What's the best book you have read in 2008 so far?

You know, I've just realised that I've read some real rubbish this year!!

Best so far, by a long way, was Threshold, by Caitlin Kiernan. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Threshold-Caitlin-R-Kierna...

I'm currently reading "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" by Cory Doctorow, and that's proving to be good too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Magic-Kingdom-Cory-Do...

The Poet by Michael Connelly. It's about a serial killer that's been killing cops for a while. Great read, full of action and suspense.

The Shining by Stephen King. A very bloody horror novel, my personal favourite. The character detail and depth in this is brilliant, as well as the storyline.

Enjoy! :)

I examine purely 3 as i do no longer examine that frequently. Tom Bradby "The white russian" This e book is awsome, its set in 1919 rusia on the time of revolution. The tsars are coming to an end and the story follows a detective "Rusty" who's attempting to untangle the demise of two youthful fanatics brutally stabbed to demise. it particularly is an wonderful combination of romance, secret and polotics. James Herbert "Crickley hall" i like a good ghost tale and james herbert is the terrific. This e book is desperate in Cornwall, England and shop on with a youthful kin who flow into Crickley hall. Thisa is spooky and a superb examine. C. J. Samson "Dissolution" i like my historic fiction. that's desperate in 1530 England on the time of Henry VIII and follows William Shardlake a dissabled investigator working for a minimum of Thomas Cromwell. it particularly is a time of the refirmation and the downfall of the catholic faith in england. The monastories are being dissolved and william shardlake is sent to investigat a homicide at a monastorie in scarsdale. that's the 1st e book in a trilogy that im working by. desire you like those books in case you prefer to envision.

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall.

I've only finished about 12 books this year, and I haven't been overly impressed with most of them.

The only one that stands out in my mind right now is 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss. Wonderful new fantasy novel; he has some really original ideas.

Echos by Danielle Steele. Set in Germany covering both World Wars especially 2nd WW and German half Jewish nun working with French resistance.

I loved one story - The Hungarian Cat Curse. It was in a book Momma and the Meaning of Life by I. Yalom.

Though I re-read many books this year. Many of my favourtires, so if I have to choose including them, it would be The Idiot by Dostoevsky.

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.

The Life of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I recently finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and I loved it.

It was charming and sad story that made me laugh and cry. I didn't realise it had been made into a film so I think I'll be watching that.