New York Times 10 Best Books of 2009

Stumbled across this list today and guess what? I added some more books to my wishlist. That list is never ending, I tell you what! Here are the top 10 books of '09 according to The New York Times:

• Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
• Chronic City by Jonathan Lethern
• A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
• Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
• A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
• The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
• The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
• LIT: A Memoir by Mary Karr
• Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
• Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka

So which ones have you read? Which ones would you like to read? Any of them gifts you'll be giving this year?

Go buy a book!

It's National Bookstore Day!

Click here for more info from Publisher's Weekly.

I'm heading to Orlando today in search of a new power suit. And I believe a detour to Barnes + Noble will be completely justified :) Hope you all have a great Saturday!

FTC Guidelines

Starting December 1st, bloggers will have to conspicuously disclose that they are receiving ARC copies of books from publishers and authors. Since I have only ever accepted 2 ARCs, I don't have much to worry about, but in the past I have disclosed that I received a book to review. And I've never felt that just because it was sent to me to review (and hopefully be read by other bloggers) means I have to give it an A+. I hardly ever do that anyway. It takes a lot to wow me, and I think to give a book an A+ if it clearly isn't does us all a disservice.

That said, any authors or publishers still wishing to send me ARCs to review may still do so. I promise to conspicuously disclose the info to my readers.

PS - anything else I could have said about this Wendy said first. She's much more eloquent than me, so go check her out.