My Year in books

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So here's my book list. Only 39 this year, unlike my 45 last year. ):

My book resolutions are : Read Gravity's Rainbow and write about Reader's Block

(also: screw those lj cuts!)

1. Virtual Light - William Gibson
2. Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
3. Springer's Progress - David Markson
4. The Little Endless Storybook - Jill

Comments

[decemberthirty]

Nice list. What did you think of The Reluctant Fundamentalist? I recently read it for a class, and my feelings about it were mixed at best.

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i wrote a review of it for hbc.com. although i wasn't as harsh as i could have been. i was actually disappointed in it. I felt like it could have been a great book but i felt it was off track in places.

and thanks. (:

[decemberthirty]

I was disappointed with it as well--I wanted it to be a much subtler book than it actually was. My very brief review of it can be found in this post.

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yes. it was a little too blunt for my tastes. (i didn't know it was shortlisted for the booker...) but it was kinda refreshing to see a different view of the sept. 11 attacks.

i still don't know how i feel about the first person narrative though. yeah, it worked... but at the same time it just didn't.

[ponsonbybritt]

*Four* Markson books? I'm more behind than I knew. Though I did read Wittgenstein's Mistress along with Consciousness Explained and Breaking the Spell this year.

I look forward to your Reader's Block thoughts.

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oh i have read all but 3 markson books dear. i'm a fan girl don't you know. (:

[lynnini]

My year in books SUCKS this year. (as far as quantity...)

Re-read: Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin

Completed: Diary, Palahnuik

Unfinished: Naked, Sedaris

I'm 98% that's it. Pathetic!

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you'll do better this year. (:

[brooklynhype]

You may have reviewed it alread, but oh hell I'll ask anyway. What did you think of The Count of Monte Cristo?

LOVE The Painted Veil and Tess... nice list... we read the same amount of books this year :)

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i didn't actually review it yet.

at first i hated it. but then i got into it a lot. I still didn't like the ending though. seems kinda... i dunno.... rushed?

[brooklynhype]

Oh. Okay. Good. I get really busy with classes and neglect booksalon, so I didn't want to insult you ;p

Thanks for your thoughts on it... I don't like books that have rushed endings. And since I am stalking your list, you can stalk mine. I unlocked it just for you, lol. (I assume since I am nosey, everyone else is too.)

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awwwww thank you!!!!!!

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i'm gonna be running a twilight book club at my store starting at the end of janurary. feel free to help me think up some questions....

bad monkeys was overrated.