August 20, 2008

Books Read in 2008

• The Hob's Bargain, by Patricia Briggs (8/19)
  
• Bolt, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  
• Break In, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  
• Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (8/3) (poetry)
  
• Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl (8/3)
  
• Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (8/2)
  
• The Likeness, by Tana French (8/2)
  
• Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld (7/26)
  
• Finding Battlestar Galactica, an Unauthorized Guide, ed. by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, & Hillary Robson (7/24)
  
• Absurdistan, A Novel, by Gary Shteyngart (7/20)
  
• Trespass, by Valerie Martin (7/7)
  
• Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child (6/29)
  
• Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (6/25) (stories)
  
• Lush Life, by Richard Price (6/23)
  
• Life Class, by Pat Barker (6/16)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom (6/13)
  
• Raven's Strike, by Patricia Briggs (6/12)
  
• The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck (6/11)
  
• Raven's Shadow, by Patricia Briggs (6/10)
  
• War with the Newts, by Karel Capek (6/9)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom (6/8)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom (6/6)
  
• The Collected Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer (5/31) (stories)
  
• The Final Detail, by Harlan Coben (5/24)
  
• One False Move, by Harlan Coben (5/22)
  
• Dragon Blood, by Patricia Briggs (5/20)
  
• Dragon Bones, by Patricia Briggs (5/18)
  
• The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder (5/10)
  
• Slam, by Nick Hornby (5/4)
  
• Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (5/2)
  
• Just One Look, by Harlan Coben (5/2)
  
• Back Spin, by Harlan Coben (4/29)
  
• The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch (4/28)
  
• Fade Away, by Harlan Coben (4/28)
  
• The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff (4/22)
  
• Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos (4/18)
  
• Drop Shot, by Harlan Coben (4/13)
  
• The Watchman, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (4/5)
  
• The Tourmaline, by Paul Park (3/30)
  
• The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie (3/26)
  
• Let`s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, by Carl Wilson (3/25)
  
• The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin (3/24)
  
• Ms. Pettigrew Lives for the Day, by Winifred Watson (3/22)
  
• The Hounds and the Fury, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20 or 21 while crossing international date line)
  
• The Hunt Ball, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20)
  
• The Complete Stories, by David Malouf (3/19) (stories)
  
• The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist, by Richard P. Feynman (3/3)
  
• The Good Soldier Svejk, by Jaroslav Hasek (2/28)
  
• The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (2/19)
  
• A Princess of Roumania, by Paul Park (2/18)
  
• Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs (2/1)
  
• You Must Be This Happy to Enter, by Elizabeth Crane (1/31) (stories)
  
• Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (1/29)
  
• Fortunate Son, by Walter Mosley (1/27)
  
• Dead I Well May Be, by Adrian McKinty (1/27)
  
• Native Guard, by Natasha Trethewey (1/25) (poetry)
  
• The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, edited by A.S. Byatt (1/24) (stories)
  
• Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, by Nick Hornby (1/1)
  

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August 11, 2008

Duff at the Movies 2008

• Wall-E (8/9)
  
• The Dark Knight (7/22)
  
• Wanted (6/29)
  
• The Fall (6/14)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (6/8)
  
• Sex and the City (5/31)
  
• Redbelt (5/25)
  
• Iron Man (5/20)
  
• Made of Honor (5/4)
  
• Leatherheads (4/24)
  
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (4/12)
  
• Be Kind, Rewind (3/2)
  
• Vantage Point (2/24)
  
• Cloverfield (2/18)
  
• There Will Be Blood (2/10)
  
• Beowulf (IMAX) (1/9)
  
• Atonement (1/1)
  

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August 06, 2008

Duff Does Live Music 2008

• She & Him (8/5)
  
• The Raconteurs (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
  
• Cat Power (lollapalooza) (2nd x) (8/1)
  
• Black Keys (lollapalooza) (8/1)
  
• The Kills (lollapalooza) (8/1)
  
• Rogue Wave (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
  
• Earlimart (7/26)
  
• The Office (surprise openers billed as "Peter & the Rabbits") (7/26)
  
• Spoon (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Bon Iver (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Occidental Brothers Dance Band International (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Ghostface Killah & Raekwon (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• The Apples in Stereo (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Boris (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• The Dirty Projectors (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Jarvis Cocker (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• The Hold Steady (Pitchfork) (4th? 5th? x) (7/19)
  
• Dizzee Rascal (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Fleet Foxes (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Caribou (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Ravinia) (4th x) (7/11)
  
• Feist (Ravinia) (7/10)
  
• Mike Doughty (Taste of Randolph) (4th x) (6/20)
  
• Robert Plant / Alison Krauss (Ravinia) (6/18)
  
• Peter Mulvey (Old Town art fair) (4th x) (6/14)
  
• Nada Surf (Ribfest) (6/8)
  
• Sea Wolf (6/5)
  
• The Long Blondes (5/24)
  
• Crowded House (5/10)
  
• Rogue Wave (2nd x) (4/19)
  
• Girlyman (4/13)
  
• Meg Hutchinson (opener) (4/13)
  
• Bon Iver (2nd x)(4/10)
  
• The Raveonettes (3/18)
  
• Matt Nathanson (!!!) (3/17)
  
• Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip (3/12)
  
• Carrie Newcomer (3/9)
  
• The Spares (opener) (3/9)
  
• Peter Mulvey (3rd x) (3/8)
  
• Doug Hoekstra (opener) (3/8)
  
• Griffin House (2nd x) (3/1)
  
• Sons of William (opener) (3/1)
  
• Kin (opener) (3/1)
  
• James Blunt (2/22)
  
• Sara Bareilles (opener) (2/22)
  
• Jason Isbell (2/8)
  
• Joe Henry (2/2)
  
• Chris Connelly (opener) (2/2)
  
• Bon Iver (1/18)
  

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