utter randomonium

I’m getting WG 2009-43 in just under the wire – it’s due today. This time around we’re revisiting the best books published this year. I don’t read much recent stuff, especially since I stopped signing up for ARCs quite so often, but amazingly I did manage to pick up four titles in 2009. So here are my picks, in order:

1. Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton – Excellent. I devoured it in about a day.
2. When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris – Probably my second favorite of his books.
3. Silverstein and Me by Marv Gold – A touching memoir about my favorite poet.
4. The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire – Funny and tragic, but not all that great. If I’d read more than ten books published this year, this book would not have made the list.

So there you have it.