I was thinking about writing a best of 2008 or a looking forward to 2009 type of post, but decided against it as those seem to be everywhere. So instead, on this holiday that is nothing more than the first day on a calendar, I figured I could write again on calendars. Luckily, Santa brought me the “Book Lover’s Page-A-Day Calendar” for 2009 I was hoping for, but now I am going to look back on the 2008 calendar and what I got out of it.
Well, out of 365 days, I found 57 days of books I want to read, have read, and/or already own (yes, I actually saved these day’s entries in a nice neat pile behind the calendar on my desk). Here are a few just for the fun of it - maybe you’ll find something worthwhile too…
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell
Ghosting: A Double Life, by Jennie Erdal
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York, by Luc Sante
Library: An Unquiet History, by Matthew Battles
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, by Alberto Manguel
The Bookwoman’s Last Fling, by John Dunning (a favorite series of mine)
The Rabbit Factory, by Marshall Karp
Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books, by Paul Collins
The Book of Lost Books, by Stuart Kelly
The Keep, by Jennifer Egan
Edmund Wilson: A Life, by Lewis M. Dabney
Now on to 2009 - here’s hoping everyone’s year is filled with happiness and books!
3 comments:
I read Sixpence House a few years ago. A good book if not a hardcore bibliophile book. He touches on it but it is more about uprooting family to a foreign country and the trials that come along with it.
Good read anyway.
Where could I find one of these calendars?
Mine came from a local B&N... pretty sure amazon has them too - just search "page a day book lovers calendar".
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