Bookshelf: September 2011

Purchased*

Houdini, Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi

The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien

White Fang & The Call of the Wild, Jack London

The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L’Engle

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon

Intelligent Life in the Universe, I.S. Shklovskii & Carl Sagan

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Don’t hate––I’ll explain later.)

Drift and Swerve, Samuel Ligon

Started

Drift and Swerve, Samuel Ligon

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Haruki Murakami

Finished

Houdini, Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi

Anyone could do what I have done––it’s all a matter of the proper application of one’s will.

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz

But before I can shape the vowels I wake up. My face is wet, and that’s how you know it’s never going to come true.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut

His voice was sweet, vastly paternal––as humane as the lowest note of a cello.

Periodicals

The Inlander, weekly

*Value Village is a great place to pick up used books!