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Writers are readers! Our team is no different. We asked Bay City News and Local News Matters staffers and contributors to share the titles they enjoyed in 2024. Here are their answers.
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Aly Brown recommends
“The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran” by Masih Alinejad
“Incredible memoir of a female Iranian journalist and political activist fighting for women’s rights,” Brown writes.
Tony Hicks recommends
“Eruption” by Michael Crichton and James Patterson
“I was ready to hate ‘Eruption,'” writes Hicks, who tried, then enjoyed, this initially unappealing book he got as a gift. He adds, “But the action and the ideas were so big, and Mother Nature so threatening, it was a real ride. It was also kind of a thumb in the eye for those who think this Earth just can’t crush us whenever it feels like it; it’s also a slap to the history of what the military thinks it can get away with. It was well-written, with fairly sharp-edged characters. And let’s face it, volcanoes are about the most fascinating things on Earth.”
Leslie Katz recommends
“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee
“It’s an elegantly written, chronological page-turner of a family saga spanning generations and offering emotion and vivid details on the not-often explored topic of Koreans’ experiences living as second-class residents of Japan,” Katz writes. “A modern classic; I read it twice!”
Nick Marnell recommends
“The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway
“When I first read this book decades ago, I was in awe,” writes Marnell. “Not so much by the story, but by the writing style. Hemingway’s terse, crisp prose was like nothing I had ever read before, and I fell in love with writing after I read the book. ‘The Sun Also Rises’ helped propel me to my career as a freelance writer. I read the book again in 2024 and loved it just as much.
Jean Schiffman recommends
“The Fraud” by Zadie Smith
“I’m not necessarily a fan of historical novels, or novels based on true events, but this one, set in the 19th century, is a fascinating, insightful and fully creative story about particularly interesting and complex characters,” Schiffman writes.
Denise Sullivan recommends
“The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture” by Tricia Romano
“Over 500 pages [of] independent journalists talking about their business, New York City, its culture and the country at large turned out to be so compelling, I wished it would never end,” Sullivan writes. “Plus, it was hilarious in parts.”
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