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Oh, crap. For a moment I thought January had passed and I had missed it. :D

The Lovely Bones sounds lovely to me. :D

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Door to December by Dean Koontz :stars2: There is no suspense when I had the plot figured out by page 50. Koontz has written much better than this.

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick :stars4:

Peder, Thank you for suggestion. I will definitely check it out.

I would love to hear more of your thoughts, as my thinking on this subject has been very similar to yours. :flowers:

Glad to hear you enjoyed this one. :) It has been a favorite of mine for years, and still maintains it's position in my top 10 reads of all time.

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire :stars5: First book to finish in the new year, and it was an excellent read with interesting characters, themes that make you think, and a surprise ending.

I struggled myself over which Dickens novel to start with. I finally decided on Great Expectations. It is not quite as long as some of his works, and yet from reviews I have seen, it is one of his finest writings and is a prime example of his unique style and characterizations. The only...

General Fiction: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin Freddy and Fredricka by Mark Helprin Memoir From Antproof...

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski The Door to December by Dean Koontz Someplace to be Flying by Charles De Lint Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

Trader by Charles De Lint :stars3: Mr. De Lint tells a good story, but something about his characters always frustrates me. He seems to try to make them real, three-dimensional, with interior struggles, but he always falls short. His evil characters never have any redeeming qualities, and his...

My number one issue with the Kindle: It doesn't have the proper aroma.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

If dreams can be portents of what is to come, then I had my fair share of forewarning before my life was stolen away. Trader by Charles De Lint

If you enjoy them, then yes, they would be good selections. If you don't enjoy them, then you may wonder why you wasted your time reading them. ;)

Thank you. :) I like the responses so far. I hope to see more.

Demon Seed by Dean Koontz :stars5: This was a good one. I love that it was told from the point of view of the sociopathic AI. I couldn't put it down.