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I am currently reading, "Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer," by Sena Jeter Naslund, which is luminous, poetic and beautiful, and the third book in a row I've read that was given to me by my mother.

Like everyone else with the literary fever I was super saddened to hear of the death of David Foster Wallace. I had just recently finished re-reading "Infinite Jest" when I found out and it was like getting punched in the face and punched in the gut at the same time. I thought about it and realized how alive he was/is as an author in me, and but several of his quirks and technical devices have wedged themselves deep in my consciousness and his imagination is twined and branching throughout all my nerve fiber. Synapse snap. It really hurt. I will have to catch up on some of what I haven't read (the non-fiction, esp. the McCain piece from 2000 about being aboard the 'straightalk express'). His last collection of short fiction was really sharp, too ("Oblivious"). Well, Mr. DFW, RIP. (11/3/08)

My last post here was:

I am currently rereading "Infinite Jest," by David Foster Wallace, one of the great books ever. I will be doing this for a long while. (3/13/08)

2008

• The Devil's Dream, Lee Smith
• 3 Novella, Wendell Berry
• Randell Jarrel's Book Of Stories (A Collection)
• The Collected Short Fiction, J. G. Ballard
• Empire Of The Sun, J.G. Ballard
• Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
• Sundog, Jim Harrison
• Cities Of The Plain (The Border Trilogy < Vol. 3), Cormac McCarthy
• The Crossing (The Border Trilogy < Vol. 2), Cormac McCarthy
• All The Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy < Vol. 1), Cormac McCarthy
• The Acme Novelty Library (Number 18), Chris Ware

2007

• Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson
• The Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry
• South Of The Boarder, West Of The Sun, Haruki Murakami
• Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami
• Kafka On The Shore, Haruki Murakami
• Mason & Dixon, Thomas Pynchon (2nd X)
• Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon (3rd X)
• The Crying Of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon (3rd X)
• V., Thomas Pynchon (3rd X)
• Slow Learner, Thomas Pynchon
• Against The Day, Thomas Pynchon
• The Acme Novelty Library (Numbers 16 & 17: Rusty Brown), Chis Ware

2006

• The Return Of The King (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Bk III), J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Bk II), J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Fellowship Of The Ring (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Bk I), J.R.R. Tolkien
• Crow, Ted Hughes
• Ariel, Slyvia Plath
• Birthday Letters, Ted Hughes
• Beowulf, Seamus Heany (trans.)
• Tales From Ovid, Ted Hughes (trans.)
• Almanac Of The Dead, Leslie Marmon Silko
• Middlesex, Jeffery Euginides
• Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov
• The Professor And The Madman, Simon Winchester
• Last Exit To Brooklyn, Hubert Selby, Jr.
• Communion, Will Shriever
• Runnning In The Family, Michael Ondajette
• Veronika Decides To Die, Paulo Coelho
• The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
• Songs Of Innocence & Experience (Facsimile of Illuminated Manuscript), William Blake
• Poems of William Blake * edited & with an introduction by W.B. Yeats
• The Portable Faulkner (Yoknapatawpha County 1820-1945), William Faulkner
• Chronicles (Volume 1), Bob Dylan
• The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski
• The Miracle Life Of Edgar Mint, Brady Udall
• Shadow In The North (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Bk II), Philip Pullman
• The Continental Prophecies (The Illuminated Books, Vol. 4), William Blake
• The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Bk III), Philip Pullman
• The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Bk II), Philip Pullman
• You Bright And Risen Angels, William T. Vollman
• Still Life With Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
• Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Tom Robbins

2005

• Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
• Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
• Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (Stories), David Foster Wallace
• The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Bk I), Philip Pullman
• The Lathe of Heaven, Ursala K. LeGuin
• Oblivion (Stories), David Foster Wallace
• Girl With Curious Hair (Stories), David Foster Wallace
• The Complete Stories, Flannery O'Conner
• Collected Stories, Paul Bowles
• The Delicate Prey (Stories), Paul Bowles
• Favorites, Damon Runyon

2004

• Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette
• Touch, Elmore Lenord
• Life Of Pi, Yann Martel
• Fathers and Crows, William T. Vollman
• Beloved, Toni Morrison
• Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Naked Lunch, William Burroughs (2nd X)
• Flight To Canada, Ismael Reed
• Yellow Back Radio Broke Down, Ismael Reed (2nd X)
• Landscape Painted with Tea, Milored Pavic
• On the Road, Jack Kerouac
• The Defense, Vladimir Nabokov
• King, Queen, Knave, Vladimir Nabokov
• Mary, Vladimir Nabokov

2003

• Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (2nd X)
• Celebration, Harry Crews
• Post Office, Charles Brukowski
• Crash, J.G. Ballard

Here is a list I made for Amazon many years ago of some of my favorite books:

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SOME OTHER BOOKS I LOVED READING:

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SOME CHILDREN'S BOOKS I HAVE ENJOYED WITH MY KIDS:

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