Sat - January 19, 2008
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
I read this some time this year but I can't
find it on the blog so I'm adding it
Posted at 02:30 PM Read More
Sun - December 31, 2006
The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold
finished 12/31 ............ contemp fiction
(US) ........... rating 7
Posted at 08:22 AM Read More
Fri - December 29, 2006
Wed - December 27, 2006
Remembering Babylon by David Marouf
finished 12/27 ........... late 20th century
Australian (awards)......... rating 9
Posted at 05:50 PM Read More
The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond
finished 12/25........... non-fiction
anthropology .......... rating 8.5
Posted at 05:31 PM Read More
In Pharaoh's Army by Tobias Wolf
finished in June sometime .......... contemp
memoir ......... rating 8
Posted at 11:45 AM Read More
Tue - December 26, 2006
The March by E.L. Doctorow
finished in March some time, I think .......
contemp historical fiction ....... rating 7.5
Posted at 02:18 PM Read More
Best of 2006
these are the best books I read for the first
time in 2006. I did reread some great books like Blood Meridian, but they're
not here because I didn't discover them this year.
Posted at 10:58 AM Read More
Sun - December 24, 2006
Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett
finished 12/24 ......... 20th century
drama.......... rating 9
Posted at 03:18 PM Read More
Sat - December 23, 2006
"The Plot" by Will Eisner
finished 12/22 .......... contemp graphic
non-fiction ......... rating 8
Posted at 12:39 AM Read More
Fri - December 22, 2006
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
finished 12/21 ......... contemp Br. (Booker
nom) ......... rating 5
Posted at 09:39 PM Read More
Wed - December 20, 2006
Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
finished 12/20 ........... classic American
......... rating 9
Posted at 06:09 PM Read More
Mon - December 18, 2006
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
finished in March .......... classic ........
4
Posted at 09:58 PM Read More
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
finished 6/? ............ contemp US .........
rating 5
Posted at 09:56 PM Read More
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
finished 7/? ........ contemp non-fiction
......... rating 6
Posted at 09:52 PM Read More
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer
finished 8/? ......... contemp US
............. rating 7
Posted at 09:50 PM Read More
Lost LIght by MIchael Connelly
finished 11/3 ......... contemp. detective
.......... rating 5
Posted at 09:46 PM Read More
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
finished 10/31........ contemp detective
......... rating 6
Posted at 09:44 PM Read More
No Great Mischief by Alistair Mcleod
finished 12/18 ........contemp. Canadian
........ rating 7.5
Posted at 09:35 PM Read More
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
finished 12/14 ......... contemp Australia
........ rating 7.5
Posted at 09:30 PM Read More
The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
finished ? ....... economics ......... rating
6
Posted at 09:28 PM Read More
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
finished 12/17....... contemp US history
......... rating 6
Posted at 09:25 PM Read More
The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
finished 12/18........ 20th century Japanese
(Nobel) ....... rating 9
Posted at 09:22 PM Read More
Sun - November 26, 2006
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
finished 11/26 ....... contemp US fiction
........ rating 9.5
Posted at 10:03 PM Read More
Mayflower by Nathanial Philbrick
finished 11/26 ........ non-fiction US history
....... rating 8.5
Posted at 09:56 PM Read More
Mon - November 20, 2006
Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev
finished 11/19 .......... 20th century Russian
classic ....... rating 8
Posted at 06:32 AM Read More
The Stranger by Albert Camus
finished 11/18 ...... 20th century French /
(Nobel) ........ rating 9
Posted at 06:26 AM Read More
The Stranger by Albert Camus
finisehd 11/18 ........ 20th century - French -
(Nobel)........ rating 8.5
Posted at 06:13 AM Read More
Sun - November 12, 2006
The Double by Jose Saramago
finished 11/12/06 ........ contemp fiction
(Portugal) ........rating 8.5
Posted at 06:23 PM Read More
Sat - November 11, 2006
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
finished 11/12 .......contemp detective
......... rating 7
Posted at 05:41 PM Read More
Fri - November 10, 2006
At Day's Close by A. Roger Ekirch
finished 11/10.......... history ..........
rating 8
Posted at 09:45 PM Read More
Lost by Michael Robotham
finished 11/8 ........... contemp Brit
detective ......... rating 8?
Posted at 09:38 PM Read More
Sat - November 4, 2006
Arthur & George by Juilan Barnes
finished 11/4 ....... contemp Brit / Booker
s.list ............ rating 8.5
Posted at 01:45 PM Read More
The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
finished 11/1......... contemp. US .........
rating 7
Posted at 01:38 PM Read More
Sat - October 28, 2006
Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer
finished 10/22....... South Africa - 20th cent.
Nobel author ........ rating 8.5
Posted at 09:25 AM Read More
Sat - October 21, 2006
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
finished 10/21 ......... contemp ...........
rating 8.5
Posted at 09:04 PM Read More
Dracula by Bram Stoker
finished 10/20 ......... classic horror
......... rating 5
Posted at 09:00 PM Read More
Rough Crossings by Simon Schama
finished 10/15 ........ history .........
rating 8
Posted at 08:57 PM Read More
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
finished 10/8 ........ contemp US ..........
rating 9
Posted at 08:53 PM Read More
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
finished 10/8 ....... fiction / Australian
classic ......... rating 10
Posted at 08:51 PM Read More
Negotiating With the Dead by Margaret Atwood
finished 10/3 ........ literary essays
........ rating 5
Posted at 08:38 PM Read More
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
finished 10/1 ........... mid 20th century
fiction ........ rating 8
Posted at 08:36 PM Read More
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
finished 10/1 ........ fiction - Brit (Orange
Prize) ......... rating 7.5
Posted at 08:33 PM Read More
March by Geraldine Brooks
finished 9/20 .......... lit fiction (Pulitzer)
....... rating 8.5
Posted at 08:30 PM Read More
Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
finished 9/14 ......... detective ..........
rating 9.5 (excellent!)
Posted at 08:26 PM Read More
The Fall of the House of Habsburg by Thomas Crankshaw
finished 9/10 .......... history / Europe
.......... rating 7 (out of 10)
Posted at 08:21 PM Read More
The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
finished 9/1 .......... non-fiction / science
.......... rating 9
Posted at 08:12 PM Read More
Sun - August 27, 2006
The Accidental by Ali Smith
finished sometime in July ...... contemp Booker
nom. ...... rating 9
Posted at 05:52 PM Read More
Sat - August 26, 2006
Rockbound by Francis Parker Day
finished 8/26 ........ 20th cent. Canadian
...... rating 4
Posted at 01:55 PM Read More
Falling Angels by Barbara Gowdy
Finished 8/20 ........... US contemp.
...........rating 6 .........
Posted at 01:53 PM Read More
Sun - July 16, 2006
Talk, Talk by T.C. Boyle
finished 7/15 ........ contemp US fiction
........... rating 6.5
Posted at 03:16 AM Read More
The Cambridge Illustrated HIstory of China
finished 7/10......... history ...........
rating 8
Posted at 02:42 AM Read More
The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
finished 7/5/06 ......... classic 20th century
US ......... rating 8
Posted at 02:40 AM Read More
Mon - July 3, 2006
Mozart: A Life by Maynard Solomon
finished 5/? ............ biography
............ rating 8 (summary)
Posted at 09:04 AM Read More
Sat - July 1, 2006
Leonardo da Vinci "Flights of Mind" by Carles Nicholl
finished 6/29 ........ biography .........
rating ?
Posted at 05:17 PM Read More
Thu - June 29, 2006
Beloved by Toni Morrison
finished 6/29 ......... contemp US (Nobel/
Pulitzer) .......... rating 10
Posted at 10:37 AM Read More
Staying On by Paul Scott
didn't finish ......... contemp British - re
India ........... rating (none)
Posted at 10:19 AM Read More
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
finished 6/ 24 ........ contemp Nigeria .......
rating 7.5
Posted at 10:15 AM Read More
Shantaram by Roberts
finished 6/10 ........ contemp Aus? ..........
rating 6
Posted at 10:14 AM Read More
Sun - June 18, 2006
Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
finished 6/18 ............ 20th century fiction
(Russia) Nobel ......... rating 9
Posted at 07:57 AM Read More
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
finished 6/16 ............. 20th century
fiction (1970s) .............. rating 8
Posted at 07:49 AM Read More
Mon - June 12, 2006
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marcus Rediker
finished 6-12............. non-fiction /
history .............. rating 8
Posted at 09:57 PM Read More
Sat - June 10, 2006
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
finished in March ........... genre detective
........... rating 5
Posted at 05:11 AM Read More
Thu - June 8, 2006
Mon - May 29, 2006
Europe Central by William Vollman
finished 5/27 ........ contemporary US.........
rating 9.5
Posted at 03:51 PM Read More
Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter
finished 5/29 ......... US history 20th
century ........ rating 7.5
Posted at 03:50 PM Read More
Sat - May 20, 2006
Gilead by Marilynne Robertson
finished 5/15 ....... contemporary US ........
rating 8
Posted at 09:17 AM Read More
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
finished ? .......... 20th century postmodern
classic ....... rating 9.5
Posted at 09:14 AM Read More
A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong
finished 4/2 ......... contemporary Chinese
........ rating 8
Posted at 09:11 AM Read More
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
finished May 5 ......... 20th century British
(booker nominee) ........ rating 6
Posted at 09:01 AM Read More
Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
finished 4/? ..... memoir ........ rating 8
Posted at 08:52 AM Read More
Kafka by the Shore by Huruki Murakami
finished 5/19 ...... contemp fiction - Japan /
western / pomo ....... rating 8
Posted at 08:41 AM Read More
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
finished 4/? ........ sci-fi .........
rating 6
Posted at 08:37 AM Read More
Sat - April 8, 2006
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
finished 4/6 .......... classic (German)
......... rating 9
Posted at 11:51 AM Read More
The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse
finished 4/7 .......... classic humor
.......... rating 6
Posted at 11:44 AM Read More
The Lincoln Lawyer by MIchael Connelly
finished 4/5 ............. contemp crime
........... rating 7
Posted at 11:41 AM Read More
Thu - March 30, 2006
War and Society in Europe 1870 - 1970 by Brian Bond
finished 3/30 ........... military history
............ rating 8.5
Posted at 04:52 AM Read More
Sun - March 26, 2006
Ten Thousand Lovers by Edeet Ravel
finished 3/26 ............ contemp. Canada?
Israel? ............ rating 6
Posted at 10:29 PM Read More
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
finished 3/25 ......... contemp British (Booker
nom) ......... rating 8.5
Posted at 05:44 PM Read More
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
finished 3/26 ......... sci-fi - cyberpunk/nano
............. rating 6
Posted at 01:51 PM Read More
Sat - March 25, 2006
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
finished 3/25 .......... contemp
(sci-fi?).............. rating 8
Posted at 10:32 PM Read More
Fri - March 24, 2006
Night by Elie Weissel
finished 3/24 ........... Holocaust memoir
........... rating 9.5
Posted at 02:07 PM Read More
The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa
finished 3/24 ............ classic Europe
(1950s) ............ rating 8
Posted at 10:08 AM Read More
Thu - March 23, 2006
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
finished 3/23 .......... contemp fict
.......... rating 7.5 +
Posted at 08:32 PM Read More
The American by Henry James
finished 3/23 ........... 19th century American
........... rating 8.5
Posted at 06:59 AM Read More
Tue - March 21, 2006
The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins
finished 3/21 .......... 19th century British
........... rating 6.5 / 10
Posted at 10:02 PM Read More
The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
finished 3/15............. contemp US detective
(western) ....... rating 6
Posted at 12:42 PM Read More
History by Elsa Morante
finished 3/16 ........ 1960s Italian fiction
............. rating 9
Posted at 11:27 AM Read More
Sun - March 12, 2006
1776 by David McCullough
finished 3/12 .......... US history
........... rating 8
Posted at 09:18 PM Read More
Sat - March 11, 2006
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
finished 3/11 ......... contemp. short stories
- Native American ........ rating 9
Posted at 03:04 PM Read More
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
finished 3/10 ......... contemp fiction -
Native American ............ rating 7
Posted at 03:02 PM Read More
Thu - March 9, 2006
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
finished 3/9 ............ classic American
(1929) ......... rating 9.5
Posted at 05:01 PM Read More
Mon - March 6, 2006
The Maltese Falcon by Daschel Hammett
finished 2/10 .......... detective fiction,
(hard-boiled classic) ......... rating 6.5
Posted at 10:20 PM Read More
A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
finished 2/28 ........ history of France/
Middle Ages ............ rating 9.5
Posted at 08:03 PM Read More
Penguin Island by Anatole France (1908)
finished 3/4 ......... classic lit - French -
Nobel Prize ............ rating 8 .............
Posted at 07:55 PM Read More
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
reread - finished 3/3 ......... contemp fiction
(Booker nominee) ......... rating 9
Posted at 07:49 PM Read More
The Memoirs of General Sherman by General Sherman
never really finished ......... historical
memoir ............. rating 7+
Posted at 07:42 PM Read More
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
finished 1/4? ............ contemp fiction
(international)............ rating 8
Posted at 07:39 PM Read More
The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
finished 3/2 .......... fiction -
literary/classic ......... rating 9
Posted at 07:31 PM Read More
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta
finished 2/28 ............ non-fiction (travel
/ crime?) ........... rating 7 (out of 10)
Posted at 07:23 PM Read More
Wed - February 22, 2006
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
finished 2/15 .......... contem literary
criticiam ......... rating 8
Posted at 09:03 PM Read More
How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster
finished 2/10 .......... non-fiction / literary
criticism ......... rating 6
Posted at 09:01 PM Read More
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
finished 2/6 ........ contemp US fiction
........ rating 10!
Posted at 08:56 PM Read More
What Was She Thinking: (Notes on a Scandal) by Zoe Heller
finished 2/8 ........contemp. fiction UK
........... rating 7
Posted at 08:47 PM Read More
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
finished 2/4 ........ contemp. fiction, Booker
winner .......... rating 8.5
Posted at 08:41 PM Read More
A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin
finished 1/30 ........... non-fiction history
Middle East .......... rating 8.5
Posted at 08:37 PM Read More
Sat - January 28, 2006
History of Britain by Simon Schama
finished 1/14 .......... non-fiction / history
........... rating 8.5
Posted at 09:48 PM Read More
The Moonstone by WIlkie Collins
finished 1/28 ............ classic mystery
......... rating 7.5
Posted at 09:40 PM Read More
Sun - January 15, 2006
The Idiot by F. Dostoevsky
finished 1/15 .............. 19th century
Russia ......... rating 10
Posted at 08:51 AM Read More
Sat - January 7, 2006
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
finished (closer reading) 1/7 ................
classic sci-fi ....................... rating 9
Posted at 12:50 PM Read More
Wed - January 4, 2006
The Plague by Albert Camus
finished 1/2/06.......... 20th century
............. rating 10
Posted at 06:13 PM Read More
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
finished 1/1/06 ............ philosophical
treatise .........rating 9.
Posted at 02:45 PM Read More
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