Best American Non-Required Reading: 2008

[whatelsebuthome]

Hello everyone,

Has anyone read this collection yet? I (try) to read this every year and I'd love hear what others thought - favorites, critiques, whatever. I thought Emily Raboteau's "Searching for Zion" was quite interesting. I really appreciate literary journalism, and this installment was very emotionally-charged (Israel), but not preachy. Did anyone else read this or any others? What did you think?

Have a wonderful afternoon.

[Peder]

I'll browse it on the shelf if I can, to make up my mind about it. The reader reviews over at amazon are mixed, but enough pieces that are mentioned sound worthwile to possibly make the book interesting. Others sound like losers, at least to my taste, until I see them. /fingers crossed/
Thanks.

[whatelsebuthome]

Yes - some of the offerings are not as good as others. I skimmed a couple that I didn't find that interesting, but the ones that I liked seemed to make up for them. Thanks for responding!