years kind
of run together. Fortunately, Goodreads, where I review all my reads these
days, keeps the records that I don’t have handy myself. Here are some of my
favorite reads for 2015. There’s no particular order here. And it’s not
comprehensive. These are just some of the books that have stayed with me. I’ve included links to Amazon here but if you
want to see my complete reviews, they are all on Goodreads.
Miles to Lost Dog Creek, by Ron Scheer: We lost Ron this year. Wish he were still around to
write more fine westerns like this.
A Dog’s Life, by
Ann M. Martin: I’ve always been a sucker for animal stories.
Resonance: Dark and Light, by Bruce Boston: Great speculative poetry collection. A big
influence on some of the poetry I’ve been trying to write lately.
Prodigal, by Steve
Malley: Gotta have a little ass kicking
in one’s reading year.
Herokia 1: Dragon Eaters, by Janet Morris (Contributor and
editor): A collection of dragon stories, of all different kinds. Good stuff.
Ron is missed--the work he did on cataloging Westerners and Western terms is invaluable to the genre. I should read his fiction and Cora's book has been on my tbr pile too long.
ReplyDeleteI wanna check out that dog book!
ReplyDeleteGood list.
Charles, I feel like reading all of them. Good covers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charles
ReplyDeleteNice list, I'll have to check some of those out. Bruce Boston is the only one I've read anything by before.
ReplyDeleteSage, absolutely.
ReplyDeleteAimlesswriter, told from the stray's point of view, which I thought would be hard but it worked.
Prashant, yes, some very good ones.
Cloudia, no prob.
Greg, Cora Pop also does a lot of spec poetry
D'ya know what I like most about your blog? You're eclectic interests in literature impresses the hell out of me. Your end-of-year list gives me several titles that I want to explore further. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat's some fine reading, Charles. I will be reading the westerns as time goes by. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteR.T. I'm much more constrained on the types of music I listen to and the kinds of foods I eat, but I've always wanted to read just about everything.
ReplyDeleteOscar, I've got a feeling 2016 is going to be a western reading year for me.
Thanks for including my novel, Charles. Some of the others look interesting, so I'm printing out your list to put in my 2016 reads.
ReplyDeleteIt's a real honor to be part of your list, Charles. Thank you! I'll have to find the other books - your recommendations have always been right on for me. :-)
ReplyDeleteIntriguing list. :)
ReplyDeleteShauna, all good stuff.
ReplyDeleteVesper, no prob. Good stories and poems.
Bernard, more good reading to come this year. Gotta love that.
Nice list. Think I will give Ron's title a read, he was a good online friend. Think I will list and review what I read on Goodreads also this year. I am starting slow half way through my first book.
ReplyDeleteNeil, I like goodreads. It has some nice statistical breakdowns for you as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm always interested in what fellow blog friends are reading, especially when I haven't read any of them.
ReplyDeleteRiot kitty, good thing there are a lot of good books out there.
ReplyDeleteCharles-is that you on the horseback on the top book cover?
ReplyDeleteJodi, not quite. :)
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