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2fs - 2005-12-13 14:03:16
I can't do it: books, even more so than music, are something I really don't pay attention to copyright date on. Not to mention that I can't manage a critical perspective on books beyond "I liked it" or "I forced myself to finish it" (and I'm pretty compulsive on that last one: very few books I just plain leave alone after starting.) I'd certainly make no claims to being up-to-date on what's the big what these days. I do keep a list of what I've read - but it probably is of no interest to anyone else. Which means it might show up at my blog (or might not).
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Tim W. - 2005-12-13 15:10:20
As it happens, this is the first year I've kept track of what I've read (since March). Here's my top ten books first read in 2005, in alphabetical order:

  • James Blaylock, All The Bells On Earth
  • John Fowles, The Collector
  • David Garnett, Lady Into Fox
  • Joel Garreau, Radical Evolution
  • Albert Goldbarth, Great Topics Of The World
  • James Herriot, All Creatures Great And Small
  • Graham Joyce, The Tooth Fairy
  • Doris Piserchia, Earthchild
  • Richard Powers, Plowing The Dark
  • Ray Vukcevich, Meet Me In The Moon Room

    Collapse by Jared Diamond would probably be number 11, and I think that was published in 2005. In general I'm hopeless at keeping up with current books. Discussions of these books (and everything I've read since March) are available at Tier 3000, a group blog & reading diary: http://tier3000.blogspot.com
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    Paula - 2005-12-13 15:11:31
    Hey, neat. I love the idea of a group blog/reading diary.
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    Tim W. - 2005-12-13 15:11:32
    Thank you, List-Bullet Fairy!
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    Paula - 2005-12-13 15:27:34

  • you're
  • welcome
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    Sharps - 2005-12-13 18:11:05
    I really liked Al Franken's THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES).
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    Michael - 2005-12-13 20:00:16
    And whenever you begin losing your perspective and feeling as though you're being crushed under the weight of a lot of endless nonsense, there's nothing else remotely like Hunter Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." (Hey, he killed himself in 2005. Even though the book itself was initially published thirty years ago, the year of suicide should count for something.)
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    Dave - 2005-12-14 15:21:09
    I quite enjoyed the 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear but I only remember that because it's the most recent book I read. I'll have to go through the shelves and see if I come up with any other 2005 books.
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    Michael - 2005-12-14 20:49:11
    Sharps, I saw Franken's reading for THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES) at Union Square's Barnes & Noble, and he started weeping when he read the chapter dealing with his father's death, barely getting through it. It surprised everybody, and Franken vowed to his wife that by the end of the tour, he'd be able to read it without crying. The only other time I've seen anything quite like that was when Seymour Hersh tried to read his pivotal My Lai expose at the anniversary celebration for Harper's several years ago. He got about three paragraphs in, maybe, and became so overwhelmed that he left the stage, weeping. Oddly, the crowd wasn't the slightest bit sympathetic, though, which was the weirdest part of the whole thing.
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    Sue - 2005-12-14 20:49:35
    Peter Lovesey's DIAMOND DUST.
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    Paula - 2005-12-15 15:59:06
    OK: COLLAPSE, Franken, Lovesey, BLUEBEAR are all on order now at the BPL. Thanks, folks!!!
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