1. The Willows in Winter - William Horwood.
2. The Willows and Beyond - William Horwood.
3. A Brief History of the Cold War - John Hughes-Wilson.
4. Prophecy* - S. J. Parris.
5. The Long Night* - Ernst Israel Bornstein.
6. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne.
7. SAS Great Escapes - Damien Lewis.
8. Dominion** - C. J. Sansom.
9. The Lies of Locke Lamora** - Scott Lynch.
10. The Remains of the Day* - Kazuo Ishiguro.
11. SAS: Rogue Heroes - Ben MacIntyre.
12. The Colditz Story - P. R. Reid.
13. The Stand* - Stephen King.
Really good book, but again I was confused over it's length. My MP3 player told me I was about 50% through the book. I was wondering where it could possibly go next, after a particularly large scale event, and then all of a sudden it finished. I realised at that point that indeed, all loose ends had been tied down, and it was a very appropriate time to conclude.
I'm kind of glad I've finished it, and I'm looking forward to moving on to something else. It was a long book, and there were occasions when I was racking my brains to place a character from an earlier part of the book. But the story line moved forward at it's own pace, and developed into something quite compelling.
All the characters, good or bad, were interesting and engaging in their own right. I had empathy with many of them, and I felt real emotion on a number of occasions as I read.
I've starred it above as one of my favorite books of the year, but for me, it didn't entertain me quite as much as The Lies of Locke Lamora.
Charles Dickens is still my favorite author. I must revisit one of his books again soon.
