There is a recurring theme in Michael Ovitz’s autobiography, Who is Michael Ovitz: someone is agenting. Is our author while we’re reading? In agenting, you…
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There is a recurring theme in Michael Ovitz’s autobiography, Who is Michael Ovitz: someone is agenting. Is our author while we’re reading? In agenting, you…
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2016 was a good year for the bookshelf and, increasingly, earbud. I still have difficulties with fiction on Audible or Overdrive — sometimes I want to pause or flip back a page or two which isn’t convenient. For self-help books (not covered below), perhaps its even ideal. What non-fiction loses when listened to in note-taking ease it gains in immersion.
Most of my highlights for the year were of slightly older vintage, so these are my personal highlights (and a few lowlights) rather than the best originally published in the year.
The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante (9/10): My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child.