Anna’s Comments (group member since Jan 06, 2009)

Anna’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

14. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand

13. Faithful Place Tana French

12. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Ben MacIntyre

11. Echo Burning Lee Child

10. Shadow Divers Robert Kurson

9. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean Susan Casey

8. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley

R wrote: "How did you like Swamplandia, if you don't find me asking? I was looking at its synopsis the other day and thinking that it sounded really fascinating."

It was good. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I thought I'd like it more (and maybe this was the problem) because I'd read all these glowing reviews. However, she is a really talented writer--which is often enough for me.

7. Swamplandia! Karen Russell

6. Just Kids Patti Smith

5. The Radleys Matt Haig

4. Life: Keith Richards Keith Richards

3. Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey

2. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut Mike Mullane

1. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Mary Roach

72. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie

71. Black and Blue Ian Rankin

70. Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff

69. The Sherlockian Graham Moore

68. Skippy Dies Paul Murray