I predict that this tiny, scrappy little book will absolutely sweep the floor with the bloated, expertly-written behemoth that is Thomas Pynchon's "Against the Day."
Suite Française, Irene Nemirovsky: 76.3 The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud: 72.1 The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Lawrence Wright: 66.9 Caesar: Life of a Colossus, Adrian Goldsworthy: 59.2 Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again, Ina Garten: 63.7
2007 National Book Award Prediction:
ReplyDeleteI predict that this tiny, scrappy little book will absolutely sweep the floor with the bloated, expertly-written behemoth that is Thomas Pynchon's "Against the Day."
Anyone else feel that Dana Spiotta's "Eat the Document" was a little too basepath-clogging?
ReplyDelete(I have not read this book and have no idea what I'm talking about.)
Best Books of 2006, by VORB:
ReplyDeleteSuite Française, Irene Nemirovsky: 76.3
The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud: 72.1
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Lawrence Wright: 66.9
Caesar: Life of a Colossus, Adrian Goldsworthy: 59.2
Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again, Ina Garten: 63.7
Lowest, interestingly:
Judge & Jury, James Patterson: -13.3
Correction:
ReplyDeleteBarefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again by Ina Garten should be credited with a VORB of 53.7, not 63.7.
I mean, can you imagine? 63.7? For Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again by Ina Garten?!?!