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Book Reading List for 2024
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1. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (19 January 2024) * #
2. Fast. Feast. Repeat. The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting--Including the 28-Day Fast Start by Gin Stephens (04 February 2024) *
3. dopamine nation Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke, M.D. (12 February 2024) *
4. Journal of a Novel The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck (14 March 2024) *
5. In Favor of the Sensitive Man and other essays by Anaïs Nin (26 April 2024) *
6. Macbeth by William Shakespeare The RSC Shakespeare Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen Introduction by Jonathan Bate (06 June 2024) * #
* not my first time reading Macbeth but first time reading this edition.
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas * (26 June 2024) *
8. Junebat poems by John Elizabeth Stintzi (07 July 2024) *
9. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (20 July 2024) *
10. Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka (17 August 2024) * #
Book Reading List for 2023
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1. Finding Me by Viola Davis (23 March 2023) *
2. The Mountain Is You Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest (06 May 2023) *
3. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (17 May 2023) *
4. Unwind Your Mind the life-changing power of ASMR by Emma WhispersRed (15 June 2023) *
5. The Portable Anaïs Nin Compiled, edited and introduced by Benjamin Franklin V (10 September 2023) *
6. Three Martini Afternoons At The Ritz The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther (20 September 2023) *
7. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (01 November 2023) * #
8. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (12 November 2023) *
9. Congratulations, Rhododendrons by Mary Germaine (15 November 2023) *
10. Fragments of a failed mystic by Olivia Dresher (16 November 2023) *
11. Hamlet by Shakespeare (27 November 2023)
12. Chosen Poems Old and New by Audre Lorde (05 December 2023) *
13. A Man’s Place Translated by Tanya Leslie, Introduction by Francine Prose by Annie Ernaux (08 December 2023) *
14. I Don’t Know How To Behave A Fiction by Michael Blouin (10 December 2023) *
15. The Stranger Translated from the French by Matthew Ward by Albert Camus (27 December 2023) *
16. The Physics of Consciousness In The Quantum Field, Minerals, Plants, Animals and Human Souls by Ivan Antic (29 December 2023) *
Book Reading List for 2022
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1. The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino Translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver (10 January 2022) *
2. The Finger by William S. Burroughs (01 February 2022) *
3. Philosophy in the Boudoir by Marquis de Sade (20 April 2022) *
4. The Unpublished City Anthology Curated by Dionne Brand (30 April 2022) *
5. As Far As You Know Poems by A. F. Moritz (18 September 2022) *
6. Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin (26 November 2022) *
Book Reading List for 2021
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1. In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano, Translated by Chris Clarke (13 January 2021) *
2. Bluets by Maggie Nelson (21 February 2021) *
3. Seven A collection of poetry by Sadiyah Bashir (10 April 2021) *
4. Slow Days, Fast Company The World, The Flesh, And L.A. by Eve Babitz Introduction by Matthew Specktor (16 May 2021) *
5. I Hate and I Love by Catullus Penguin Little Black Classics Number 69 (18 July 2021) *
6. Passing by Nella Larsen (29 August 2021) *
7. The Wander Society by Keri Smith (13 September 2021) *
8. Become What You Are by Alan Watts (03 October 2021) *
9. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (08 December 2021) *
Book Reading List for 2020
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1. A Whore’s Manifesto An Anthology of Writing and Artwork by Sex Workers Edited by Kay Kassirer with a forward by Clementine von Radics (28 January 2020) *
2. oliver a lover all over by Maranda Elizabeth (29 February 2020) *
3. My Art is Killing Me and other poems by Amber Dawn (30 March 2020) *
4. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (07 June 2020)
5. Resilience is Futile The Life and Death of Julie S. Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde (20 June 2020) *
6. PERSONALS poems by Ian Williams (21 June 2020) *
7. Memoirs and Misinformation a novel by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon (27 September 2020) *
8. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (18 October 2020) *
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide To Personal Freedom A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz with Janet Mills (23 December 2020) *
Book Reading List for 2019
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1. The Waking Comes Late by Steven Heighton (17 March 2019) *
2. Where The Words End and My Body Begins by Amber Dawn (08 April 2019) *
3. Mistakes To Run With by Yasuko Thanh (21 April 2019) *
4. My Ariel Poems by Sina Queyras (14 May 2019) *
5. The Allure of the Archives by Arlette Farge (04 July 2019) *
6. A Silence of Words by Olivia Dresher (23 December 2019) *
7. Hustling Verse An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry Edited by Amber Dawn and Justin Ducharme (30 December 2019) *
Book Reading List for 2018
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1. Darkness and Light: Private Writing as Art An Anthology of Contemporary Journals, Diaries, and Notebooks Edited by Olivia Dresher and Victor Muñoz (17 April 2018) *
2. A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller 1932-1953 Edited and with an Introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann (28 June 2018) *
3. On Writing by Charles Bukowski Edited by Abel Debritto (13 July 2018) *
4. Chicken by Lynn Crosbie (24 July 2018) *
Book Reading List for 2017
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1. A Poetry Handbook A Prose Guide To Understanding And Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver (02 January 2017) *
2. Waiting for First Light My Ongoing Battle with PTSD by Roméo Dallaire (08 January 2017) *
3. The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall (15 January 2017) *
4. milk and honey by rupi kaur (18 January 2017) *
5. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (22 January 2017) *
6. Basic Black with Pearls Introduction by John Frizzell by Helen Weinzweig (27 January 2017) *
7. Directing Herbert White Poems by James Franco (28 January 2017) *
8. This All Happened by Michael Winter Introduction by Lisa Moore (07 February 2017) *
9. Survival A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood (20 February 2017) *
10. In-Between Days a memoir about living with cancer by Teva Harrison (26 February 2017) *
11. Like This Introduction by Lynn Coady by Leo McKay Jr. (04 March 2017) *
12. Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall (10 March 2017) *
13. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut (27 March 2017) *
14. Our Numbered Days poems by Neil Hilborn (01 April 2017) *
15. Arthur Rimbaud Complete Works Translated by Paul Schmidt by Arthur Rimbaud (25 April 2017) *
16. The Corpses of the Future by Lynn Crosbie (28 April 2017) *
17. The Opposite of Loneliness Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan Introduction by Anne Fadiman (17 July 2017) *
18. Good Poems for Hard Times Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor (25 July 2017) *
19. How To Be A Bawse by Lilly Singh (30 October 2017) *
20. Ariel by Sylvia Plath (04 November 2017) *
21. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller (24 November 2017) *
Book Reading List for 2016
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1. Femme Fatale by Guy de Maupassant (02 January 2016) *
2. The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (08 January 2016) *
3. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski (17 January 2016) *
4. wanderlust A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit (03 February 2016) *
5. Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer On Writing by Margaret Atwood (15 February 2016) *
6. Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara (20 February 2016) *
7. The Lost Art of Walking The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism by Geoff Nicholson (01 March 2016) *
8. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice Shunryu Suzuki (14 March 2016) *
9. No Mud, No Lotus The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh (23 March 2016) *
10. The Dude and The Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman (01 April 2016) *
11. Writing Down The Bones Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg (11 April 2016) *
12. The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit (23 April 2016) *
13. The Places That Scare You A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön (01 May 2016) *
14. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr (12 May 2016) *
15. The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro (24 May 2016) *
16. WORK BOOK memos & dispatches on writing by Steven Heighton (30 May 2016)
17. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro (11 June 2016) *
18. Villette by Charlotte Brontë (10 July 2016) *
19. Ana Historic by Daphne Marlatt with Introduction by Lynn Crosbie (19 July 2016) *
20. under a glass bell by Anaïs Nin (27 July 2016) *
21. Civil Elegies and Other Poems Introduction by Nick Mount by Dennis Lee (29 July 2016) *
22. Runaway by Alice Munro (16 August 2016) *
23. The Trial The Definitive Edition by Franz Kafka (06 September 2016) *
24. Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett (26 September 2016) *
25. The 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology Edited by Adam Sol (02 October 2016) *
26. Good Poems Selected and Introduced by Garrison Keillor (12 October 2016) *
27. Yours Ever People and Their Letters by Thomas Mallon (01 November 2016) *
28. Jogging with the Great Ray Charles poems by Kenneth Sherman (02 November 2016) *
29. Buffering Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart (06 November 2016) *
30. the Blomidon Logs poems by Deirdre Dwyer (09 November 2016) *
31. The Best Canadian Poetry 2016 in English Guest Editor Helen Humphreys, Series Editors Molly Peacock and Anita Lahey (26 November 2016) *
32. The Best Canadian Poetry 2015 in English Guest Editor Jacob McArthur Mooney, Series Editors Molly Peacock and Anita Lahey (04 December 2016) *
33. The Best Canadian Poetry 2014 in English Guest Editor Sonnet L’Abbé, Series Editor Molly Peacock (12 December 2016) *
34. The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (28 December 2016) *
Book Reading List for 2015
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1. eating mindfully (Second Edition) how to end mindless eating & enjoy a balanced relationship with food by Susan Albers (04 January 2015) * / !
2. The Address Book Poems by Steven Heighton (07 January 2015)
3. Taking the Leap Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chödrön (10 January 2015) *
4. Eating in the Light of the Moon how women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors & storytelling by Dr. Anita Johnston (22 January 2015) *
5. Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser Series Editor: William Irwin Edited By Richard Brian Davis (08 February 2015) *
6. Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek a memoir by Maya Van Wagenen (14 February 2015) *
7. The Plague by Albert Camus (24 February 2015) *
8. Queen Rat New and Selected Poems by Lynn Crosbie (27 February 2015) *
9. Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer (03 March 2015) *
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (06 March 2015) *
11. Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut (13 March 2015) *
12. M x T by Sina Queyras (18 March 2015) *
13. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (05 April 2015) *
14. This Is How by Augusten Burroughs (10 April 2015) *
15. The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2014 A Selection of the Shortlist Edited by Robert Bringhurst (10 April 2015) *
16. Bookworms A play by Bernard Farrell (13 April 2015) *
17. The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer (15 April 2015) *
18. Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (20 April 2015) *
19. A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert (24 April 2015) *
20. Doctor Sax by Jack Kerouac (14 May 2015) *
21. How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing by Michel de Montaigne (18 May 2015) *
22. Never Stop Shutting Up A Book of Advice and Other Thing You Didn't Ask For by Mike Falzone (20 May 2015) *
23. Life Studies and For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell (10 June 2015) *
24. Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (12 June 2015) *
25. The Orwell Diaries by George Orwell Edited by Peter Davison (04 July 2015) *
26. Ru by Kim Thúy Translated By Sheila Fischman (06 July 2015) *
27. A Pretty Sight by David O'Meara (08 July 2015) *
28. Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen (09 July 2015) *
29. Aphorisms on Love and Hate by Friedrich Nietzsche (11 July 2015) *
30. Revolution by Russell Brand (21 July 2015) *
31. Chaser Poems by Erin Knight (29 July 2015) *
32. Radical Acceptance Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach, PH.D. (31 July 2015) *
33. 1996 by Sara Peters (03 August 2015) *
34. Night Street Repairs Poems by A. F. Moritz (07 August 2015) *
35. Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Lynn Crosbie (17 August 2015) *
36. The Road In Is Not The Same Road Out by Karen Solie (20 August 2015) *
37. The Sentinel Poems by A. F. Moritz (22 August 2015) *
38. The Expelled / The Calmative / The End with First Love by Samuel Beckett Edited By Christopher Ricks (29 August 2015) *
39. The New Measures Poems by A. F. Moritz (31 August 2015) *
40. So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson (13 September 2015) *
41. The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2015 A Selection of the Shortlist Edited by Tim Bowling (06 October 2015) *
42. Very Good Lives The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J.K. Rowling (11 October 2015) *
43. Wasted A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher With a new afterword (19 October 2015) *
44. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage A Novel by Haruki Murakami (27 October 2015) *
45. the life-changing magic of tidying up the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by marie kondo (27 October 2015) *
46. The Unnamable Edited by Steven Connor by Samuel Beckett (16 November 2015) *
47. M Train by Patti Smith (09 December 2015) *
48. Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro (26 December 2015) *
49. How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran (31 December 2015) *
Book Reading List for 2014
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1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (08 January 2014) *
2. Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury (15 January 2014) *
3. Damned by Chuck Palahniuk (21 January 2014) *
4. Letter From Brooklyn Poems by Jacob Scheier (09 February 2014) *
5. worn thresholds by Julie Berry (20 February 2014) *
6. Modern and Normal by Karen Solie (21 February 2014) *
7. Heavy Hangs the Head by Taryn Hipp (23 February 2014) *
8. Pigeon by Karen Solie (02 March 2014) *
9. The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (04 March 2014) *
10. Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup (07 March 2014) *
11. Hyperbole and a Half unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened by Allie Brosh (15 March 2014) *
12. Crazy Town The Rob Ford Story by Robyn Doolittle (19 March 2014) *
13. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac (27 March 2014) *
14. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (05 April 2014) *
15. My Journey by Olivia Chow (20 April 2014) *
16. The Giver by Lois Lowry (23 April 2014) *
17. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (08 May 2014) *
18. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (13 May 2014) *
19. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Two 1934 - 1939 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (31 May 2014) *
20. Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy by Helen Fielding (05 June 2014) *
21. bird by bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (10 June 2014) *
22. The Better Kiss by Andreas Gripp (13 June 2014) *
23. All Here Sail in a River of Light by Katherine L. Gordon & Andreas Gripp (17 June 2014) *
24. Suicide by Edouard Levé Translated and with an Afterward by Jan Steyn (19 June 2014) *
25. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Three 1939 - 1944 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (05 July 2014) *
26. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Four 1944 - 1947 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (15 July 2014) *
27. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Five 1947 - 1955 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (24 July 2014) *
28. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Six 1955 - 1966 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (13 August 2014) *
29. Airstream Land Yacht poems by Ken Babstock (18 August 2014) *
30. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume Seven 1966 - 1974 Edited & with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann (26 August 2014) *
31. Then Again by Diane Keaton (30 August 2014) *
32. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (01 September 2014) *
33. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (06 September 2014) *
34. Drive a novel by James Sallis (08 September 2014) *
35. Methodist Hatchet Poems by Ken Babstock (11 September 2014) *
36. Just Kids by Patti Smith (17 September 2014) *
37. handling the truth on the writing of memoir by Beth Kephart (22 September 2014) *
38. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (09 October 2014) *
39. poemcrazy freeing your life with words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge (13 October 2014)
40. Cockroach by Rawi Hage (18 October 2014) *
41. The Trouble With Brunch Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure by Shawn Micallef (19 October 2014) *
42. Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (25 October 2014) *
43. The Best Canadian Poetry 2013 in English Guest Editor Sue Goyette Series Editor Molly Peacock (28 October 2014) *
44. In Real Life Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age by Nev Schulman (31 October 2014) *
45. How Poetry Saved My Life A Hustler's Memoir by Amber Dawn (02 November 2014) *
46. Travel for Agoraphobics by Allen Berry (05 November 2014) *
47. On Malice by Ken Babstock (05 November 2014) *
48. The Essential P.K. Page selected by Arlene Lampert and Théa Gray poems by P.K. Page (07 November 2014) *
49. eleanor & park by rainbow rowell (11 November 2014) *
50. The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer (18 November 2014) *
51. The Circle Game Introduction by Suzanne Buffam by Margaret Atwood (29 November 2014) *
52. Brave New World introduction by Margaret Atwood by Aldous Huxley (17 December 2014) *
53. The fasting cure - Primary Source Edition by Upton Sinclair (22 December 2014) *
54. The Ecstasy of Skeptics Poems by Steven Heighton (27 December 2014) *
55. Down by Sarah Dowling (28 December 2014) *
Book Reading List for 2013
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1. The Brontës by Juliet Barker (10 January 2013) *
2. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (15 January 2013) *
3. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (22 January 2013) *
4. Ezra Pound Poems selected by Thom Gunn (24 January 2013) *
5. 'Notes from Underground' and 'The Double' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (01 February 2013) *
6. The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2011 edited by Priscila Uppal & series editor Molly Peacock (10 March 2013) *
7. The Best American Poetry 2011 Guest Editor, Kevin Young and Series Editor, David Lehman (21 March 2013) *
8. The Journals of Andre Gidé 1889 - 1949 Translated, Selected and Edited by Justin O'Brien (30 March 2013) *
9. The Lords and The New Creatures poems by Jim Morrison (30 March 2013) *
10. The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume One 1931 - 1934 Edited & with Introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann (08 April 2013) *
11. Always Looking Up The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox (23 April 2013) *
12. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer (27 April 2013) *
13. Couch by Benjamin Parzybok (30 May 2013) *
14. The Breakfast of Birds by Andreas Gripp (01 June 2013) *
15. The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012 edited by Carmine Starnino Series Editor Molly Peacock (June 2013) *
16. Telegram A Collection of 27 Issues by Maranda Elizabeth (28 June 2013) *
note: I bought this in a zine order through doris distro.
17. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (01 August 2013) *
18. Autoportrait by Edouard Levé translated by Lorin Stein (07 August 2013) *
19. The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the Shortlist 2013 edited by Suzanne Buffam (19 August 2013) *
20. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart (22 August 2013) *
21. Orange Is The New Black My Year In A Woman's Prison a memoir by Piper Kerman (25 August 2013) *
22. Liar A Poem by Lynn Crosbie (29 August 2013) *
23. Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (02 September 2013) *
24. The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman (05 September 2013) *
25. In The Skin Of A Lion by Michael Ondaatje (16 September 2013) *
26. A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (22 September 2013) *
27. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding (06 October 2013) *
28. A Room With A View by E.M. Forster (08 October 2013) *
29. Saving Rome Stories by Megan K. Williams (26 November 2013) * !
30. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino translated from the Italian by William Weaver (06 December 2013) * !
31. In Pieces an anthology of fragmentary writing Edited By Olivia Dresher (20 December 2013) *
32. Dear Life Stories by Alice Munro (28 December 2013) *
Book Reading List for 2012
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1. the journals of spalding gray edited by nell casey (22 January 2012) *
2. WORK BOOK memos & dispatches on writing by Steven Heighton (30 January 2012) *
3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (25 February 2012) *
4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (02 March 2012) *
5. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (06 March 2012) *
6. The Hours by Michael Cunningham (17 April 2012) * #
7. Lake Where No One Swims poems by Chris Chambers (01 May 2012) *
8. Here is my street, this tree I planted Poems by Jonathan Bennett (02 May 2012) *
9. The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry Timeless "Poems" by Snooki, John Boehner, Kayne West And Other Well-Versed Celebrities by Kathryn & Ross Petras (04 May 2012) *
10. BBC Books Doctor Who 'Dead of Winter' by James Goss (05 May 2012) *
11. The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing by Danell Jones (09 May 2012) *
12. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (12 May 2012) *
13. Songbook by Nick Hornby (20 May 2012) *
14. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (24 May 2012) *
15. Good Girls Finish Last by Sarah Parvis (31 May 2012) *
16. the rush to here poems by george murray (01 June 2012) *
17. forage by Rita Wong (01 June 2012) * !
18. A Fistful of Pesos by Raegan Butcher (06 June 2012) *
19. Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (10 June 2012) *
20. Home of Sudden Service poems by Elizabeth Bachinsky (11 June 2012) *
21. Peaches & Daddy by Michael M. Greenburg (15 June 2012) *
22. Lolita 50th Anniversary Edition by Vladimir Nabokov (21 June 2012) *
23. The Fly in Autumn by David Zieroth (23 June 2012) *
24. The 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology A Selection of the Shortlist Edited by David O'Meara (25 June 2012) *
25. Last Water Song by Patrick Lane (26 June 2012) *
26. No Exit And Three Other Plays (The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute) by Jean-Paul Sartre (02 July 2012) *
27. An Attempt At Exhausting A Place In Paris by Georges Perec Translated by Marc Lowenthal (04 July 2012) *
28. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm (14 July 2012) *
29. The Art of Conversation Or, What to Say. And When by Catherine Blyth (24 July 2012) *
30. The Apostasy of Daylight by Andreas Gripp (02 August 2012) *
31. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (11 August 2012) *
32. The Fiddlehead No. 252 Summer Poetry Issue 2012 (22 August 2012) *
33. Garden Sunrise by Andreas Gripp (23 August 2012) *
34. Ex gratia by Andreas Gripp (24 August 2012) *
35. In the Breath of Woven Seasons Haiku by Andreas Gripp (24 August 2012) *
36. The Fall by Andreas Gripp (28 August 2012) *
37. Mr. Rubik's House of Cards by Andreas Gripp (30 August 2012) *
38. The Cosmopolitan Day of Reckoning by Andreas Gripp (31 August 2012) *
39. To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite (02 September 2012) *
40. This is Not the End of the Book; Jean-Claude Carrière & Umberto Eco A conversation curated by Jean-Philippe de Tonnac Translated from the French by Polly McLean (06 September 2012) *
41. Captain Fascist and the Plastic Storm Troopers by Andreas Gripp (07 September 2012) *
42. Life Is About Losing Everything by Lynn Crosbie (12 September 2012) *
43. Gullible Skeptic by Andreas Gripp (13 September 2012) *
44. The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy (21 September 2012) *
45. Rage To Survive: The Etta James Story by Etta James and David Ritz (06 October 2012) *
46. Neil Gaiman and Philosophy Gods Gone Wild! Edited by Tracy L. Bealer, Rachel Luria, and Wayne Yuen (18 November 2012) *
47. For a Few Pesos More by Raegan Butcher (23 November 2012) *
48. 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi (13 December 2012) *
49. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (17 December 2012) *
50. Animal Farm by George Orwell (18 December 2012) *
currently reading (as 2012 came to an end):
The Brontës
by Juliet Barker
Book Reading List for 2011
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1. Blood, Bone, and the Little Birds by Thomas Budday (29 January 2011) *
2. Perennial: Poems Selected & New Volume 2 by Andreas Gripp (04 February 2011)
3. The Unexpurgated Beaton. The Cecil Beaton Diaries As He Wrote Them 1970 - 1980 Introduction by Hugo Vickers (19 February 2011) *
4. Plato and the Internet by Kieron O'Hara (25 February 2011) * .
5. fragments poems, intimate notes, letters by marilyn monroe edited by Stanley Buchthal and Bernard Comment (02 March 2011) *
6. Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars Volume 1: Issues 1 - 4 by Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier & Ben Templesmith (03 March 2011) *
7. The Power Is Within You by Louise L. Hay (04 March 2011) *
8. You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski (06 March 2011) *
9. The Best American Poetry 2010 Guest Editor, Amy Gerstler Series Editor, David Lehman (12 March 2011) *
10. Wilderness Volume 1: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (19 March 2011) *
11. The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2010 Edited by Lorna Crozier, Series Editor Molly Peacock (26 March 2011) *
12. INFILTRATION presents ACCESS ALL AREAS a user's guide to the art of urban exploration by Ninjalicious (09 April 2011) *
13. Tonight No Poetry Will Serve Poems 2007 - 2010 by Adrienne Rich (11 April 2011) *
14. Ten Thousand Things To Do a diary comic by Jesse Reklaw (13 April 2011) *
15. WORE DOWN TRUST a blues in three lives by Michael Blouin (03 May 2011) *
16. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Intro by Gore Vidal (17 July 2011) *
17. selected journals of jann arden if i knew, don't you think i'd tell you? by jann arden (27 July 2011) *
18. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (01 August 2011) *
19. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence (21 August 2011) *
20. Lover of Unreason Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes' Doomed Love by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev (25 August 2011) *
21. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (18 September 2011) *
22. No Nice Girl Swears by Alice-Leone Moats (24 September 2011) *
23. Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period by Michelle Mercer (01 October 2011) *
24. to-do list from buying milk to finding a soul mate, what our lists reveal about us by Sasha Cagen (02 October 2011) *
25. Coal and Roses twenty-one glosas by P.K. Page (12 October 2011) *
26. Shadow Maker The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen by Rosemary Sullivan (22 October 2011) *
27. Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen (31 October 2011) *
28. Attention All Typewriters poems by Jason Camlot (01 November 2011) *
29. Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka English Translation by Ian Johnston (02 November 2011) *
30. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (11 November 2011) *
31. Journal (of) Hélène Berr Translated from the French by David Bellos, with an introduction and an essay by David Bellos, and an afterward by Mariette Job (15 November 2011) *
32. Letters Home by Sylvia Plath Correspondence 1950 - 1963 Selected and Edited with Commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath (13 December 2011) *
33. Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (26 December 2011) *
Book Reading List for 2010
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< = gift from Lisa
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1. Open Letter: A Canadian Journal of Writing and Theory / Fourteenth Series, Number 1, Fall 2009 / The Martyrology: Survivors' Retrospective (05 January 2010) *
2. The Best Canadian Poetry 2009 In English Edited By A.F. Moritz, Series Editor: Molly Peacock (10 January 2010) *
3. white wall review Issue #33, 2009 Ryerson's Journal of Literary & Visual Art (11 January 2010) *
4. The Malahat Review Essential Poetry & Fiction December 2009 Issue #169 (19 January 2010) *
5. Virunga The Passion of Dian Fossey by Farley Mowat (26 January 2010)
6. Vallum contemporary poetry Issue 7:1 Fall / Winter 2010 'Luck' (28 January 2010) *
7. The Selected Gwendolyn MacEwen Edited by Meaghan Strimas Introduction by Rosemary Sullivan (08 February 2010) *
8. Mic Check An Anthology of Spoken Word in Canada Editor: David Silverberg (21 February 2010) *
9. Zombies A Record of the Year of Infection Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly (24 February 2010) *
10. The Beach An Illustrated History From The Lake to Kingston Road by Glenn Cochrane & Jean Cochrane (12 April 2010) *
11. Zombie Haiku by Ram Mecum (24 April 2010) *
12. The Mitfords Letters Between Six Sisters Edited by Charlotte Mosley (29 May 2010) *
13. Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire (07 June 2010) *
14. The Captive by Colette Translated by Antonia White (12 June 2010) *
15. The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry (16 June 2010) *
16. The Fact of a Doorframe Selected Poems 1950 - 2001 by Adrienne Rich (16 July 2010)
17. The Zombie Survival Guide Complete Protection From The Living Dead by Max Brooks (24 July 2010) *
18. Hard Loving poems by Marge Piercy (26 July 2010) * ~
19. Please Let Me Help by Zack Sternwalker (29 July 2010) *
20. Kesey's Jail Journal Introduction by Ed McClanahan by Ken Kesey (03 August 2010) * ~
21. Rebel Bookseller How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store And Beat Back The Chains by Andrew Laties (06 August 2010) *
22. Bird Eating Bird poems by Kristin Naca (07 August 2010) * <
23. Lewis Carroll A Biography by Morton N. Cohen (23 September 2010) *
24. Sunray The Death and Life of Captain Nichola Goddard by Valerie Fortney (29 September 2010) * (won this book through a 'Word on the Street' contest on Twitter)
25. One: Straight Up by Rob Welch (25 October 2010) *
26. Terminator 2: Judgment Day a novel by Randall Frakes based on the screenplay by James Cameron & William Wisher (30 October 2010) *
note: Tallman made me read this - it's his favourite movie.
27. The No Plot? No Problem! novel-writing kit by Chris Baty, Founder of National Novel Writing Month (31 October 2010)
28. On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (17 November 2010)
29. World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (11 December 2010) *
30. Lives in the Balance Ontario's Social Audit (2004) by The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (27 December 2010) *
Book Reading List for 2009
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* = first time read all the way through or never been read before
/ = borrowed from the Beaches library
' = birthday gift from Carol
^ = snail mail gift from Mr. X (awesome & mysterious unknown internet stranger)
, = loaned to me from tenant of my apartment building
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1. Windblown World The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954 (27 January 2009) *
2. The Pleasures of the Damned Poems, 1951-1993 Charles Bukowski (28 January 2009) *
3. Authentic Passion Loving Without Losing Your Self by Bonnie Kreps (03 February 2009)
4. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (24 February 2009) *
5. Howl and other poems by Allen Ginsberg Introduction by William Carlos Williams (26 February 2009) *
6. The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson (31 March 2009) *
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (10 April 2009) *
8. The Subway by Philip Quinn (10 April 2009) *
9. The Lesser Light by Andreas Gripp (21 April 2009) *
10. I'm not going to lie to you by Michael Blouin (23 April 2009) *
11. Loyalty Management by Glen Downie (25 April 2009) *
12. Alden Nowlan selected poems edited and with an introduction by Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier (29 April 2009) *
13. Ripple Effect new & selected poems by Elaine Equi (03 May 2009) *
14. Domestic Violence by Eavan Boland (03 May 2009) *
15. Long Live A Hunger To Feed Each Other poems by Jerome Badanes introduction by Nancy Willard (04 May 2009) *
16. The Theory of the Loser Class by Jon Paul Fiorentino (05 May 2009) *
17. zine yearbook 9 edited by microcosm publishing (14 May 2009) *
18. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair foreward by Eric Schlosser Introduction by Ronald Gottesman (18 May 2009) *
19. The Face a Novella in Verse by David St. John (18 May 2009) *
20. Stuffed and Starved The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System by Raj Patel (27 May 2009) *
21. The Soloist by Steve Lopez (29 May 2009) *
22. Left Hook A Sideways Look at Canadian Writing by George Bowering (29 May 2009) *
23. A complete handbook for survival in the urban wilds edited by Edward Nixon (30 May 2009) *
24. PostSecret extraordinary confession from ordinary lives compiled by Frank Warren (02 June 2009) * /
25. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (03 June 2009) * /
26. Love, Janis by Laura Joplin (06 June 2009) * /
27. Dali by Gilles Neret (09 June 2009) * /
28. Uptown Downtown by Raymond Souster (23 June 2009) * /
29. The Door by Margaret Atwood (27 June 2009) * /
30. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (02 July 2009) *
31. Words in Air The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell edited by Thomas Travisano with Saskia Hamilton (05 July 2009) *
32. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life by Wendy Shanker (11 July 2009)
33. six-word memoirs on Love & Heartbreak by Writers Famous & Obscure Edited by Smith Magazine (17 July 2009) * /
34. On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (28 July 2009)
35. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke translated and with a foreward by Stephen Mitchell (19 July 2009)
36. 5 Hot Plays Edited by Dave Carley (20 July 2009) * /
37. How to Write a Poem by Margaret Ryan (22 July 2009) * /
38. The Address Book poems by Steven Heighton (22 July 2009) * /
39. Momentary Dark new poems by Margaret Avison (22 July 2009) * /
40. Hamburger Valley, California by David McGimpsey (24 July 2009) * /
41. Light-crossing by Michael Redhill (26 July 2009) * /
42. Magic Animas selected poems old & new by Gwendolyn MacEwan (29 July 2009) * /
43. rooms for rent in the outer planets selected poems 1962 - 1996 by al purdy (30 July 2009) * /
44. poemcrazy freeing your life with words by Susan G. Wooldridge (03 August 2009) * /
45. morning in the burning house new poems by Margaret Atwood (05 August 2009) * /
46. A Map To The Next World poems and tales by Joy Harjo (14 August 2009) * '
47. The Spontaneous Poetics of Jack Kerouac A Study of the Fiction by Regina Weinreich (19 August 2009) * /
48. Garments of the Known poems by Norm Sacuta (20 August 2009) * ^
49. Prize Writing The 10th Anniversary Collection The Giller Prize edited by Gary Stephen Ross (22 August 2009) * /
50. Beat Poets Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Selected and edited by Carmela Ciuraru (24 August 2009) * /
51. buried alive the elements of love by Ralph Fletcher (25 August 2009) * /
52. Top of my Lungs poems and paintings and the essay "How Poetry Saved My Life" by Natalie Goldberg (26 August 2009) * /
53. Juicy Pens Thirsty Paper by Sark (27 August 2009) * /
54. inspirations by Bob Dylan (28 August 2009) *
55. you got to burn to shine by John Giorno (28 August 2009) * /
56. writing poetry from the inside out by Sandford Lyne (03 September 2009) * /
57. in case of light by Jerome Paul (09 September 2009) *
58. The Essential Rumi new expanded edition Translations by Coleman Barks (15 September 2009) * ,
59. The Invisibility Exhibit by Sachiko Murakani (16 September 2009) *
60. Quartet by Jean Rhys (18 September 2009) *
61. Anathema: Poems Selected & New by Andreas Gripp (20 September 2009) *
62. The Theban Plays by Sophocles translated by E.F. Watling (23 September 2009) *
63. The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton foreward by Maxine Kumin (23 October 2009) *
64. Local Matters: A Defence of Dooney's Cafe and Other Non-globalized Places, People, and Ideas by Brian Fawcett (29 October 2009) * /
65. Life & Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee (12 November 2009) *
66. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin translation by Mirra Ginsburg (14 November 2009) *
67. A Durable Fire The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper 1913-1950 edited by Artemis Cooper (11 December 2009) *
Book Reading List for 2008
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/ = from the public library
~ = borrowed from Meg
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1. Poor-Bashing The Politics of Exclusion by Jean Swanson (09 January 2008) * /
2. Telephone Ringing In The Labyrinth Poems 2004 - 2006 by Adrienne Rich (11 January 2008) *
3. The Gucci Bag by Irving Layton (21 January 2008) *
4. NO TIME: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life by Heather Menzies (11 February 2008) * /
5. The DEAD EMCEE Scrolls The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop by Saul Williams (16 February 2008) *
6. Famous Love Letters Messages of Intimacy and Passion Edited by Ronald Tamplin (06 March 2006) *
7. The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein (10 March 2008) *
8. The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace (14 March 2008) *
9. Beads on Blossoms by Andreas Gripp (10 April 2008) *
10. Dream Back Your Life A Practical Guide to Dreams, Daydreams, & Fantasies by Joan Mazza (24 April 2008) *
11. Kurt Cobain JOURNALS (04 May 2008) [. / .]
12. Such Is My Beloved by Morley Callaghan (10 May 2008) *
13. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (28 May 2008) *
14. waste and want A Social History of Trash by Susan Strasser (17 June 2008) *
15. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (22 June 2008) * ~
16. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (23 June 2008) *
17. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (25 June 2008) *
18. Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande Foreward by John Gardner (29 June 2008) *
19. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway (13 July 2008) *
20. On Writing A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (26 July 2008)
21. The Alphabet Game: a bpNichol reader (02 August 2008) *
22. The Stand by Stephen King (11 August 2008)
23. All That Lies Between Us by Maria Mazziotti Gillan (07 November 2008) *
24. Chronicles Volume One by Bob Dylan (27 November 2008) *
25. Manifesto by Anonymous (05 December 2008) *
26. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult as retold by Joseph Bedier (08 December 2008) *
27. Small Wonder poems by gordon johnston (11 December 2008) *
Book Reading List for 2007
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1. Fences And Windows Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate by Naomi Klein (07 January 2007) *
2. Polemics by Anselm Hollo, Anne Waldman, Jack Collom (10 January 2007) *
3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (14 January 2007)
4. doris an Anthology 1991-2001 by Cindy Gretchen Ovenrack Crabb (18 January 2007) *
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (04 February 2007) *
6. The Language of Sparrows by Andreas Gripp (18 February 2007) *
7. T.O. Loveless & other poems by Andreas Gripp *
8. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (28 February 2007) * ~
9. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (15 March 2007) * ~
10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (28 May 2007) *
11. A Problem From Hell America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power (21 July 2007) *
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (27 July 2007) *
13. The Gospel According To Judas by Benjamin Iscariot recounted by Jeffrey Archer with the assistance of Professor Francis J. Moloney (01 August 2007) *
14. Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death by Kurt Vonnegut (05 August 2007) *
15. Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated And With A Foreword by Stephen Mitchell (11 August 2007)
16. On Earth As It Is by Steven Heighton (24 August 2007) *
17. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (27 August 2007) *
18. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (11 September 2007) *
19. Angel Clare by Andreas Gripp (12 September 2007) *
20. eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (03 October 2007) * ~
21. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay (11 October 2007) * ▫
22. Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (04 November 2007) * ~
23. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (27 November 2007) * ~
24. The 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology A Selection of the Shortlist Edited by Karen Solie (30 November 2007) *
25. Book of Blues by Jack Kerouac Introduction by Robert Creeley (04 December 2007) * /
26. The Self-Completing Tree by Dorothy Livesay (09 December 2007) * /
27. At The Edge of the Body by Erica Jong (09 December 2007) * /
28. Marketable Depression by Lauren White (12 December 2007) *
29. You Are Your Choices 50 Ways to Live the Good Life by Alexandra Stoddard (15 December 2007) * /
30. WHATCHA MEAN, WHAT'S A ZINE? The Art of Making Zines and Mini-Comics by Mark Todd & Esther Pearl Watson (16 December 2007) *
31. Everyday Matters A Memoir by Danny Gregory (16 December 2007) *
32. Gwendolyn MacEwen Volume One The Early Years Edited by Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan (16 December 2007) * /
33. Gwendolyn MacEwen Volume Two The Later Years Edited by Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan (20 December 2007) * /
34. The Working Life The Promise And Betrayal of Modern Work by Joanne B. Ciulla (25 December 2007) * /
35. Sifting Through The Madness For The Word, The Line, The Way: new poems by Charles Bukowski edited by john martin (27 December 2007) * /
36. Poetry And Commitment by Adrienne Rich, Recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Afterword by Mark Doty (28 December 2007) *
37. Slouching Toward Nirvana: new poems by Charles Bukowski edited by john martin (30 December 2007) * /
Book Reading List for 2006
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1. Survivor a novel by Chuck Palahniuk (29 January 2006) *
2. The Essence of Tao by Pamela Ball (14 February 2006) *
3. Rusty String Quartet: Poems by Raegan Butcher (15 February 2006) *
4. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (24 February 2006) *
5. Tears and Laughter by Kahlil Gibran (03 March 2006) *
6. How To Read Nietzsche by Keith Ansell Pearson (05 April 2006) *
7. Stone Hotel poems from prison by Raegan Butcher (10 May 2006) *
8. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (10 May 2006) *
9. Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen (16 May 2006) *
10. Tarantula by Bob Dylan (26 May 2006) *
11. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (05 June 2006) *
12. Like Darwin Among the Gods by Andreas Gripp (22 June 2006) *
13. going down goose lane toward broken jaw: fredericton poems & stories by Wayne Ray (27 June 2006) *
note: This is from the book launch where I had my first poetry reading.
14. summer drizzles... haiku and haibun by Bruce Ross (04 July 2006) *
15. Poems: Just Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie / Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well / And Still I Rise / Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? by Maya Angelou (08 August 2006) *
16. The Fact of a Doorframe Selected Poems 1950 - 2001 by Adrienne Rich (13 August 2006) *
17. the school among the ruins Poems 2000 - 2004 by Adrienne Rich (15 August 2006) *
18. Let Us Compare Mythologies by Leonard Cohen (16 August 2006) *
19. The First Ten Books by Confucius (18 August 2006) *
20. The Art of War Sun Tzu Translation, Essays & Commentary by The Denma Translation Group (05 September 2006) *
21. The Bhagavad-Gita Krishna's Counsel in Time of War Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller (12 September 2006) *
22. The Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A New Translation, Commentary and Introduction by Ralph Alan Dale (16 September 2006) *
23. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (06 November 2006) *
24. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (09 November 2006) *
25. Days of War, Nights of Love Crimethink For Beginners CrimethINC. (18 November 2006) *
26. off the map by hib & kika, CrimethINC. (19 November 2006) *
27. 50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know by Russ Kick (24 November 2006) *
28. The Rebel Sell why the culture can't be jammed. by Joseph Heath & Andrew Potter (04 December 2006) *
note: very interesting to read so soon after 'Days of War, Nights of Love'.
29. The Fat Girl's Guide To Life by Wendy Shanker (21 December 2006) *
30. Nothing To Lose A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body by Cheri K. Erdman (22 December 2006) *
31. Zaftig: well rounded erotica edited by Hanne Blank (25 December 2006) *
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29, 30, 31 = on loan from apeystar
Book Reading List for 2005
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* = first time read all the way through or never been read before
21, 23 = borrowed from gryffyn's book collection.
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1. anne sexton: a self-portrait in letters edited by linda gray sexton and lois ames (14 January 2005) *
2. I Don't Write Pretty a collection of confessions by aulelei love (15 January 2005) *
3. Shake Hands With The Devil The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by LGen. Roméo Dallaire with Major Brent Beardsley (29 January 2005) *
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Origin published by Dark Horse Comics (29 January 2005) *
5. Magical Souvenirs True Spiritual Adventures from Around The World by Arielle Ford (10 February 2005) *
6. The Sword In The Stone by T.H. White (01 March 2005) *
7. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (28 March 2005) *
8. automated alice by jeff noon (09 April 2005) *
9. Mask a novel by John Minahan based on a screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan (03 May 2005) *
10. The Magical Worlds of The Lord of the Rings The Amazing Myths, Legends, and Facts Behind The Masterpiece by David Colbert (18 May 2005) *
11. Witchcraft A Secret History by Michael Streeter (24 May 2005) *
12. Outbreak by Robin Cook (26 May 2005) *
13. The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland (04 June 2005) *
14. Witches & Historians Interpretations of Salem edited by Marc Mappen (02 July 2005) *
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (25 July 2005) *
16. Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub (08 August 2005) *
17. Bad Blood: A Family Murder in Marin County by Richard M. Levine (14 August 2005) *
18. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (21 August 2005) *
19. The Secret Power Of Dreams A new approach to unlocking their hidden potential by David Fontana (14 September 2005) *
20. Woman’s Magic Rituals, meditations and magical ways to enrich your life by Sue Bowes (11 October 2005) *
21. The Bell Jar by sylvia plath (28 October 2005) *
22. Vampires The Occult Truth by Konstantinos (04 November 2005) *
23. Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon (15 November 2005) *
24. slender threads by monika lee (18 December 2005) *
Book Reading List for 2004
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* = first time read all the way through or never been read before
8 = borrowed from gryffyn
~ = gift from Gwen
▫ = borrowed from Heather
/ = from the public library
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1. WOW Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast To Coast To Coast by Vivien Bowers (09 February 2004) *
2. The Sounds Of Poetry by Robert Pinksy (09 February 2004) *
3. Every Dream Interpreted by Veronica Tonay, Ph.D (10 February 2004) *
4. The Book of War Letters 100 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence by Paul Grescoe & Audrey Grescoe (04 March 2004) *
5. Women Who Run With The Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. (15 March 2004)
6. Rainer Maria Rilke Letters To A Young Poet Translated And With A Foreword by Stephen Mitchell (15 March 2004) *
7. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger (19 March 2004) *
8. Hidden Secrets A Complete History Of Espionage And The Technology Used To Support It by David Owen w/ Foreward by Antonio J. Mendez (29 March 2004) *
9. On Writing A Memoir Of The Craft by Stephen King (09 April 2004) *
10. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 1: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (10 April 2004) *
11. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 2: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (10 April 2004) *
12. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 3: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (11 April 2004) *
13. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 4: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (13 April 2004) *
14. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 5: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (16 April 2004) *
15. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 6: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (19 April 2004) *
16. The Chronicles of Narnia Book 7: The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (19 April 2004) *
note: I finished the series just before midnight. Also, while in the middle of reading The Chronicles of Narnia series, I learned that I was actually reading the series in the wrong order, despite the 'Book 1, Book 2, etc' titles of my paperback editions.
17. Frankenstein (Unabridged) by Mary Shelley (03 May 2004) *
18. The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation Edited and with an introduction by Tom Kuntz, Preface by James Cameron (15 May 2004) *
19. Emily Dickinson (Unabridged) Selected Poems (16 May 2004) *
note: ...and most of the poems contained in the book I read are probably re-edited versions - argh!
20. a night without armor Poems by Jewel Kilcher (19 May 2004) *
21. ...And A Hard Rain Fell A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam by John Ketwig (06 June 2004) *
22. Virunga The Passion of Dian Fossey by Farley Mowat (14 June 2004)
23. Secret Windows Essays And Fiction On The Craft Of Writing by Stephen King (04 July 2004) *
24. Origins A History of Canada a textbook published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd. (16 July 2004) *
25. On The Road by Jack Kerouac (13 August 2004)
26. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (26 August 2004) *
27. The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac (29 August 2004) *
28. Handwriting poems by Michael Ondaatje (31 August 2004) *
29. The Lord Of The Rings {consisting of Foreword, Prologue, The Fellowship of The Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King and Appendices} by J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee (27 September 2004)
note: I started reading this book on a greyhound bus on my way to Florida for a visit, in December of 2003. I kept setting it down and reading other books throughout the year, but once I returned to it, I finished it fairly quickly. Good journey!
Book Reading List for 2003
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10, 26, 27 = library
24 = coworker
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1. Witchcrafting a spiritual guide to making magic by Phyllis Curott (05 January 2003) *
2. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (26 February 2003) *
3. The Journals of Sylvia Plath edited by Karen V. Kukil (11 March 2003) *
4. Bruce & Stan's Pocket Guide to Prayer by Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz (18 March 2003) *
5. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth by Jules Verne (27 March 2003)
6. When Things Fall Apart Heart Advice For Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön (28 March 2003) *
7. The Black Donnellys by Thomas P. Kelley (28 March 2003) *
8. Anne Frank The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank (31 March 2003)
9. Fit To Be Tied Ontario's Murderous Past by Terry Boyle (01 April 2003) *
10. Fasting Girls The History of Anorexia Nervosa by Joan Jacobs Brumberg (18 April 2003) *
11. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (02 May 2003)
12. The Hobbit Companion by David Day (03 May 2003) *
13. Authentic Passion Loving Without Losing Your Self by Bonnie Kreps (30 June 2003) *
14. Tolkien The Illustrated Encyclopedia by David Day (01 July 2003) *
15. Disaster! The Destruction of Our Planet by George Sullivan (03 July 2003) *
16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (07 July 2003 3:55am) *
17. Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (23 July 2003) *
18. The Complete Poems anne sexton, foreward by Maxine Kumin (10 August 2003) *
19. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (13 August 2003) *
20. Red As Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee (16 August 2003)
21. White Oleander by Janet Fitch (18 August 2003) *
22. All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque translated from the German by A. W. Whean (20 August 2003) *
23. Coke Machine Glow by Gordon Downie (23 August 2003)
24. Permanent Results Without Permanent Dieting The Curves Weight Loss Method by Gary Heavin (23 August 2003) *
25. Succulent Wild Woman - Dancing With Your Wonder-Full Self by Sark (25 September 2003) *
26. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships by John Gray, Ph.D. (06 November 2003) *
27. The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer by William Irwin (Editor), Mark T. Conard (Editor), Aeon J. Skoble (Editor) (01 December 2003) *
28. The Great Canadian Trivia Book A Collection of Compelling Curiosities from Alouette to Zed by Mark Kearny & Randy Ray (05 December 2003) *
29. The Great Canadian Trivia Book 2 by Mark Nearney & Randy Ray (11 December 2003) *
30. Sylvia Plath Collected Poems Edited with an Introduction by Ted Hughes (25 December 2003) *