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I was just informed that someone actually reads this (Hi Alice!), so I figured I'd better update. It always feels like I'm missing things, though. 2006 OK, here's a list of what I can remember from the end of 2005 to now. More later... this list is not complete! In no particular order:
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Books: I'm not gonna give plotlines because it'll take too long, and you can always go look on Amazon. |
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| Anything by Jonathan Carroll (notably From the Teeth of Angels, Outside the Dog Museum, Child Across the Sky, A, Land of Laughs, The, Sleeping in Flame, more) | Carroll, Jonathan | This is my favorite author. That's about all I can say. Go check out this website. |
| Perfume | Suskind, Patrick | |
| The Harry Potter books | Rowling, J. K. | Really very much fun. I love! |
| Geek Love | Dunn, Katherine | I gave this at the book party a few years ago... |
| Secret History, The | Tartt, Donna | ... this one, too. And Donna Tartt has finally, FINALLY come out with a new novel!!! Yea!!! It's about time!!! |
| Wrinkle in Time, A | L'Engle, Madeleine | I got this book from RIF (that would be "Reading is FUNdamental," for those of who who didn't grow up within the Dallas school system) in the 4th grade and really, still nothing can touch it. |
| Art of Coarse Acting, The | Green, Michael | Hi-freaking-larious. If you are any sort of actor you MUST find a copy of this and read it. There's also a rugby one. |
| Beach, The | Garland, Alex | Yeah, I know, Leo was in the movie; the book was excellent. |
| Doomsday Book | Willis, Connie |
She is such a fantastic and varied writer and this is such a beautiful and well-written book. And it's sci-fi! Yee-Haw! |
| Good Omens | Gaiman, Neil and Pratchett, Terry | A very funny book about the Apocalypse. |
| the Alvin Maker Series | Card, Orson Scott | These are excellent. They are historical fiction about the beginnings of America. |
| Interpreter of Maladies | Lahiri, Jhumpa | I usually don't like short stories, and I don't remember why I even picked this up in the first place, but I loved this book. Interesting and funny and well-written. |
| Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The | Chabon, Michael | EXCELLENT!!! This is the BEST book I've read in a long time. I doubt I'll read anything better this year. |
| Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal | Moore, Christopher | This is probably the funniest book I've ever read. |
| Forever: A Novel | Hamil, Pete | This is a beautiful book which blends historical information about Manhattan with fiction. |
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| My
reading list: This list gets more and more pointlesss, because I never stick to it. Oh well. Here it is, anyway. This is pretty much everything. Recommendations welcome. I'll get to all of them eventually (I don't necessarily go in order). I am not including books from the book party lists (unless the book is actually sitting on my nightstand), because those are listed here. |
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| OK. So I have a lot of new books and a lot of old books that I need/ want to read. So I put their little names in a baggie and I will pick one at random whenever I'm ready for a new book. Round One (in no particular order): | ||
| Lonesome Dove | McMurtry, Larry | recommended by Shannon and Dave |
| Avoid Injury | Rankin, Rodney | it's Rodney's book of poems!!! |
| Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker | Parker, Dorothy | my book party book |
| Sabriel | Nix, Garth | given to me by Gwen (wacky... Tim Curry reads the audiobook for this) |
| Natural History of the Senses | Ackerman, Diane | I don't even know why I got this. Must have heard about it on NPR or something. |
| Call It Sleep | Roth, Henry | I tried to read this once, but couldn't get through it. Time to try again. |
| White Boy Shuffle, The | Beatty, Paul | recommended by Matt |
| Ground Beneath Her Feet, The | Rushdie, Salman | recommended by Megan |
| Master and Margarita, The | Bulgakov, Mikhail | recommended by Megan and countless others |
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| Round Two!! These are also books I own but haven't yet read. Again, in no particular order: | ||
| In Glory's Shadow: The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America | Manegold, Catherine S. | I tried this once and couldn't get through it. I'll try again. |
| Freak Show : Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit | Bogdan, Robert | ditto above |
| Obsession | Douglas, John | I've had this for a long time, but I read two of his other books right in a row and there's really only so much of his stuff you can take in a year. |
| Journey Into Darkness | Douglas, John | ditto above |
| Along Came a Spider | Patterson, James | I have it; may as well read it. Even though his page-long chapters annoy the crap out of me. |
| Ender's Shadow | Card, Orson Scott | recommended by Dave |
| Mea Cuba | Infante, Guillermo Cabrera | I don't know who I'm kidding with this one... I tried to read this once before but I just don't know enough about Cuba to get into it. But I want to. So I'll try again. |
| Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn | Higham, Charles | I think my mom got me this last year for Christmas. |
| Dragonriders of Pern, The | McCaffrey, Anne | recommended by Dave |
| Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, The | Disch, Thomas M. | I tried this once and couldn't get through it. I'll try again. Starting to sound familiar? |
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| Round Three!!! I don't own any of these (yet) but I will read them eventually (in no particular blah blah blah): | ||
| Crossing
the Water : Eighteen Months on an Island Working With Troubled Boys -- A Teacher's Memoir |
Robb, Daniel | I heard this man on NPR. |
| Equal Music, An | Seth, Vikram | recommended by vappa's girl |
| Messiah | Codrescu, Andrei | recommended by insou/ bunnicula |
| Blood Countess, The | Codrescu, Andrei | recommended by insou/ bunnicula |
| Running with Scissors | Burroughs, Augusten | recommended by chacha |
| Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! | Flagg, Fannie | recommended by WedByElvis and Tara |
| Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl | Quan, Tracy | don't remember why... |
| Bitter Medicine | Paretsky, Sara | recommended by my mom and the guy at the bookstore |
| Requiem for a Dream | Selby Jr., Hubert | recommended by skullymom |
| That's Mr. Faggot to You : Further Trials from My Queer Life | Ford, Michael Thomas | recommended by skullymom |
| Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and Other Trials of My Queer Life | Ford, Michael Thomas | recommended by skullymom |
| Porno | Welsh, Irvine | recommended by skullymom |
| Pulp | Bukowski, Charles | recommended by skullymom |
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| Our Book Party | ||
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This Book Party thing started FOURTEEN years ago in Minneapolis. We were looking for a unique holiday party idea and came up with this. Here's what happens:
It's very cool
because you get a pre-screened book, as well as a list for the coming
year (I post them on my website). We love it and always have a lot
of nice wine and food. And people, of course! |
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