Besides me, there are 2 people left in my office now. I’m here, but…not really working. I love these non-holiday holidays where there’s hardly anyone here and it’s really quiet. I’m answering the main phone line, but nobody’s really calling, since most people thing we’re closed. I’ll be here until 5, which is fine because Cooper is at day care ( Read more... )

I just finished The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. I find myself drawn, in general, to books dealing with college and prep school. But The Art of Fielding is different from most of the ones I’ve read because most of the main characters (actually most of the characters, period) are male, when typically I chose books centered around female ( Read more... )

Books Read in 2013

Best American Short Stories: 2012, Tom Perrotta, editor (fiction/short stories)
The Wonder Spot, Melissa Bank (fiction)
The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach (fiction)
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, Kerry Cohen (non-fiction/memoir)
Carry the One, Carol Anshaw (fiction)
Perv- A Love Story, Jerry Stahl (fiction)
Snow Angels, ( Read more... )

Books Read in 2012

Making Maggie "Little Miss Tri-County", Maggie Messina (non-fiction/memoir)
Best American Short Stories: 2011, Geraldine Brooks, editor (fiction)
Dewey, the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron (non-fiction)
What Was She Thinking (Notes on a Scandal), Zoe Heller (fiction)
Piece of Cake, Cupcake Brown ( ( Read more... )

Books Read in 2011

Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan (fiction)
Best American Short Stories: 2010, Richard Russo, editor (fiction)
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, Judith Levine (non-fiction)
Our Story Begins,Tobias Wolff (fiction)
American Voyeur: Dispatches From the Far Reaches of Modern Life ,Benoit Denizet-Lewis (non-fiction)
Ten ( Read more... )

I'm going to go ahead and post this a few days before the year officially ends. I probably won't finish any books in the next two days, although I've been reading up a storm during the past week or so!

Read in 2010

Under the Banner of Heaven , Jon Krakauer (non-fiction)
Escape, Carolyn Jessop (non-fiction)
Confessions of a Rebel Debutante, ( Read more... )

Wow, I have really sucked at LiveJournal this year, but especially during the last quarter of this year. I don't really do the New Year's Resolution thing, but the beginning of a new year does seem like a good time to start things, or re-start things at least. I know a lot of people (myself included) have fallen into the Facebook trap, and even ( Read more... )

I retroactively updated my 2010 Books Read List. I'm definitely not going to read as many as I did in 2010.

Oh, and speaking of books...David Sedaris is coming here in October and I have front row seats....yay!

Read in 2010

Under the Banner of Heaven , Jon Krakauer (non-fiction)
Escape, Carolyn Jessop (non-fiction)
Confessions of a Rebel Debutante, Anna Fields (non-fiction)
On the Rez, Ian Frazier (non-fiction)
Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs (memoir)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie (fiction)
Crush, Jane Futcher ( ( Read more... )

My complete list of books read in 2009, a total of 23. I wish I'd read one or two more, because 24 or 25 would be a better number than 23, but oh, well. It gives me something to aim for in 2010. I already have a small stack to get started on.

She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb (fiction)
Best American Short Stories: 2008, Salman Rushdie, editor ( ( Read more... )