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1boulder_a_t
Didn't think I'd join this one. Whe I first saw the group I thought,
"What a great idea. Now there are some dedicated readers."
As the year has progressed I realized I was well on my way to the 50 mark, so here I am.
My list so far in no particular order:
1. Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work: Stories by Jason Brown
One of the three best I've read this year!!
2. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Nice book jacket, otherwise ho-hum.
3. A Concise History of Portland by John B. Robinson
Maine
4. Fencing the Sky by John B. Robinson
Another of my best three.
5. War by Candlelight: Stories by Daniel Alarcron
Recommended
6. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and, Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
7. The Risk Pool by Richard Russo
Last of my top three
8. In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians by Michael Cart, ed.
9. The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook: Revised Edition by Jeff Isaac
10. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
I didn't care about these two and their little problem.
11. Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
Fun in Greenwich Village from the early 60s
12. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michale Pollan
First three sections fascinating. Fourth pretentious.
13. The Great Influenza : the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
Very good read
14. To Darkness and to Death (A Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery) by Julia Spencer-Fleming
15. The Beach by Alex Garland
16. All Over by Roy Kesey
Very short stories
17. Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next. Much funnier than the previous two.
18. A suspension of mercy by Patricia Highsmith
Devious.
19. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
20. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
21. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
22. Interpreter of maladies : stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
Fourth title in my top three.
23. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Did he just published stuff he cut from Omnivore's Dilemma?
24. The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle
25. Hit Me With a Rainbow by James Kirkwood
26. Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx
I've got a stack waiting but hate choose in advance.
"What a great idea. Now there are some dedicated readers."
As the year has progressed I realized I was well on my way to the 50 mark, so here I am.
My list so far in no particular order:
1. Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work: Stories by Jason Brown
One of the three best I've read this year!!
2. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Nice book jacket, otherwise ho-hum.
3. A Concise History of Portland by John B. Robinson
Maine
4. Fencing the Sky by John B. Robinson
Another of my best three.
5. War by Candlelight: Stories by Daniel Alarcron
Recommended
6. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and, Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
7. The Risk Pool by Richard Russo
Last of my top three
8. In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians by Michael Cart, ed.
9. The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook: Revised Edition by Jeff Isaac
10. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
I didn't care about these two and their little problem.
11. Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
Fun in Greenwich Village from the early 60s
12. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michale Pollan
First three sections fascinating. Fourth pretentious.
13. The Great Influenza : the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
Very good read
14. To Darkness and to Death (A Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery) by Julia Spencer-Fleming
15. The Beach by Alex Garland
16. All Over by Roy Kesey
Very short stories
17. Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next. Much funnier than the previous two.
18. A suspension of mercy by Patricia Highsmith
Devious.
19. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
20. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
21. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
22. Interpreter of maladies : stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
Fourth title in my top three.
23. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Did he just published stuff he cut from Omnivore's Dilemma?
24. The Road to Wellville by T.C. Boyle
25. Hit Me With a Rainbow by James Kirkwood
26. Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx
I've got a stack waiting but hate choose in advance.
2boulder_a_t
27. Everything is Miscelanaeous
28. Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
29. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
28. Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
29. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
4boulder_a_t
31. Choke by Chuck Palaniuk
5boulder_a_t
32. Legs by William Kennedy
7boulder_a_t
34. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
8boulder_a_t
35. All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
9boulder_a_t
36. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I don't know how many times I've read it now. Once every two or three years. Every time I see something new in it. I happened again this morning.
I'm not at all sentimental, but there are a couple of places where I always tear up. Again, I did.
It's the simple human decency that gets me.
I don't know how many times I've read it now. Once every two or three years. Every time I see something new in it. I happened again this morning.
I'm not at all sentimental, but there are a couple of places where I always tear up. Again, I did.
It's the simple human decency that gets me.
10billiejean
#9 Me, too. What a great book!
--BJ
--BJ
11boulder_a_t
37. Rainbow on the Road by Esther Forbes
Out of print for a long time, but find it in your local library. If the only Forbes you know is Johnny Tremaine, she had more up her sleeve. Especially good if your family roots are in New England. I recognized a lot of my grandmother and older Yankee generations in it.
Out of print for a long time, but find it in your local library. If the only Forbes you know is Johnny Tremaine, she had more up her sleeve. Especially good if your family roots are in New England. I recognized a lot of my grandmother and older Yankee generations in it.
13boulder_a_t
39. Just One Look by Harlen Coben
May hit forty before the 31st. No chance of fifty. No worries. Always next year even though my list is pretty weighty.
May hit forty before the 31st. No chance of fifty. No worries. Always next year even though my list is pretty weighty.
