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I want to keep a list of books that I've read this year, so that I can see how my reading pace when not under duress compares with the 50books pace. I'll just continually update this post, so that it won't constantly disturb your friends list. I'm going to give a brief reaction to each, too
1. Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres. Unresolved, though mostly positive
2. Downriver, Will Hobbes. Reread. Still makes me want to spend a lifetime on the Colorado
3. Persuasion, Jane Austen. Reread. Beginning to understand why people call it her best
4. Bill Bryson's African Diary, Bill Bryson. Way less funny than his usual work.
5. A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain. Twice as good as Kitchen Confidential
6. No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain. How can a book of photos from a TV show be so mind-blowingly great?!
7. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan. This won the Booker prize? For reals?
8. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell. I mean, THIS is a Booker prize winner. Oh my god the SCOPE!
9. The Last River, Todd Balf. How am I not a world-class rafter? More mentally stable than these guys.
10. Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses, Isabel Allende. Exploration of relationship between food and erotica. Exciting right? Not.
11. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving. Irving's regionalism makes me grumpy, where Southern Lit. writers' doesn't. But I still inhale his books with love.
12. Short Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald. I still love F. Scott, even if he is a depressing, morose drunk.
13. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde. Fun, funny, easy to read, full of literary references. Mmm.
14. The Curtain, Milan Kundera. List of new things to read.
15. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling. Re-read. Exposition-heavy; Snape!!!
16. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling. Re-read. Lovely conclusion to the series, even the epilogue.
17. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. Re-read. Still wish I was Elizabeth
18. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Re-read. Plot moves from light to heavy, from everyday to magical. Didn't notice on first read.
19. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen. Re-read. Fanny does get a little annoying at times, doesn't she?
20. Thursday Next: First Amongst Sequels, Jasper Fforde. Not nearly as charming as Eyre Affair.
21. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho. The right book at the right time.
22. The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde. His imagination astounds me.
23. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger. I can't stop thinking about it, and now I want to move to Chicago.
24. We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates. A little full of itself, but enchanting. Oates has so many voices.
25. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris. As humorous as always, but more pathos than usual.
1. Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres. Unresolved, though mostly positive
2. Downriver, Will Hobbes. Reread. Still makes me want to spend a lifetime on the Colorado
3. Persuasion, Jane Austen. Reread. Beginning to understand why people call it her best
4. Bill Bryson's African Diary, Bill Bryson. Way less funny than his usual work.
5. A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain. Twice as good as Kitchen Confidential
6. No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain. How can a book of photos from a TV show be so mind-blowingly great?!
7. Amsterdam, Ian McEwan. This won the Booker prize? For reals?
8. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell. I mean, THIS is a Booker prize winner. Oh my god the SCOPE!
9. The Last River, Todd Balf. How am I not a world-class rafter? More mentally stable than these guys.
10. Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses, Isabel Allende. Exploration of relationship between food and erotica. Exciting right? Not.
11. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving. Irving's regionalism makes me grumpy, where Southern Lit. writers' doesn't. But I still inhale his books with love.
12. Short Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald. I still love F. Scott, even if he is a depressing, morose drunk.
13. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde. Fun, funny, easy to read, full of literary references. Mmm.
14. The Curtain, Milan Kundera. List of new things to read.
15. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling. Re-read. Exposition-heavy; Snape!!!
16. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling. Re-read. Lovely conclusion to the series, even the epilogue.
17. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. Re-read. Still wish I was Elizabeth
18. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Re-read. Plot moves from light to heavy, from everyday to magical. Didn't notice on first read.
19. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen. Re-read. Fanny does get a little annoying at times, doesn't she?
20. Thursday Next: First Amongst Sequels, Jasper Fforde. Not nearly as charming as Eyre Affair.
21. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho. The right book at the right time.
22. The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde. His imagination astounds me.
23. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger. I can't stop thinking about it, and now I want to move to Chicago.
24. We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates. A little full of itself, but enchanting. Oates has so many voices.
25. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris. As humorous as always, but more pathos than usual.