Books I've read

Dec 22, 2006 16:04

August 2009
Promethea (Book 3) by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray
Bodies: Big Ideas/Small Books by Susie Orbach
Promethea (Book 4) by Alan Moore
Promethea - Book 5 by Alan Moore and J. H. Williams
Best Friends Forever: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
Tales of the Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Joss Whedon, Ben Edlund, Jane Espensen, and Brett Matthews
The Secrets of a Fire King: Stories by Kim Edwards
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman

July 2009
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People by Susan Orlean
The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1) by Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty
No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Vol. 2) by Brian K. Vaughan, Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, and Cliff Richards
Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Vol. 3) by Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, and Jo Chen
Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4) by Joss Whedon, Karl Moline, and Jeff Loeb
Trouble: A Novel by Kate Christensen
My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell Brand

June 2009
Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See
The Story Sisters: A Novel by Alice Hoffman
I'm Down: A Memoir by Mishna Wolff
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

May 2009
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Promethea (Book 2) (graphic novel) by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, Mick Gray, and Jose Villarrubia
The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Rasl Volume 1: The Drift (graphic novel) by Jeff Smith
Rose (graphic novel) by Jeff Smith (Author), Charles Vess (Author)

April 2009
He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti
The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, Book 1: Second Edition) (graphic novel) by Frank Miller
Life Sucks (graphic novel) by Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece
Speak of the Devil (graphic novel) by Gilbert Hernandez
We3 (graphic novel) by Grant Morrison

March 2009
The Burma Chronicles (graphic novel) by Guy Delisle
Black Hole (graphic novel) by Charles Burns
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (graphic novel) by Alison Bechdel
M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Feed Me!: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image edited by Harriet Brown
Promethea (Book 1) (graphic novel) by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, Mick Gray, and Charles Vess
Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda
Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

February 2009
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
French Milk (graphic novel) by Lucy Knisley
The Hour I First Believed: A Novel by Wally Lamb
American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent
100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa P.
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (graphic novel) by Guy Delisle
Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China (graphic novel) by Guy Delisle
The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fattitude by Carol Lay

January 2009
Blankets (graphic novel) by Craig Thompson
Drown by Junot Díaz
Y: The Last Man, Volume 9: Motherland (graphic novel) by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores (graphic novel) by Brian Vaughan and Pia Guerra
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire (graphic novel) by Bill Willingham, James Jean, Mike Allred, and Joelle Jones
Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince (graphic novel) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
Confessions of a Carb Queen: A Memoir by Susan Blech and Caroline Bock
Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces (graphic novel) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
The Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits for Good Nutrition by Alexa L. Fishback
Watchmen (graphic novel) by Alan Moore (Author) and Dave Gibbons (Illustrator)
The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain (graphic novel) by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun

December 2008
The Inner Circle by T.C. Boyle
The Walking Dead, Book 4 (graphic novel) by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn
Disquiet (Penguin Original) by Julia Leigh
Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss by Mark, M.D. Hyman

November 2008
The Best American Comics 2008 (The Best American Series) edited by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel, and Matt Madden
What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Own by Kim France and Andrea Linett
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker
Songs for the Missing: A Novel by Stewart O'Nan
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

October 2008
Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna by China Galland
Voice Over (French Voices) by Celine Curiol
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine by Sue Monk Kidd
Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful by Alice Walker
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems by Alice Walker
How to Have Style by Isaac Mizrahi

September 2008
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel by Margaret Atwood
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Hans Christian Andersen
Damage Control: Women on the Therapists, Beauticians, and Trainers Who Navigate Their Bodies edited by Emma Forrest
Towelhead: A Novel by Alicia Erian

August 2008
The Condition: A Novel by Jennifer Haigh
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
What Was Lost: A Novel by Catherine O'Flynn
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer
In the Land of No Right Angles by Daphne Beal
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
A Better Angel: Stories by Chris Adrian

July 2008
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein
The Garden of Last Days: A Novel by Andre Dubus III
Up For Renewal: What Magazines Taught Me About Love, Sex, and Starting Over by Cathy Alter
Intercourse: Stories by Robert Olen Butler
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

June 2008
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
A Town Like Paris: Falling in Love in the City of Light by Bryce Corbett
All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison

May 2008
Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
A Piece of Cake: A Memoir by Cupcake Brown
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic by Esther Perel

April 2008
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Meaning of Sunglasses: And a Guide to Almost All Things Fashionable by Hadley Freeman
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier's March Toward Redemption by DaShaun "Jiwe" Morris
A Model Summer by Paulina Porizkova
Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs

March 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Shame in the Blood: A Novel by Tetsuo Miura
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
It's So You: 35 Women Write About Personal Expression Through Fashion and Style edited by Michelle Tea
Snow Angels: A Novel by Stewart O'Nan
The Highest Tide: A Novel by Jim Lynch

February 2008
Self Magazine's 15 Minutes to Your Best Self: Quick Fixes for a Healthier, Happier Life by Lucy Danziger and the editors of Self magazine
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Beautiful Children: A Novel by Charles Bock
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
Her Last Death: A Memoir by Susanna Sonnenberg
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr

January 2008
Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous by Esther Blum
On Chesil Beach: A Novel by Ian McEwan
The Delivery Man: A Novel by Joe McGinniss Jr.
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless by Susan Jane Gilman
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
Fat Girl: A True Story by Judith Moore
Here Kitty Kitty: A Novel by Jardine Libaire

December 2007
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman
Smart Girls Like Me by Diane Vadino
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) by Philip Pullman
Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before trade by Robert Kirkman
Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) by Philip Pullman

November 2007
The Big Questions: What Smart People Want to Know Today about Life's Timeless Mysteries by Lama Surya Das
Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
In Buddha's Kitchen: Cooking, Being Cooked, and Other Adventures in a Meditation Center by Kimberley Snow
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July
Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

October 2007
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
Y: The Last Man trades #5-8 by Brian K. Vaughan
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
30 Days of Night trade by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith
The Art of Being a Woman: A Simple Guide to Everyday Love and Laughter by Veronique Vienne
Grayson by Lynne Cox
Shopgirl: A Novella by Steve Martin
Ninja Chick: Six Sacred Lessons for Becoming Cheeky, In Charge, and Simply Genius! by Mollie Culligan
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer Ackerman
The Gum Thief: A Novel by Douglas Coupland
The Butcher: And Other Erotica by Alina Reyes
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

September 2007
The Book of Dead Birds: A Novel by Gayle Brandeis
Twilight (Twilight, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon (Twilight, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer
The Average American Male: A Novel by Chad Kultgen
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Throw Like A Girl: Stories by Jean Thompson
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People: A Novel by Doug Crandell

August 2007
The Year of Endless Sorrows: A Novel by Adam Rapp
Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
I'm Not the New Me by Wendy McClure
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant edited by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer

July 2007
Fat Is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel by Heather McElhatton
Y: The Last Man trades #1-4 by Brian K. Vaughan
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Good Eater: The True Story of One Man's Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder by Ron Saxen
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body by Courtney E. Martin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda

June 2007
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
The List: A Novel by Tara Ison
Secrets of a Former Fat Girl: How to Lose Two, Four (or More!) Dress Sizes--And Find Yourself Along the Way by Lisa Delaney
After Dark by Haruki Murakami and Jay Rubin
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch

May 2007
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting by Gina Kolata
Hey Nostradamus!: A Novel by Douglas Coupland
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
Re-enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West by Jeffery Paine
The Walking Dead trade #6 by Robert Kirkman

April 2007
Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller
In My Skin: A Memoir by Kate Holden
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston
Tipping the Velvet: A Novel by Sarah Waters
Temporary Relocation Project #1 (zine) by Shawn Granton

March 2007
I'm Still Here: Confessions of a Sex Kitten by Eartha Kitt
The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics: A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and a Fabulous Body by Jessica Porter
The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley
Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko
Health Food Junkies: Orthorexia Nervosa: Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating by Steven Bratman and David Knight

February 2007
The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth
Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine by Holly Morris

Bone: One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith

January 2007
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
The Walking Dead trades #1-5 by Robert Kirkman
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Beasts of No Nation: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala
The Gentle Order of Girls And Boys: Four Stories by Dao Strom

December 2006
Goat: A Memoir by Brad Land
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Fall 2006
Clearcut by Nina Shengold
South of the Border, West of the Sun: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (unfinished)
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman (unfinished)
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

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