2005 in review

[eponine119]

I feel like I should do more than just make a list. Like ramble on and on. But there's a nice simplicity to a list. Now I just have to figure out what I want out of life so I can make some resolutions.

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[zenana7]

Like that you made a list. I was keeping a reading log, and still plan to update it, but 2005 became so crazy that much fell by the wayside. I've read one from each list, so now I can add a bunch of books to my To Read list. Read The Good Earth about a million years ago -- when I was in elementary school amazingly, so maybe I should read it again? I remember much of it tho. And The Giant's House, which I somewhat liked (go librarians!), but thought had some flaws. Probably my favorite book in recent years is The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, but I will have to think of my 2005 reads. Also, for short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.

For movies, Donnie Darko really moved me. Think I saw it in 2005. It's all a blur. An old-time fave pleased again, Singin' in the Rain. Happy dance.

I did like My FIrst Mister, tho wished they didn't get quite so melodramatic at the end. And loved Garden State. Just, did.

[eponine119]

I've been keeping a reading log since 2002. I was pretty shocked it'd been that long. No wonder it's getting filled up!

The Good Earth was by far the most amazing book I read this year. I loved it more than I can even tell you. It's so rare to read books that so completely sweep you away to another place and time, and that one did. It might be worth a re-read. I reread a bunch of the books we were made to read in high school and they were like completely new books to me. I read a lot as a kid, but I don't think I was a very sophisticated reader, so I missed a lot.

Kavalier and Clay was amazing. I read it maybe 2 years ago. It took me awhile to get into, but then I fell hard. It was one of those books where I tried to read it slowly, to make it last, because when it was done there wouldn't be anymore, and that's pretty unusual for me too.

For some reason the melodrama in My First Mister didn't bother me, although I know it did a lot of other people. Likewise, I agree The Giant's House was kind of flawed, but I still liked parts of

[zenana7]

Shoot, couldn't resist responding here either (reading, travel, all my favorite things). That was exactly my response to K&C -- that I didn't want to finish it because I liked hanging out with the people there so much.

Interestingly, it was Michael Chabon's wife, Ayelet Waldman, who inspired me to start keeping a reading log. She writes as well, had a web site with a reading log, and I had a Duh! Why haven't I been doing that? moment, and so it began...

[eponine119]

That is interesting. I think I got the idea for keeping a reading log from the forums over at Chicklit.com. But it's kind of funny, when I was really young I used to keep a list of the books I'd read in my diary, kind of the same idea.