OCD-esque list of 2007 reading.
One of my new year’s resolutions for last year was to read more, and I’ve achieved my goal, with 29 books so far. Here’s a rundown, and in true anal retentive fashion, I’ve included a code to tell you where or how I got them:
Normal type: I bought it myself
Underlined: Given as a gift
bold lower case: Borrowed from someone else.
Italics: Bookcrossers book
BOLD UPPER CASE: MAN WITH A CART BOOK
1. The Heart of Hyacinth – Onoto Watanna
2. Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China – Guy Deslile
3. kafka on the shore – haruki murakami (*)
4. Transit – Lana Citron
5. mysterious skin – scott heim
6. P.S. I LOVE YOU – CECILIA AHERN
7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay – Michael Chabon
8. EAT, DRINK AND BE MARRIED – EVE MAKIS (-)
9. more, now, again – elizabeth wurtzel
10. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book – Nat Hentoff
11. A Void – Georges Perec
12. The Pilot’s Wife – Anita Shreve
13. aunt dimity and the next of kin – nancy atherton
14. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim – David Sedaris
15. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood – Rebecca Wells
16. Little Altars Everywhere – Rebecca Wells
17. The Dog Walker – Leslie Schnur
18. The Dogs of Babel – Carolyn Parkhurst
19. Daddy-Long-Legs – Jean Webster
20. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius – Dave Eggars
21. anil’s ghost – michael ondaatje
22. dance, dance, dance – haruki murakami (*)
23. The Men Who Stare at Goats – Jon Ronson
24. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – J.K. ROWLING
25. The Full Cupboard of Life – Alexander McCall Smith (*)
26. Belle de Jour – Anonymous
27. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint – Brady Udall (*)
28. Happy Holidays – Janet Dailey (-)
29. The No.1 Ladies’ Detective agency – Alexander McCall Smith
Added bonus – I put an (*) next to the books I especially liked, and an (-) next to the books I thought were not very good.