Flood, Andrew Vachss
Strega, Andrew Vachss
Blue Belle, Andrew Vachss
Hard Candy, Andrew Vachss
Blossom, Andrew Vachss
Sacrifice, Andrew Vachss
Down in the Zero, Andrew Vachss
Footsteps of the Hawk, Andrew Vachss
False Allegations, Andrew Vachss
Safe House, Andrew Vachss
Choice of Evil, Andrew Vachss
Dead and Gone, Andrew Vachss
Pain Management, ( Read more... )

According to my informal count, I’ve read 72 books so far in 2009; today is the 78th day of the year, so I’m six books behind. Not that I’m trying to manage a book a day this year. That would be doom. Really. Doom. I would like to graduate eventually, thanks very much.

Some past reading:

The Virgin Heiresses, Ellery Queen
Swan Song, Robert McCammon
The Best of Eric Frank Russell, Eric Frank Russell
Lady Killer, Lisa Scottoline
Blasphemy, Douglas Preston
Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
Payback, Margaret Atwood
The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
A Flaw in the Blood, Stephanie Barron
The Best ( Read more... )

And the rest of my 2009 reading so far! Notice I’m well ahead of a book a day - by more than 25%, for the curious - but I doubt this will last past January. As the semester gets underway, I’ll have less opportunity to read fiction, and non-fiction always slows me down.

Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Mansfield ( Read more... )

The advantage of vacation early in the year: one gets well ahead on one’s reading.

The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
Touchstone, Laurie R. King
Darker than Midnight, Maggie Shayne
Ritual, William ( Read more... )

Last reading roundup of the year:

The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett
The Talisman, John Godey
Restless Virgins, Abigail Jones & Marissa Miley
The Price of Privilege, Madeline Levine
Made to Stick, Chip Heath & Dan Heath
How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less, Melissa de la Cruz & Karen Robinovitz
Foreskin’s Lament, Shalom Auslander
Beyond Reach, ( Read more... )

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my reading list. What does one read after the unexpected and untimely death of one’s father? In my case, Alastair Reynolds (for characters who have it even worse than I do) and Dickens (for easy sentiment and plenty of engaging plot).

The Ill-Made Mute, Cecelia Dart-Thornton
The Lady of the Sorrows, ( Read more... )

So, yes, I voted this morning, and it was just as great an experience as you’d have guessed from the twenty other OMFGIVOTEDSQUEE posts you’ve read today. There were handshakes all around, high fives, long lines and two sixteen-year-olds telling people, “Vote Obama for me, because I can’t vote yet!” It was about what I expected from an Upper West ( Read more... )

Today is my anniversary! I count it from my first date with The Boy, since we couldn’t reconstruct exactly when we met. Twelve years later, I still feel like the luckiest woman around. I’m profoundly grateful to have such a kind, generous, creative, loving, wise polymath of a guy in my life. Here’s hoping for another twelve years!

The past two ( Read more... )

This is mostly a test post to see if the upgrade has solved the evil spam problem.

On the bright side, I can also post to officially announce that I did 125 pushups last night, in five sets. That’s an average of 25 pushups per set, though I actually did two sets of 30 and then three shorter sets. I had no idea how strong and competent I would ( Read more... )