everyone else got to do one

so i’m doing my “what i read in 2008″ list, altogether self-indulgently. i did all the work, i deficiency to brag!!!but first, my immediate tbr book, as it is stacked against my bed, in no regulation except how it’s sitting at the flash: the savage detectives, roberto bolano hope against hope, nadezhda mandelstamthe mysteries of pittsburgh, michael chabonthe septembers of shiraz, dalia sofer”why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” beverly daniel tatumthe Italian autostrada, cormac mccarthythe regulations borrower, alice mattisonjetpack dreams, mac montandonforever, pete hamillwhat happened to anna k., irina reynthe brief wondrous life of oscar wao, junot diazparticular topics in calamity physics, marisha pesslinheritance, lan samantha changi entertain some unused gift certificates (to the tune of $28) so i will judiciously consider any suggested additions to the above rota for the mod year. especially awesome, comprehensible authentic biographies–i’ve decided i’d like to pore over some biographies in the future, and frankly don’t know where to start, having been a fiction reader up to this point. at once my 2008 list. i’m blanking at large a couple of titles for private reasons (anonymity, etc) but i still yearn for credit against reading them, because i’m competitive (with myself? what’s the point? i don’t know). perfect for 2008: 56, with which we are well pleased. since i bent to talk about books i’ve read, if you include questions or comments about books on the lean over you’ve review or need to announce, please please please humor me and put down them all. 01/02/08 the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay, michael chabon01/04/08 —–01/08/08 a irregular belief of hills, kazuo ishiguro01/10/08 —–01/16/08 gentlemen of the road, michael chabon01/27/08 —–01/30/08 autobiography of red, anne carson02/03/08 peony in love, lisa see02/12/08 the gathering, anne enright02/16/08 not in the least give away me go, kazuo ishiguro02/22/08 twilight, stephanie meyer02/23/08 maus, art spiegelman03/20/08 the ceaselessly mind, sarah waters03/27/08 look at me, jennifer egan04/02/08 empress, shan sa04/09/08 best friends, martha moody04/16/08 the book thief, bruise signify zusak04/20/08 him her him again the end of him, patricia marx05/05/08 snow flower and the furtively fiend, lisa see05/09/08 —–05/30/08 love and other impossible pursuits, ayelet waldman05/30/08 by nick or by crook, david crystal06/04/08 i was told there’d be cake, sloane crosley06/15/08 the bastard of istanbul, elif shafak07/16/08 affinity, sarah waters07/24/08 the lace reader, brunonia barry07/27/08 parallel lives, phyllis rose07/30/08 crossed, nicole galland08/11/08 the empress of weehawken, irene dische08/16/08 out, natsu kirino08/21/08 the end of the east, jen sookfong lee09/08/08 the black laws, orhan pamuk09/13/09 prep, curtis sittenfeld09/21/08 the makioka sisters, junichiro tanizaki09/25/08 tethered, amy mackinnon09/28/08 the good thief, hannah tinti10/02/08 —–10/06/08 —–10/12/08 unaccustomed sod, jhumpa lahiri10/18/08 prague, arthur phillips10/25/08 the jewel of medina, sherry jones10/29/08 nothing is quite forgotten in brooklyn, alice mattison11/08/08 when the elephants ball

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