december 2009

oy this was too long ago!

sigrid nunez- a feather on the breath of god
margaret atwood - the blind assassin(again)
marlene zuk - riddled with life
jared diamond - the third chimpanzee

november 2009

thomas friedman - longtitudes and attitudes [23-]
morant - chinese love tales [30-2]
sue miller - while i was gone (again) [1-4]
steve martin - the pleasure of my company (again) [4-11]
margaret atwood - the blind assassin (again) [5-]

october 2009

the best american travel writing 2007 [18-3]
andy rooney - years of minutes [2-25]
amy tan - saving fish from drowning [17-22]
thomas friedman - longtitudes and attitudes [23-]
morant - chinese love tales [30-]

zombieland [2], whip it [9], sex and the city (directors comments on) [23], ghosts of girlfriends' past [24], where the wild things are [25]

september

margaret visser - the rituals of dinner [-17]
augusten burroughs - running with scissors [13-14]
the best american travel writing 2007 [18-]

the bear [1], the wrestler [12]

august 2009

jonash lehrer - proust was a neuroscientist [-]
irene nemirovsky - suite francaise []
margaret visser - the rituals of dinner [-]

valkerie [4], district 9 [29]

july 2009

natalie angier - the canon: a whiligig tour on the beautiful basics of science [17-8]
erskine childers - the riddle of the sands [6-]
cullen thomas - brother one cell [8-12]
best american non-required reading [12-15]
cormac mccarthy - the road [15-16]
anita diamant - the red tent [17-19] (again)
erica jong - what women want [19-23]

the hangover [], up [4], nacho libre (again), inventing the abbotts (again), harry potter [18], marie antoinette (again)

june 2009

allen shawn - wish i could be there: notes from a phobic life [19-4]
jean kilborn - can't buy my love: how advertising changes the way we think and feel [15-9]
meg wolizter - the wife: a novel [9-12]
mark slouka - the visible world: a novel [13-18]
natalie angier - the canon: a whiligig tour on the beautiful basics of science [17-]

may 2009

r a salvatore - homeland (book one of the dark elf trilogy) [25-6]
anthony doeer - four seaons in rome [3-12]
jean kilborn - can't buy my love: how advertising changes the way we think and feel [15-]
allen shawn - wish i could ber there: notes from a phobic life [19-]

wolverine [8], star trek [15], milk [16]

april 2009

jeffery paine - re-enchantment: tibetan buddhism comes to the west [26-11]
queen noor al-hussein - leap of faith: memoirs of an unexpected life [12-27]
r a salvatore - homeland (book one of the dark elf trilogy) [25-]
katha pollitt - learning to drive [28-30]

fargo [4], observe and report

march 2009

simon winchester - krakatoa [2/4-3/25]
michael crichton - travels [20-29]
jeffery paine - re-enchantment: tibetan buddhism comes to the west [26-]

watchmen [6]

february 2009

joyce carol oates - faithless: tales of transgression [16-2]
james patterson - cradle and all [31-3] (again)
simon winchester - krakatoa [4-]

helvetica [8], ping pong playa, choke

january 2009

bill bryson - a walk in the woods [30-6] (again)
three kingdoms [5-]
rachael simmons - odd girl out [august 2008 - 1/12]

chuck palahniuk - choke [9-15]

joyce carol oates - faithless: tales of transgression [16-]
james patterson - cradle and all [31-] (again)

wanted, revolutionary road, slumdog millionaire, gran torino, the hulk (norton), matchpoint, volver, saving face