I have not read either of these but the two books everyone at work is talking about are "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson and "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
They are both on my to be read pile by my bed. B --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Best 5 Books of 2008 - soliciting your opinion(s) To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 5:40 AM -----Original Message----- From: CarlBrandon@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:CarlBrandon@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of K Tempest Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:50 PM To: CarlBrandon@ yahoogroups. com Subject: [CarlBrandon] Best 5 Books of 2008 - soliciting your opinion(s) Hey everyone, I'm putting together a group of Best Books lists for Fantasy Magazine. I'm asking SF people to list the 5 best books they've read this year -- and that includes novels, collections, or anthologies (as long as they're SF/F/H/Spec an published in 2008) -- and a short explanation of why. I would like a wide sampling of bests and figured the folks in this group are likely to be very well read :) If you would like to contribute, please send your list to fantastictempest@ gmail.com by this coming Saturday. Also include a short bio, list of most recent published work, if applicable, and links to your website/blog. Thanks! Tempest