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2005 BOOK REPORT |
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As usual, these are books that I read in 2005. They were NOT necessarily published in 2005, and they are listed in the order I read them. And I KNOW it seems like I love every book I've listed. "This guy must like everything he touches!". Quite the contrary, most titles have come from reviewers I trust, and as such I'm usually quite pleased with the book. Not always though. And books I don't finish (which admittedly is rare), don't show up on my anal-retentive list. |
| I would marry this book. | rrr |
There's sex in this book that could possibly offend some people. Not me. | |
| C | I really admire this book. | ¸ | This is a weird and strange book. Not necessarily bad, but just sorta Lynchian. |
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B |
Cool book, man. Totally. |
K |
I read this book, OK? Get off my back. |
| J | This book made me smile. | N | I would rather die than read this again. |
1. Richard Flanagan- Gould's Book of Fish CBJ¸
2. James Ellroy - Destination: Morgue! K 3. A.M. Homes - The End of Alice Crrr 4. A.M. Homes - Appendix A: C 5. Walter Abish - Double Vision C 6. Madison Smartt Bell - Straight Cut JB 7. Carol Shields - Swann JC 8. Heidi Julavits - The Mineral Palace C¸ 9. Jayne Anne Phillips - Fast Lanes JC 10. Maggie Estep - Soft Maniacs JCrrr 11. Thomas Bernhard - ExtinctionC 12. Jim Shepard - Love and Hydrogen J 13. Michelle de Kretser - The Hamilton Case C 14. Richard Powers - The Time of Our Singing C 15. Donna Tarrt - The Little Friend BJ 16. Joyce Carol Oates - Blonde BCrrr 17. Evelyn Waugh - Scoop! BJ 18. Joyce Carol Oates - Middle Age: A Romance CJ 19. Alice Sebold - Lucky C 20. Margaret Drabble - The Seven Sisters CJ 21. Shirley Hazzard - The Great Fire C 22. Tom Perrotta - Little Children BCJ 23. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince BJ 23. Charles Baxter - Saul and Patsy BC 23. A.M. Homes - Los Angeles J