I finished roughly a book a week this year. Below the cut are some of my favorites.

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I'm a bit late to the game, but here are my wholly unsolicited thoughts on my favorite reads and music of 2011.

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The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan makes me wish I was a better gardener. Or, that, er...that I was a gardener in the first place. He writes about plants the way some people talk about the love of their lives. And I suppose that is what Pollan is doing -- talking about something he is truly passionate about. Pollan explores his beliefs ( Read more... )