November 01, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for October.
Bought:
- Her Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi Novik
- Mainspring, by Jay Lake
- Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
Read:
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larssen
- Her Majesty's Dragon, by Naomi Novik
- The New Granta Book of the American Short Story, edited by Richard Ford
- The Conversations at Curlow Creek, by David Malouf
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October 01, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for September.
Bought:
- Iodine, by Haven Kimmel*
- Indignation, by Philip Roth*
- Home, by Marilynne Robinson*
- Ballistics, by Billy Collins (poetry)*
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson*
- Generation Kill; Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War, by Evan Wright
- One Bullet Away; The Making of a Marine Officer, by Nathaniel Fick
Read:
- The Man Without Qualities, Vol 1, by Robert Musil (mostly read in August but not finished until Sept...)
- Dead Boys, by Richard Lange
- Sway, by Zachary Lazar
- Iodine, by Haven Kimmel
*That was one expensive trip to the bookstore!!
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September 04, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for August.
Bought:
- The Likeness, by Tana French
- I Was Told There'd Be Cake, by Sloane Crosley
- Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
- Darkest Fear, by Harlan Coben
Read:
- The Likeness, by Tana French
- Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
- Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl
- Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (poetry)
- Break In, by Dick Francis (re-read, many times over)
- Bolt, by Dick Francis (re-read, many times over)
- The Hob's Bargain, by Patricia Briggs
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August 02, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for July.
Bought:
- Peeps, by Scott Westerberg
- Uglies, by Scott Westerberg
- Finding Battlestar Galactica, by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, and HIllary Robson
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy, ed. by James B. South
- Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ed. by Elana Levine and Lisa Parks
- Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl
- Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang
Read:
- Trespass, by Valerie Martin
- Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart
- Finding Battlestar Galactica, ed. by Lynette Porter, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson
- Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld
I spent a significant part of the month reading two other books (The New Grant Book of the American Short Story, ed. by Richard Ford; and Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy, ed by Jason Eberl), but since I haven't finished them, they'll have to wait for August's list...
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June 30, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for June.
Bought:
- Raven's Strike, by Patricia Briggs
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom
- Breath, by Tim Winton
- Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child
Read:
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom
- War with the Newts, by Karel Capek
- Raven's Shadow, by Patricia Briggs
- The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck
- Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom
- Raven's Strike, by Patricia Briggs
- Life Class, by Pat Barker
- Lush Life, by Richard Price
- Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (stories)
- Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child
Hmmm, I think that's the first month since I started keeping track that I've actually read more than I bought. WOOOT!
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June 03, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for May.
Bought:
- Just One Look, by Harlan Coben
- Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child
- A Circle Is a Balloon and Compass Both, by Ben Greenman (stories)
- Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (whoops)
- Sleeping It Off in Rapid City, by August Kleinzahler (poetry)
- Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (poetry)
- Dragon Blood, by Patricia Briggs
- Raven's Shadow, by Patricia Briggs
- One False Move, by Harlan Coben
- The Final Detail, by Harlan Coben
Read:
- Just One Look, by Harlan Coben
- Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child
- Slam, by Nick Hornby
- The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder
- Dragon Bones, by Patricia Briggs
- Dragon Blood, by Patricia Briggs
- One False Move, by Harlan Coben
- The Final Detail, by Harlan Coben
- The Collected Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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May 02, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for April.
Bought:
- A Plea for Eros, by Siri Hustvedt
- Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos
- The Philosopher's Apprentice by James Morrow
- Seven Notebooks, by Campbell McGrath (poetry)
- Fade Away, by Harlan Coben
- Back Spin, by Harlan Coben
- The Last Kashmiri Rose, by Barbara Cleverly
- The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder
Read:
- The Watchman, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais
- Drop Shot, by Harlan Coben
- Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos
- The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
- Fade Away, by Harlan Coben
- The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch
- Back Spin, by Harlan Coben
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April 01, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for March.
Bought:
- The Death of Sweet Mister, by Daniel Woodrell (used)
- The Great World, by David Malouf (used)
- The Conversations at Curlow Creek, by David Malouf (used)
- Confessions of a Recovering Slut, by Hollis Gillespie
- Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois
- The Fatal Gift, by Alec Waugh (used)
- A Spy in the Family, by Alec Waugh (used)
- The Ballad and the Source, by Rosamond Lehmann (used)
- The Music at Long Verney, by Silvia Townsend Warner (stories) (used)
- The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin (in Japan, no access to my bookshelves!)
- The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie (in Japan, no access to my bookshelves!)
Read:
- The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist, by Richard P. Feynman
- The Complete Stories, by David Malouf
- The Hunt Ball, by Rita Mae Brown
- The Hounds and the Fury, by Rita Mae Brown
- Ms. Pettigrew Lives for the Day, by Winifred Watson
- The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin
- Let`s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, by Carl Wilson
- The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie
- The Tourmaline, by Paul Park
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March 03, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for February.
Bought:
- The Watchman (A Joe Pike Novel), by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole gets his own spinoff!)
- The Odyssey and The Iliad, Homer (buying the Robert Fagles translations, my other ones are Lattimore)
- The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson
- The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
- The Priory, by Dorothy Whipple
- Saplings, by Noel Streatfeild
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson
- The Tourmaline, by Paul Park
- The White Tyger, by Paul Park
- A Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray
- Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (stories)
Read:
- Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs
- A Princess of Roumania, by Paul Park
- The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson
- The Good Soldier Svejk, by Jaroslav Hasek
Note I am not including books I received as gifts (Bonus!) of which there happened to have been quite a few in February (Yay!).
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February 05, 2008
À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for January.
Bought:
- Matthew Eck "The Farther Shore"
- Bill Holm "The Windows of Brimnes"
- Vendela Vida "Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name"
- Elizabeth Crane "You Must Be This Happy to Enter"
- Paul Park "A Princess of Roumania" (sci fi/fantasy)
- Walter Mosley "Fortunate Son"
- Elliot Perlman "Three Dollars"
- Robert Hass "Time and Materials" (poems 1997-2005)
- Making Out in Japanese
- Patricia Briggs "Iron Kissed"
- Pat Barker "Life Class"
- Zachary Lazar "Sway"
Read:
- Nick Hornby "Housekeeping vs. the Dirt"
- The Oxford Book of Short Stories, edited by A.S. Byatt
- Natasha Trethewy "Native Guard" (poetry)
- Adrian McKinty "Dead I Well May Be" (library book of Silvia's)
- Walter Mosley "Fortunate Son"
- Denis Johnson "Tree of Smoke"
- Elizabeth Crane "You Must Be This Happy to Enter"
I have yet to write up a single book I read in January. Perhaps later this week. Perhaps.
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