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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 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) *
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 The Unpublished City Anthology Curated by Dionne Brand (30 April 2022) *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 Expanded edition with a new preface and afterword by the author (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 As heard on The Writer's Almanac (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) *
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) *
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) * 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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* = first time read all the way through or never been read before
/ = 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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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
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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)
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