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12/1/11: Please be patient if you've sent me a message; I don't always have access to a computer. Due to lack of funds I can only partake in a very limited amount of RABCK's/exchanges. Thank you for understanding. :)
BC books I'm currently reading: Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED; Charles Dickens's A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS STORIES; CrimethInc.'s OFF THE MAP.
Other (non-BC bookshelf) books being read: None right now.
BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR IN 2012. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Caroline Preston: THE SCRAPBOOK OF FRANKIE PRATT # 2. Keith Ablow, M.D.: INSIDE THE MIND OF CASEY ANTHONY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT
BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR IN 2011. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry: NEIL GAIMAN'S NEVERWHERE: A GRAPHIC NOVEL #
2. Ina Saltz: BODY TYPE: INTIMATE MESSAGES ETCHED IN FLESH # 3. Audrey Niffenegger: THE NIGHT BOOKMOBILE #
4. Angela Nissel: MIXED: MY LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE #
5. David Axe & Matt Bors: WAR IS BORING: BORED STIFF, SCARED TO DEATH IN THE WORLD'S WORST WAR ZONES #
6. Sarah Waters: THE NIGHT WATCH * # 7. CrimethInc.: EVASION * #
8. Marc Tyler Nobleman: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? #
9. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: THE FACE ON YOUR PLATE: THE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD #
10. Stacy Pershall: LOUD IN THE HOUSE OF MYSELF: MEMOIR OF A STRANGE GIRL
11. Eve Ensler: I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE: THE SECRET LIFE OF GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD
12. Melody Beattie: CODEPENDENT NO MORE * 13. Philip K. Dick & Tony Parker: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? (graphic novel)#
14. Bill Griffith: ZIPPY THE PINHEAD: TYPE Z PERSONALITY #
15. Dan Mathews: COMMITTED: A RABBLE-ROUSER'S MEMOIR # 16. Jo Waterhouse: INDIE CRAFT #
17. Mandy Moore & Leanne Prain: YARN BOMBING: THE ART OF CROCHET AND KNIT GRAFFITI #
18. Lianna Kong: I AM NEUROTIC (AND SO ARE YOU) #
19. Michael Codella & Bruce Bennet: ALPHAVILLE 20. George Berger: THE STORY OF CRASS #
21. Lisa Lampanelli: CHOCOLATE, PLEASE: MY ADVENTURES IN FOOD, FAT, AND FREAKS
22. Andrew Beaujon: BODY PIERCING SAVED MY LIFE: INSIDE THE PHENOMENON OF CHRISTIAN ROCK #
23. Meredith Baxter: UNTIED: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY, FAME, AND FLOUNDERING #
24. Nicholas Rombes: A CULTURAL DICTIONARY OF PUNK 1974-1982
25. Matt Ruff: BAD MONKEYS 26. Violet Blue: BEST WOMEN'S EROTICA 2009 #
27. Stephen Duncombe: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: ZINES + THE POLITICS OF ALTERNATIVE CULTURE #
28. Glenn Beck: THE OVERTON WINDOW: A THRILLER #
29. Rob Sheffield: TALKING TO GIRLS ABOUT DURAN DURAN: ONE YOUNG MAN'S QUEST FOR TRUE LOVE AND A COOLER HAIRCUT #
30. Keith Richards (with James Fox): LIFE # 31. Andrew Bernstein: AYN RAND FOR BEGINNERS #
32. Charles Santino and Joe Staton: AYN RAND: ANTHEM: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
33. Barbara Cooney: MISS RUMPHIUS # 34. Oggy Yordanov: NEW CLUB KIDS: LONDON PARTY FASHION IN THE NOUGHTIES
35. Jeffery Deaver: THE BURNING WIRE # * 36. Lesley M.M. Blume: LET'S BRING BACK: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORGOTTEN-YET-DELIGHTFUL, CHIC, USEFUL, CURIOUS, AND OTHERWISE COMMENDABLE THINGS FROM TIMES GONE BY #
37. John Mortimer: A RUMPOLE CHRISTMAS: STORIES #
38. Mary Johnson: AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST: FOLLOWING MOTHER TERESA IN SEARCH OF LOVE, SERVICE, AND AN AUTHENTIC LIFE #
39. Jordan and Amy Trachtenberg (editors): VERSES THAT HURT: PLEASURE AND PAIN FROM THE POEMFONE POETS #
40. Jen Lancaster: MY FAIR LAZY: A MEMOIR # 41. Sid Clark: ANTI-CIV DICTUMS zine #
42. Neil Gaiman, Jessica Abel, & Matt Madden (editors): THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2010
43. George Orwell: ANIMAL FARM *# 44. Eric Spitznagel (editor): YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON, BUT I LIKE YOU: THE BELIEVER BOOK OF ADVICE
45. Assata Shakur: ASSATA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY # 46. Susan Moon (editor): NOT TURNING AWAY: THE PRACTICE OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM #
47. Gregory Boyle: TATTOOS ON THE HEART: THE POWER OF BOUNDLESS COMPASSION #
48. Danny Seo: UPCYCLING: CREATE BEAUTIFUL THINGS WITH THE STUFF YOU ALREADY HAVE #
49. Lynda Lee Macken: HAUNTED HISTORY OF STATEN ISLAND
50. Matthew Diffee (editor): THE BEST OF THE REJECTION COLLECTION: 293 CARTOONS THAT WERE TOO DUMB, TOO DARK, OR TOO NAUGHTY FOR THE NEW YORKER #
51. Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn: 102 MINUTES: THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE INSIDE THE TWIN TOWERS #
52. Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, Catherine Ellis, and Stephen Drury Smith (editors): AFTER THE FALL: NEW YORKERS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 2001 AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED #
BOOKS I READ IN 2010. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Isabella Rossellini: GREEN PORNO #
2. Victoria, Igor, Sergei, & Valya Boutenko: RAW FAMILY: A TRUE STORY OF AWAKENING *
3. Roman Dirge: LENORE: NOOGIES # 4. Ian Halperin: BRANGELINA: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE #
5. Kim France & Andrea Linett: THE LUCKY GUIDE TO MASTERING ANY STYLE: HOW TO WEAR ICONIC LOOKS AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN #
6. Kathy Griffin: OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION: A MEMOIR ACCORDING TO KATHY GRIFFIN
7. Craig Ferguson: AMERICAN ON PURPOSE: THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF AN UNLIKELY PATRIOT #
8. Carol Lay: THE BIG SKINNY: HOW I CHANGED MY FATTITUDE: A MEMOIR
9. Helene Hanff: THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET * #
10. RE/Search Publications (V. Vale): REAL CONVERSATIONS NO. 1: HENRY ROLLINS, BILLY CHILDISH, JELLO BIAFRA, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI #
11. Caleb Carr: THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS * 12. Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin: HIGH ON ARRIVAL: A MEMOIR #
13. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE VOL. 2: ROCK, DEATH, FAKE, REVENGE, & ALONE
14. Dan Brown: THE LOST SYMBOL 15. Elizabeth Swados: MY DEPRESSION: A PICTURE BOOK #
16. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A WITCH: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
17. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
18. Frank Warren: POST SECRET: CONFESSIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GOD
19. David B.: NOCTURNAL CONSPIRACIES: NINETEEN DREAMS # 20. Kitty Kelley: OPRAH: A BIOGRAPHY #
21. Patrick Ecclesine: FACES OF SUNSET BOULEVARD: A PORTRAIT OF LOS ANGELES
22. Paul Provenza & Dan Dion: SATIRISTAS!: COMEDIANS, CONTRARIANS, RACONTEURS & VULGARIANS
23. Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows: THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY #
24. Andrew Morton: ANGELINA: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY #
25. G.P. Taylor: THE FIRST ESCAPE: THE DOPPLE GANGER CHRONICLES #1 #
26. Lori Gottlieb: MARRY HIM: THE CASE FOR SETTLING FOR MR. GOOD ENOUGH
27. Alison Bechdel: THE ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR #
28. Sid Roth: THEY THOUGHT FOR THEMSELVES: TEN AMAZING JEWS * 29. Inga Muscio: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLUE-EYED DEVIL: MY LIFE AND TIMES IN A RACIST, IMPERIALIST SOCIETY * #
30. David Isay & Stacy Abramson: FLOPHOUSE: LIFE ON THE BOWERY
31. Kiera Van Gelder: THE BUDDHA AND THE BORDERLINE # 32. Cindy Gretchen Ovenrack Crabb: DORIS: AN ANTHOLOGY 1991-2001 * #
33. Daniel G. Amen, M.D.: CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE #
34. Anita Naughton & Nicola Perry: TEA + SYMPATHY #
35. Francesca Lia Block: HOW TO (UN)CAGE A GIRL: POEMS # 36. Failblog.org: FAILNATION
37. Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson: TRANSMETROPOLITAN: THE NEW SCUM #
38. Laura Brodie: LOVE IN A TIME OF HOMESCHOOLING: A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER'S UNCOMMON YEAR #
39. Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell: FROM HELL: BEING A MELODRAMA IN SIXTEEN PARTS #
40. P.T. Barnum: ART OF MONEY GETTING, OR, GOLDEN RULES OF MAKING MONEY
41. John Waters: ROLE MODELS # 42. Dora Calott Wang, M.D.: THE KITCHEN SHRINK: A PSYCHIATRIST'S REFLECTIONS ON HEALING IN A CHANGING WORLD #
43. Brian Cogan: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUNK # 44. Ina Saltz: BODY TYPE 2: MORE TYPOGRAPHIC TATTOOS #
45. Charles H. Elliott, PhD & Laura L. Smith, PhD: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY FOR DUMMIES #
46. Ann Beattie: WALKS WITH MEN: A NOVELLA # 47. Melvin McLeod & editors of the Shambhala Sun: THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2004 #
48. Robyn Okrant: LIVING OPRAH: MY ONE YEAR EXPERIMENT TO WALK THE WALK OF THE QUEEN OF TALK #
49. Ellen Forney: I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN: PANTY DROPPING COMICS #
BOOKS I READ IN 2009. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Elizabeth Wurtzel: RADICAL SANITY: COMMONSENSE ADVICE FOR UNCOMMON WOMEN
2. Ian Halperin: HOLLYWOOD UNDERCOVER: REVEALING THE SORDID SECRETS OF TINSELTOWN
3. Kelee Katillac: HOUSE OF BELIEF: CREATING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE #
4. Molly Jay & Running Press Miniature Editions: THE KISS: A ROMANTIC TREASURY OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND QUOTES * #
5. Naomi Nowak: HOUSE OF CLAY 6. Christopher Kennedy Lawford: MOMENTS OF CLARITY #
7. Henry Rollins: GET IN THE VAN: ON THE ROAD WITH BLACK FLAG (SECOND EDITION)
8. Susan E. Isaacs: ANGRY CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: A SNARKY BUT AUTHENTIC SPIRITUAL MEMOIR #
9. Roger Bennett & Jules Shell: CAMP CAMP: WHERE FANTASY ISLAND MEETS LORD OF THE FLIES
10. Kaoru Mori: EMMA VOL. 1 # 11. Michael Greenberg: HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE #
12. Alan Bennett: THE UNCOMMON READER: A NOVELLA #
13. Dr. Drew Pinsky with Todd Gold: CRACKED: PUTTING BROKEN LIVES TOGETHER AGAIN #
14. Ian Rankin: THE HANGING GARDEN * # 15. Larry Dane Brimner: BEING DIFFERENT: LAMBDA YOUTHS SPEAK OUT #
16. Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza: TOO FAT TO FISH #
17. Fieldy with Laura Morton: GOT THE LIFE: MY JOURNEY OF ADDICTION, FAITH, RECOVERY AND KORN
18. Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli: DMZ: BODY OF A JOURNALIST VOL. 2 #
19. Jacob Hoye (editor): MTV UNCENSORED 20. Francesca Lia Block: BLOOD ROSES #
21. Paul Theroux: GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR: ON THE TRACKS OF THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR #
22. Lucy Knisley: FRENCH MILK # 23. Chelsea Handler: ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
24. Banksy: WALL AND PIECE # 25. Andi Watson & Josh Howard: CLUBBING
26. S. Eddy Bell: LULU & MITZY: BEST LAID PLANS #
27. Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, & Paul Azaceta: B.P.R.D.:1946 #
28. Guy Delisle: BURMA CHRONICLES # 29. Fox Atomic Comics: THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY: BASED ON THE STORIES OF THOMAS LIGOTTI
30. Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli, Danijel Zezelj, & Nathan Fox: DMZ: THE HIDDEN WAR #
31. Marc Spitz & Brendan Mullen: WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB: THE UNTOLD STORY OF L.A. PUNK #
32. Chris Ware (editor): THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2007
33. Steven Blush & George Petros: .45 DANGEROUS MINDS: THE MOST INTENSE INTERVIEWS FROM SECONDS MAGAZINE #
34. Chris Duncan (editor): MY FIRST TIME: A COLLECTION OF FIRST PUNK SHOW STORIES
35. Laura Ingalls Wilder: THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS
36. Noah Levine: DHARMA PUNX 37. Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler: BITCHFEST: TEN YEARS OF CULTURAL CRITICISM FROM THE PAGES OF BITCH MAGAZINE #
38. Alyce Benevides & Jaqueline Milles: PRETTY IN PUNK: 25 PUNK, ROCK, AND GOTH KNITTING PROJECTS #
39. Daniel Sinker: WE OWE YOU NOTHING: PUNK PLANET: THE COLLECTED INTERVIEWS #
40. Carrie Fisher: WISHFUL DRINKING # 41. Frank Beddor with Liz Cavalier: HATTER M: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS VOL. 1 #
42. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A MAID: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
43. Linda Montano: ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE 44. Shawna Kenney: I WAS A TEENAGE DOMINATRIX: A MEMOIR *
45. Stieg Larssen: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
BOOKS I READ IN 2008. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Karen Finley: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: WEEKLY MEDITATIONS FOR LIVING DYSFUNCTIONALLY
2. Rosie O'Donnell: CELEBRITY DETOX 3. Cynthia Heimel: IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME, WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET?! #
4. Nemo: THE FIRE FROM WITHIN: NEMO ON SATANISM, VOLUME ONE * #
5. Ann Marie Fleming: THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM: AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR #
6. Marjane Satrapi: EMBROIDERIES # 7. Fred Mustard Stewart: THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (books on tape) #
8. Plum Sykes: BERGDORF BLONDES 9. Lesley Arfin: DEAR DIARY
10. Masayuki Yoshinaga & Katsuhiko Ishikawa: GOTHIC & LOLITA #
11. Jeffery Deaver: THE COLD MOON # 12. Xaviera Hollander (with Robin Moore & Yvonne Dunleavy): THE HAPPY HOOKER
13. Kate Bornstein: HELLO, CRUEL WORLD: 101 ALTERNATIVES TO SUICIDE FOR TEENS, FREAKS & OTHER OUTLAWS
14. Jack Malebranche: ANDROPHILIA: A MANIFESTO- REJECTING THE GAY IDENTITY, RECLAIMING MASCULINITY *
15. Derrick Jensen & Karen Tweedy-Holmes: THOUGHT TO EXIST IN THE WILD: AWAKENING FROM THE NIGHTMARE OF ZOOS #
16. Joseph Cohen: THE PENIS BOOK 17. Terrance Dean: HIDING IN HIP HOP: ON THE DOWN LOW IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY- FROM MUSIC TO HOLLYWOOD
18. Jill Rappaport & Linda Solomon: MAZEL TOV: CELEBRITIES' BAR & BAT MITZVAH MEMORIES #
19. John Patrick Shanley: DOUBT # 20. Judy Gold & Kate Moira Ryan: 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER #
21. Margaret Atwood: THE DOOR # 22. Andrew Morton: TOM CRUISE: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY #
23. Clayton Patterson: RESISTANCE 24. Rita Rudner: I STILL HAVE IT...I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I PUT IT: CONFESSIONS OF A FIFTYSOMETHING #
25. Thich Nhat Hanh: TAMING THE TIGER WITHIN: MEDITATIONS ON TRANSFORMING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS
26. Jessica Valenti: HE'S A STUD, SHE'S A SLUT AND 49 OTHER DOUBLE STANDARDS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW #
27. Diane Ladd: SPIRALING THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: A MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY
28. Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan: AS THE WORLD BURNS: 50 SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO STAY IN DENIAL: A GRAPHIC NOVEL #
29. Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh: LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA #
30. Marjorie Hillis: LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT: THE CLASSIC GUIDE FOR THE SINGLE WOMAN
31. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #2: THE LOST ISSUES
32. Etgar Keret & Actus Comics: JETLAG: 5 GRAPHIC NOVELLAS #
33. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #3: LET THERE BE DARK #
34. Ariel Schrag: POTENTIAL: THE HIGH SCHOOL COMIC CHRONICLES OF ARIEL SCHRAG
35. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #4: ROCK ISSUE #
36. Guy Delisle: SHENZHEN: A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA # 37. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #1: THE BORING ISSUE
38. Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Alice Cooper: THE LAST TEMPTATION #
39. Posy Simmonds: TAMARA CREWE # 40. Serena Valentino & Ted Naifeh: GLOOMCOOKIE #
41. Jennifer Blessing: RROSE IS A RROSE IS A RROSE: GENDER PERFORMANCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
42. Sasha Cagen: QUIRKYALONE: A MANIFESTO FOR UNCOMPROMISING ROMANTICS
43. Professor HappyCat & icanhascheezburger.com: I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?: A LOLCAT COLLECKSHUN #
44. Joann Sfar & Emmanuel Guibert: THE PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER
45. Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg: THE PLAIN JANES 46. Aaron McGruder: FRESH FOR '01...YOU SUCKAS!: A BOONDOCKS COLLECTION #
47. Steve Emond: EMO BOY VOL.1: NOBODY CARES ABOUT ANYTHING ANYWAY, SO WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST DIE? #
48. Steve Emond: EMO BOY VOLUME 2: WALK AROUND WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN
49. Marina Abramovic: THE BIOGRAPHY OF BIOGRAPHIES #
50. Franz Kafka (adapted by Peter Kuper): THE METAMORPHOSIS # 51. Franz Kafka (adapted by Chantal Montellier & David Zane Mairowitz): THE TRIAL: A GRAPHIC NOVEL
52. Rantz A. Hoseley (editor): COMIC BOOK TATTOO: NARRATIVE ART INSPIRED BY THE LYRICS & MUSIC OF TORI AMOS
BOOKS I READ IN 2007! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Bill Katovsky: PATRIOTS ACT: VOICES OF DISSENT AND THE RISK OF SPEAKING OUT #
2. Avery Corman: THE BOYFRIEND FROM HELL 3. Toni Schlesinger: FIVE FLIGHTS UP (AND OTHER NEW YORK APARTMENT STORIES) #
4. Marvin J. Taylor (editor): THE DOWNTOWN BOOK: THE NEW YORK ART SCENE 1974-1984
5. Michael Laimo: THE DEMONOLOGIST 6. Marisa Acocella Marchetto: CANCER VIXEN #
7. Lisa Rogak: DEATH WARMED OVER: FUNERAL FOOD, RITUALS & CUSTOMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
8. John Ratzenberger & Joel Engel: WE'VE GOT IT MADE IN AMERICA: A COMMON MAN'S SALUTE TO AN UNCOMMON COUNTRY #
9. Anderson Cooper: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE 10. Wanda Coleman: A WAR OF EYES AND OTHER STORIES * #
11. Richard Carlson, Ph.D: EASIER THAN YOU THINK: BECAUSE LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO HARD
12. Sark: EAT MANGOES NAKED * # 13. Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum: WHAT WOULD DEWEY DO?: AN UNSHELVED COLLECTION #
14. Paul Auster: AUGGIE WREN'S CHRISTMAS STORY
15. Inga Muscio: CUNT: A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE # 16. David Thomson: NICOLE KIDMAN
17. James Sherry & Neil Aldis: HEAVY METAL THUNDER: KICK-ASS COVER ART FROM KICK-ASS ALBUMS
18. Tammy Bruce: THE NEW THOUGHT POLICE: INSIDE THE LEFT'S ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH AND FREE MINDS #
19. Francesca Lia Block: GUARDING THE MOON: A MOTHER'S FIRST YEAR #
20. Oriana Fallaci: THE FORCE OF REASON # 21. Elisa Albert: HOW THIS NIGHT IS DIFFERENT: STORIES #
22. Alan Moore & David Lloyd: V FOR VENDETTA #
23. Sam Harris: LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION 24. Nancy Kilpatrick: THE GOTH BIBLE #
25. Oriana Fallaci: THE RAGE AND THE PRIDE # 26. Bernard Goldberg: CRAZIES TO THE LEFT OF ME, WIMPS TO THE RIGHT: HOW ONE SIDE LOST ITS MIND AND THE OTHER LOST ITS NERVE
27. Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett: GOOD OMENS
28. Alison Bechdel: FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC # 29. Orson Scott Card: EMPIRE #
30. Star Parker with Lorenzo Benet: PIMPS, WHORES AND WELFARE BRATS: THE STUNNING CONSERVATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF A FORMER WELFARE QUEEN #
31. Jeanne Bice: PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BRA STRAPS (AND OTHER QUACKER WISDOM)
32. Gary Jeffrey: GRAPHIC MYTHOLOGY: EGYPTIAN MYTHS
33. Kevyn Aucoin: FACE FORWARD 34. Lynda Barry: ONE HUNDRED DEMONS #
35. Kris Waldherr: THE BOOK OF GODDESSES 36. Alison Bechdel: DYKES AND SUNDRY OTHER CARBON-BASED LIFE FORMS TO WATCH OUT FOR #
37. Frank Beddor: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS # 38. Guy Delisle: PYONGYANG: A JOURNEY IN NORTH KOREA #
39. Davy Rothbart: FOUND II: MORE OF THE BEST LOST, TOSSED, AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
40. Margaret Atwood: THE BLIND ASSASSIN * # 41. Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder: SCHMUCKS!
42. Frank Warren: THE SECRET LIVES OF MEN AND WOMEN
43. David Skibbins: HIGH PRIESTESS # 44. Sarah Waters: FINGERSMITH * #
45. Faye Kellerman: STONE KISS # 46. Marjane Satrapi: CHICKEN WITH PLUMS #
47. Simon Buxton: THE SHAMANIC WAY OF THE BEE * #
48. Amy Cohen: THE LATE BLOOMER'S REVOLUTION: A MEMOIR # 49. Jane Green: JEMIMA J. #
50. Susan Anderson: BLACK SWAN: THE TWELVE LESSONS OF ABANDONMENT RECOVERY
51. Caleb Carr: THE ALIENIST * # 52. Andrew Neiderman: UNHOLY BIRTH
BOOKS I READ IN 2006! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Garrison Keillor: HOMEGROWN DEMOCRAT: A FEW PLAIN THOUGHTS FROM THE HEART OF AMERICA #
2. Mumia Abu-Jamal & Noelle Hanrahan (editor): ALL THINGS CENSORED #
3. Billy Crystal: 700 SUNDAYS # 4. Phyllis Chesler: THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM: THE CURRENT CRISIS AND WHAT WE MUST DO ABOUT IT #
5. Will Hermes & Sia Michel (editors): SPIN: 20 YEARS OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: ORIGINAL WRITING ON ROCK, HIP-HOP, TECHNO, AND BEYOND
6. James Frey: A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * # 7. Toni Morrison: THE BLUEST EYE *
8. Audrey Niffenegger: THE THREE INCESTUOUS SISTERS (A NOVEL IN PICTURES) #
9. Peter Schweizer: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO: PROFILES IN LIBERAL HYPOCRISY #
10. Bob Spitz: THE BEATLES: A BIOGRAPHY # 11. David Sedaris: DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM #
12. Phyllis Chesler: THE DEATH OF FEMINISM: WHAT'S NEXT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM #
13. Frank Warren: POSTSECRET # 14. Roger Bennett, Jules Shell & Nick Kroll: BAR MITZVAH DISCO
15. Yoko Ono: GRAPEFRUIT: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS AND DRAWINGS #
16. Richard Bach: JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL * #
17. Howard Simons: JEWISH TIMES: VOICES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE #
18. Francesca Lia Block: NECKLACE OF KISSES # 19. Naomi Klein: FENCES AND WINDOWS: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE #
20. Jen Van Meter & Bryan Lee O'Malley: HOPELESS SAVAGES: VOL.2 GROUND ZERO
21. Scott Allie (editor): THE DARK HORSE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT
22. Neil Gaiman: THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS 23. Dan Brown: THE DA VINCI CODE #
24. Jami Bernard (editor): THE X LIST: THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS' GUIDE TO THE MOVIES THAT TURN US ON
25. Bruce Eric Kaplan: EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET: AN ONLY SOMEWHAT ANXIETY-FILLED TALE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
26. Cathleen Falsani: THE GOD FACTOR: INSIDE THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF PUBLIC PEOPLE #
27. Audrey Niffenegger: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE * #
28. Asha Bandele: ABSENCE IN THE PALMS OF MY HANDS # 29. Willie Perdomo: SMOKING LOVELY #
30. Gloria Naylor: 1996 # 31. Billy Corgan: BLINKING WITH FISTS: POEMS
32. Edgar Allan Poe: THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS (APPLE CLASSICS) #
33. Edward Lee: MESSENGER 34. Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins: TRIBULATION FORCE: THE CONTINUING DRAMA OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND (BOOK 2) #
35. Carol Queen: REAL LIVE NUDE GIRL: CHRONICLES OF SEX-POSITIVE CULTURE * #
36. Abigail Pogrebin: STARS OF DAVID: PROMINENT JEWS TALK ABOUT BEING JEWISH #
37. Nevill Drury: MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT 38. Jeffery Deaver: THE TWELFTH CARD: A LINCOLN RHYME NOVEL #
39. Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin & Kyle Baker: BIRTH OF A NATION: A COMIC NOVEL
40. Peter Bagge: BUDDY DOES SEATTLE: THE COMPLETE BUDDY BRADLEY STORIES FROM "HATE" COMICS VOL. 1 (1990-'94) #
41. Bernard Goldberg: 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA (AND AL FRANKEN IS #37) #
42. Norman Vincent Peale: POSITIVE IMAGING * #
43. Jasper Fforde: THE EYRE AFFAIR # 44. Joseph C. Phillips: HE TALK LIKE A WHITE BOY: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH, FAMILY, POLITICS, AND AUTHENTICITY #
Alas, my 2005 list was deleted. I've tried to compile what I can in random order from bookshelf entries & faint memories.
BOOKS I READ IN 2005! Asterisks= books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Michel Faber: THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE * #
2. Jan Karon: AT HOME IN MITFORD * # 3. Norman Vincent Peale: THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING * #
4. Sue Fishkoff: THE REBBE'S ARMY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF CHABAD-LUBAVITCH #
5. Neil Gaiman: SMOKE AND MIRRORS # 6. L. Frank Baum: OZMA OF OZ *
7. Joyce Carol Oates: BEASTS 8. Rachel Ingalls: MRS. CALIBAN * #
9. Dominique Glocheux & Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner: LA VIE EN ROSE: THE LITTLE BOOK OF JOY *
10. Yehuda Berg: THE RED STRING BOOK: THE POWER OF PROTECTION
11. John Carter: SEX AND ROCKETS: THE OCCULT WORLD OF JACK PARSONS
12. Frank Moorhouse: SATANIC KILLINGS # 13. Marvin Kaye: THE VAMPIRE SEXTETTE *
14. Dennis Miller: THE RANT ZONE: AN ALL-OUT BLITZ AGAINST SOUL-SUCKING JOBS, TWISTED CHILD STARS, HOLISTIC LOONS AND PEOPLE WHO EAT THEIR DOGS! * #
15. Nat Hentoff: SPEAKING FREELY: A MEMOIR * 16. Ellen Raskin: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF LEON (I MEAN NOEL) *
17. Ben Cohen & Jason Salzman: 50 WAYS YOU CAN SHOW GEORGE THE DOOR IN 2004 *
18. Vivianne Crowley: THE MAGICKAL LIFE: A WICCAN PRIESTESS SHARES HER SECRETS *
19. Terry Jones: TERRY JONES'S WAR ON THE WAR ON TERROR: OBSERVATIONS & DENUNCIATIONS BY A FOUNDING MEMBER OF MONTY PYTHON * #
20. Francesco Mastalia & Alfonse Pagano: DREADS #
21. Antonio Tabucchi: DREAMS OF DREAMS 22. Billy Graham: ANGELS #
23. Neil Gaiman: NEVERWHERE # 24. Tori Amos & Ann Powers: TORI AMOS: PIECE BY PIECE #
25. Gavin Baddeley: LUCIFER RISING: SIN, DEVIL WORSHIP, & ROCK'N'ROLL #
26. Marvin Roach: DR. MARTENS # 27. Philip Pullman: CLOCKWORK #
BOOKS I READ IN 2004! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Agatha Christie: THREE BLIND MICE AND OTHER STORIES
2. Sophie Kinsella: CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC * #
3. Michael Savage: THE SAVAGE NATION 4. Al Franken: LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM
5. Doreen Virtue: HEALING WITH THE ANGELS * 6. Tracy Chevalier: GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING #
7. Greg Palast: THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY #
8. Margaret Thaler Singer: CULTS IN OUR MIDST 9. Shinta Cho: THE GAS WE PASS: THE STORY OF FARTS
10. Jeffery Deaver: THE MASKED MAN: A "LINCOLN RHYME" NOVEL #
11. Ayn Rand: WE THE LIVING # 12. Neil Gaiman: CORALINE
13. Jeff Walker: THE AYN RAND CULT # 14. E.L. Konigsburg: JENNIFER, HECATE, MACBETH, WILLIAM McKINLEY, AND ME, ELIZABETH
15. Ayn Rand: ANTHEM # 16. Catherine Texier: BREAKUP
17. Dalton Trumbo: JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN # 18. Lauren F. Winner: GIRL MEETS GOD: ON THE PATH TO A SPIRITUAL LIFE #
19. Ira Levin: ROSEMARY'S BABY * # 20. Anton LaVey: THE SATANIC BIBLE *
21. Sheri Holman: THE DRESS LODGER * # 22. Gerry Albarelli: TEACHA!: STORIES FROM A YESHIVA
23. Ned Vizzini: TEEN ANGST? NAAAH... 24. Suzanne Fagence Cooper: THE VICTORIAN WOMAN
25. Fiona Macdonald: WOMEN IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE
26. Ira Levin: SON OF ROSEMARY * 27. Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins: LEFT BEHIND: A NOVEL OF THE EARTH'S LAST DAYS* #
28. Simon Doonan: WACKY CHICKS: LIFE LESSONS FROM FEARLESSLY INAPPROPRIATE AND FABULOUSLY ECCENTRIC WOMEN
29. Bernard Goldberg: ARROGANCE: RESCUING AMERICA FROM THE MEDIA ELITE #
30. Saul Williams: ,SAID THE SHOTGUN TO THE HEAD
31. Doreen Virtue: HEALING WITH THE FAIRIES * 32. Bill O'Reilly: WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU?
33. Max Barry: JENNIFER GOVERNMENT * # 34. Sylvia Plath: ARIEL *
35. Tracy Chevalier: FALLING ANGELS * # 36. Neil Gaiman: THE TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
37. Andrew Breitbart & Mark Ebner: HOLLYWOOD INTERRUPTED: INSANITY CHIC IN BABYLON-THE CASE AGAINST CELEBRITY #
38. Esme Raji Codell: EDUCATING ESME: DIARY OF A TEACHER'S FIRST YEAR #
39. James Hirsen with NewsMax.com: TALES FROM THE LEFT COAST #
40. Zadie Smith: WHITE TEETH * # 41. Todd Strasser: THE WAVE *
42. Sue Townsend: THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE, AGED 13 3/4. #
43. Jennifer Finney Boylan: SHE'S NOT THERE: A LIFE IN TWO GENDERS * #
44. Anne Garrels: NAKED IN BAGHDAD: THE IRAQ WAR AS SEEN BY NPR'S CORRESPONDENT #
45. Pearl S. Buck: THE GOOD EARTH * # 46. Noam Chomsky: 9-11
47. Martin H. Greenberg (editor): WHITE HOUSE HORRORS
48. Sark: CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF BED * 49. Elizabeth Wurtzel: PROZAC NATION * #
50. Christopher Pike: SATI * 51. Julie K. Trevelyan & Scott Brassart: THE GHOST OF CARMEN MIRANDA AND OTHER SPOOKY GAY AND LESBIAN TALES *
52. Isabel Wolff: RESCUING ROSE * # 53. Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee: INHERIT THE WIND * #
54. Ntozake Shange: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF: A CHOREOPOEM
55. Jewel: A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR 56. Sapphire: BLACK WINGS & BLIND ANGELS: POEMS
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