I realized I’m doing this whole #bestof09 #best09 thing and never really mentioned the source of it all. Actually as far as I’m concerned the source is thatgirlallie.com because that’s where I first heard of it the concept actually comes from Gwen Bell. Anyway, now onto more nostalgia.

Day 4 Book What book - fiction or non - touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies?

I find it amusing to be right this right now only because just last week I and three other friends started a book club. So I’m going to put up our first book for this list.

It’s not a new book by any means but Max Brooks’ World War Z was by far the best book I read this year. I picked the book up two Sundays ago. That Monday I read the first thirty or so pages of the book during a break at work and was pleased. It was a decent read and slightly entertaining. The following day again during my break I started reading and again didn’t think too much of it, that is until I reached page… 36 I believe it was?

The book is essentially just a bunch of survivors’ stories of a decades long zombie war. It’s one of these interviews that changed the way I looked at the book. I won’t go into any detail except to say that it’s how Israel reacted to the looming threat.

That day while reading that particular “intervew” was the first day in I can’t tell you how many years since I’ve felt myself drawn into a book. I did no work what so ever and read 180 pages and the remaining 150 the following day. I can’t remember the last time I read something with so much passion and intrigue let alone in such a short amount of time.