I was not aware of this until today, but apparently next Saturday (November 5) is Book Lovers Day. With the weather turning chilly, this is a perfect excuse to spend the day reading in bed.
To plan ahead, I took a look at the twenty books that have been selected as 2011 National Book finalists. The National Book award is an award given to writers by writers, allowing us to assume that the books on the shortlist are indeed the cream of the crop. There are four categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young people’s literature.
As I am neither a poetry fan nor a young person, I am left with 2 categories to choose from. I prefer non-fiction to fiction but curling up in bed, reading, calls for a good fictional read or two . . . so fiction it will be for Book Lovers Day.
From the fiction world, I am especially partial to books written by immigrants or books about immigrants or books set in faraway lands. The list of finalists does not disappoint—4 out of 5 of the books in the fiction category fit the bill perfectly.
1. The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak
2. The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
3. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
4. Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
Click here for the list of finalists and let us know what you will be reading on Book Lovers Day.
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