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    Friday, January 30th, 2009
    3:51 pm
    opinions of black pearl engagement rings? surrounded by diamonds?!
    Saturday, January 10th, 2009
    2:47 pm
    50 books in 2008
     Here are the fifty books I read this year (I read more than fifty but I stopped keeping track after fifty).

    50. Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesa
    49 Freakonomics by Stephen Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
    48 Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. by Maria Amparo Escandon
    47 On Writing by Stephen King
    46 Chasing Lolita: How Popular Culture Corrupted Nabokov's Little Girl All Over Again by Graham Vickers
    45 The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own by Nina Garcia
    44 The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penney
    43 The Firstborn Advantage: Making Your Birth Order Work for you by Dr. Kevin Leman
    42 Thin is the new Happy by Valerie Frankel
    41 Brain Rules by John J. Medina
    40 The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
    39 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    38 Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
    37 Factotum by Charles Bukowski
    36 History of Love by Nicole Krauss.
    35 Man Walks into a Room by Nicole Krauss
    34 No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
    33 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
    32 Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
    31 Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
    30 Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress by Mary Edwards Wertsch
    29 Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
    28 Dawn by V.C. Andrews (allegedly)
    27 The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
    26 The satanic verses by Salman Rushdie
    25 The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen
    24 A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
    23 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
    22 Henry and June by Anais Nin
    21 House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
    20 Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
    19 Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
    18 Collected Stories by Carson Mccullers
    17 This is not Chick Lit edited by Elizabeth Merrick
    16 Gluttony by Francine Prose
    15 Dance Dance Dance by Huraki Murakami
    14 Against Happiness: In Defense of Melancholy by Eric G. Wilson
    13 Blankets by Craig Thompson
    12 The Truth about Beauty by Kat James
    11 Fun home by Allison Bechdel
    10 After Dark by Haruki Murakami
    9 A Good Man is Hard to Find and other short stories by Flannery O'Connor
    8 Reading like a Writer by Francine Prose
    7 Bomb the Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt
    6 What Fresh Hell is This: Dorothy Parker, A biography by Marion Meade
    5 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
    4 Perfume by Patrick Suskind
    3 Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
    2 Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
    1 The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
    Friday, January 2nd, 2009
    7:47 pm
    Friday, November 7th, 2008
    4:54 pm
    Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
    2:09 pm
    YAYYYYYYYY
     49 Freakonomics by Stephen Levitt and Stephen J Dubner

    o hai. I finally read the book everyone else on the planet has read. And o c, it was fascinating.


    50/50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar

    lulz! I'm done! I finished fifty books! I decided to go with Gossip Girl because I figured that when I talk about this goal with others they would ask what was my last book and it would be funny to say Gossip Girl.

    also, I have been putting off children's lit and teen lit until I finished this project so I figured it was a good diving board into these genres.


    I did it! Now I refuse to read anything until January. kbai.


    I'm Teri, I read lots of books, and I vote Obama. Trust the intellectuals. They read.
    Friday, October 24th, 2008
    11:27 am
    46/50 Chasing Lolita: How Popular Culture Corrupted Nabokov's Little Girl All Over Again by Graham Vickers

    47/70 On Writing by Stephen King

    "There were times-- especially in summer, while swallowing my afternoon salt-pill-- when it occured to me that I was simply repeating my mother's life. Usually this thought struck me as funny. But if I happened to be tired, or if there were extra bills to pay and no money to pay them with, it seemed awful. I'd think This isn't the way our lives are supposed to be going. Then I'd think Half the world has the same idea.

    -- On Writing by Stephen King

    48/50 Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. by Maria Amparo Escandon

    what a cute little novel.
    Monday, October 20th, 2008
    6:05 pm
    http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/20/indiana/index.html


    "Turning Indiana Blue"-- In the article they mention the "donut" counties, including Hamilton and so on. Its interesting because Eric's from Carmel (mentioned in the article) as is his mother. Carmel is a high-income suburb and rarely has demo signs. Both Eric and his mother voted Barack.


    Despite what happens, this election is FASCINATING!
    Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
    10:32 am
    books! books! books!
     44/50 The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penney

    It is actually a pretty interesting premise--these peeps entered an abandoned mental hospital and found all sorts of suitcases from the inhabitants and picked a few people to research their backgrounds etc. These suitcases also made a museum display somewhere.

    45/50 The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own by Nina Garcia

    I can't say Nina Garcia without pronouncing it like Heidi. O.C. this book was good. Its an alphabetical list of the 100 essential items and where to get it/how to obtain the look/etc. Pretty interesting. Reignites my desire for a Birkin, although, I probably only want a birkin because I know I'll never have one....I saw Rachel Zoe wearing one on her show the other day and got all baglusty.

    okay so right now I've got a book about alcohol (that book is going slowly), a book about Lolita, a book about Music and its effects on the brain. um..and some other books. I need some fiction.
    Sunday, October 5th, 2008
    4:06 pm
    42/50 Thin is the new Happy by Valerie Frankel

    Twice when boif called I was reading this book and I'd respond that I was "reading a book" and he'd say "which book" and I'd have to embarassingly admit the title. what a stupid title. but the book was pretty interesting. a good read for someone like me--who has dealt with the same shit she has her whole life. and perfectly timed. I was getting all obsessive and I needed a reminder that its about loving life, not hating it.

    43/50 The Firstborn Advantage: Making Your Birth Order Work for you by Dr. Kevin Leman

    I'm totes interested in birth order stuff and of course, stuff pertaining to myself. It was really interesting The only thing that bugged me was occasionally political stuff. For example, he used the term "God Almighty" like seven times in the book. and he mentioned something about how bullies today bring in knives and guns. I was like....um...stop watching tv and start writing books. He was a little to trendy or something. But anyway, it was still rather interesting and I'll probs read his other book about all birth order stuff.
    Friday, October 3rd, 2008
    4:45 pm
    41/50 Brain Rules by John J. Medina

    brainrules.net

    it was pretttty interesting.
    Friday, September 26th, 2008
    11:12 am
    boox!
     40/50 The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

    As I've read this book, I've also been incredibly overanalytical and depressed about my various situations. And then to top it off, I lay in bed obsessing over the finality of death and my coming-to-grips with there not being an afterlife(?).

    This is why I've got to change my workout shizz around. Because I need an endorphin influenced distraction.

    BUT! Yes, finished the book.
    Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
    1:41 pm
    books! I made it to 40!
     38/50 Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

    weird, I thought I posted this already. Anyway, I suggest this to Jessica Coyle.

    39/50 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    oy vey. Although I must admit to preferring Hundred Years.

    My sister always read her Marquez in Spanish and I'm entirely jealous! I could never steal those books and read them. bitch.

    Haha, its about time I learned spanish so I can read Neruda and Marquez and other Spanish authors--the way they should be read.
    Monday, September 8th, 2008
    1:43 pm
    38/50 Factotum by Charles Bukowski

    Maybe I need to read some of his other books (this was my first) but ....Miller did it better.
    Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
    4:09 pm
    37/50 History of Love by Nicole Krauss.

    gosh was this awesome although the end left me wanting more.

    i read a book called camp camp but im not going to count it.


    what an amazing weekend with my boy. but michelle moved away. and other stuff.
    Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
    10:32 am
    36/50 Man Walks into a Room by Nicole Krauss
    Thursday, August 14th, 2008
    8:56 am
    35/50 No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July


    It was reg good. I mean, it was better than a lot of books people shit their pants for and seem to think should be required reading so...it has that going for it!


    Right now, I'm in the middle of a biography of L.M. Montgomery, Dawkins's "The God Delusion," a book about the history of alcohol (although very Euro-centric), and some novel I'm waiting to read by the pool.

    These will all be offset by Michelle's gracious lending of the fourth season of "Six Feet Under" omg. I think this show should just be called "Six Feet Under Omg."
    Monday, August 4th, 2008
    2:24 pm
    Jewels
     We have a flickr account now!!


    http://www.flickr.com/photos/29232692@N07/


    Check out some of our collection.
    Friday, August 1st, 2008
    10:31 am
    33/50 Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
    I liked this one more than Capricorn. It actually makes me want to go back to Capricorn.

    and move.

    34/50 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
    Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
    1:33 pm
    Monday, July 28th, 2008
    6:32 pm
    32/50 Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis

    ugh. I am giving you one more shot with American Psycho....you better save yourself.

    Still reading H. Miller.
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