Books I've read in 2005

Submitted by billturner on Wed, 01/12/2005 - 13:21
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  1. The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby
  2. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne [C]
  3. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville [C]
  4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain [C]
  5. My Ántonia, by Willa Cather [C]
  6. Blankets (Graphic Novel), by Craig Thompson
  7. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald [C]
  8. Shutterbug Follies (Graphic Novel), by Jason Little
  9. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck [C]
  10. Native Son, by Richard Wright [C]
  11. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler [C]
  12. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut [C]
  13. The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon [C]
  14. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
  15. The Postman Always Rings Twice - James M. Cain
  16. V for Vendetta (Graphic Novel) - Alan Moore
  17. Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt
  18. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  19. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
  20. Alias Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) - Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos
  21. Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
  22. Ice Haven (Graphic Novel) - Daniel Clowes
  23. Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned (Graphic Novel) - Brian K. Vaughan
  24. Superman: Red Son (Graphic Novel) - Mark Millar
  25. The Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem
  26. Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link
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Books marked with a [C] are those which I'm reading for my American Fiction class.

lukeprog03/10/2005

I loved Blankets, partially because my own mid-teenage years were similar to the main character's. What did you think of the book?

billturner03/10/2005

I LOVED it. The art, the story, everything. I zoomed through it so fast, I wish it were longer. My childhood & teenage years were nothing like his, which I think added to my fascination.

If you like Blankets, take a look at Box Office Poison, by Alex Robinson. It's fantastic. Here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1891830198/

lukeprog03/10/2005

Thanks, I'll try to get hold of it!

JohnnyW07/04/2005

My Antonia is, imho, one of the best novels ever written; Cather communicates the bittersweet nature of life as well as any writer I've ever read.

And I related a lot to Blankets myself...

Johnny Waco

billturner07/05/2005

I certainly agree with you. I had to read the book for a class, but I'm glad we did read it. It is definitely one of my favorites now.

As for Blankets, it wasn't really a story I could relate to personally, but I was really drawn in to the story and the art is just wonderful.