3. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

Eliot, T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1982.

Apparently this is the basis for Cats the musical. Mr. Weber really screwed it up. This is a collection of somewhat silly poetry on stray cats. It's fun, it made me chuckle a few times. The poetry itself is well written, playful. The themes are not depressing or morose. Yeah, thanks Weber. :-P

My previous exposure to Eliot consisted of being forced to read The Wasteland in college. It didn't go well. I was left with impression that Eliot was an obnoxious elitist with too much time on his hands. I still don't like The Wasteland, but I'm willing to give the rest of his poetry a shot.

2. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore

Moore, Christopher. Practical Demonkeeping. New York: Avon, 2000.

My dear soon-to-be husband has had this book on our bookshelf almost the entire time I've known him. He hasn't read it yet, but any time I was looking for something to read he'd suggest this book. Now I'll be recommending this book to him.

It's Moore's first book, published in 1992. While his style is rough around the edges and his trademark humor is yet to emerge, I still somehow found this a much more memorable book than You Suck, the only other book of his that I've read. It's not high literature. It won't change your life, cause you to rethink your values, or illuminate the world we live in. What it will do is entertain you, bring on a few chuckles, and dole out a few minutes of escape.

1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Ed. Hugh Haughton. Centenary ed. London: Penguin, 1998.

I have read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so many times that I have large sections of it memorized. When I was young, I got sick often. In particular, I seemed prone to ear infections and strep throat. When I was sick, my Dad would drop me off at my grandparents' house and they would take care of me for the day. Now, I've never been one of those people who sleep well when they are sick. I wasn't allowed to watch TV so my options for entertainment were limited to either homework or reading. My options for reading were Heidi and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Heidi has never interested me much so I read Alice's Adventures many, many times. I even wrote a book report on it once. I always suspected as a child that as much as I enjoyed it, I was still missing something.

If you've never seen the Penguin Classics series, I heartily recommend them. The introductory material offers a pretty interesting overview of Carroll's life as well as discussions on identity and childhood. Carroll's background in both religion and mathematics colors many aspects of the story. The annotations in the back aide in the unraveling.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has earned it's place as a classic of English literature. Re-reading it was a delight.

The List

Expect the list to grow somewhat. My goal is to have a full list of 200 to pick from. However, as it stands:

1. Flatland by Edwin Abbott

2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebee

3. A Miss Marple by Agatha Christie 4. Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler 5. The Biodiversity Crisis: Losing What Counts by American Museum of Natural History

6. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

7. Total Recall by Piers Anthony

8. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

9. The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw

9. Thinner by Richard Bachmn 10. Servants of the Map: Stories by Andrea Barrett

11. Jennifer Government by Max Barry

12. The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter

13. The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle

14. Folk of the Air by Peter Beagle

15. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 16. The Long-Legged House by Wendell Berry 17. A Continuous Harmony by Wendell Berry

18. the Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

19. Valiant by Holly Black

20. Ruby by Francesca Lia Block

21. A Man For All Seasons by Robert Bolt 22. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges

23. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

24. Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle 25. Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown 26. Heat by Bill Buford

27. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

28. Running With Scissors by Augustine Burroughs

29. Possession by A.S. Byatt

30. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain

31. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

32. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis, Carroll

33. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

34. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Micheal Chabon 35. Hide-and-Seek with Angels: A Life of J.M. Barrie by Lisa Chaney 36. Ward No. 6 and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

37. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

38. Arsonist's guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke

39. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

40. King Rat by James Clavell 41. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

42. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland

43. Five Patients by John Crichton

44. Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

45. The Witches by Roald Dahl 46. Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

47. White Noise by Dan DeLillo

48. The Isalnd Under the Earth by Avram Davidson

49. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

50. Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick

51. Florida Road Kill by Tim Dorsey

52. Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey

53. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

54. The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

55. Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

56. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

57. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

58. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

59. Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

60. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

61. The Corrections by Jonathan Fanzen 62. Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

63. Dark Desire by Christine Feeman 64. Dark Prince by Christine Feeman 65. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde 66. White Oleander by Janet Fitch

67. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

68. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg

69. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

70. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

71. Dreaming in Cuban by Christina Garcia

72. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 73. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

74. Princess Bride by William Golding

75. Tin Drum by Gunter Grass 76. Starting With Ingredients by Aliza Green

77. Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

78. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

79. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

80. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman

81. Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hammett

82. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

83. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 84. The Island of Lost Maps by Miles Harvey 85. The Medieval World: Europe 1100-1350 by Friedrich Heer

86. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller 87. Sex With Kings by Eleanor Herman 88. Sex With the Queen by Eleanor Herman

89. Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen

90. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos 91. Seeds of Wealth: Four Plants That Made Men Rich by Henry Hobhouse 92. The Tattooed Map: A Novel by Barbara Hodgson

93. About a Boy by Nick Hornby 94. Inner Voices by Richard Howard

95. Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley

96. Turn of the Screw by Henry James

97. The Black Tower by P.D. James 98. Unnatural Causes by P.D. James 99. Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James 100. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James

101. A Mind to Murder by P.D. James

102. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

103. The Game by Diana Wynne Jones

104. The Trial by Kafka

105. Girl, Interupted by Susanna Kaysen

106. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

107. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

108. Joust by Mercedes Lackey

109. The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

110. White as Snow by Tanith Lee

111. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

112. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

113. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

114. Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

115. An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L'Engle

116. Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

117. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

118. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis 119. Just Enough Liebling by A.J. Liebling 120. The Company by Robert Littell

121. The Missing World by Margot Livesey

122. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

123. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

124. Love In the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

125. The Rowen by Anne McCaffrey

126. Swansong by Robert McCammon

127. Asylum by Patrick McGrath

128. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

129. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

130. Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min

131. Lost Girls by Alan Moore

132. Lamb by Christopher Moore

133. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore 134. 69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors by Gwyn Morgan

135. Beloved by Toni Morrison

136. South of the Border, West of the Sun by Murakami 137. I Am a Cat by Soseki Natsume

138. The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit 139. Sex Collectors by Geoff Nicholson

140. Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzche

141. Witch World by Andre Norton

142. The Borrowers by Mary Norton

143. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

144. 1984 by George Orwell

145. Animal Farm by George Orwell 146. Sea of Faith by Stephen O'Shea

147. Metamorphasis by Ovid

148. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palanuk

149. Microbrewed Adventures by Papazian

150. Marriage of Meggotta by Edith Pargeter

151. Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker

152. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

153. Collected Short Stories by Edgar Allen Poe

154. Gateway by Frederick Pohl 155. The Omnivore's Dilema by Michael Pollan 156. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

157. Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite 158. William Faulkner by Carolyn Porter

159. Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter 160. Monster of God by David Quammen

161. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

162. Something by Ruth Reichal 163. Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

164. The Anvil of Ice by Michael Scott Rohan

165. Sewer, Gas, and Electric by Matt Ruff

166. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

167. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

168. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

169. Lucky by Alice Sebold

170. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

171. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

172. Pygmalian by George Bernard Shaw

173. The Shape-changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn

174. We Need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

175. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

176. Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko

177. Uncle Shelby's A.B.Z. Book by Sheil Silverstein

178. On Beauty by Zadie Smith

179. White Teeth by Zadie Smith

180. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield

181. The Hunger by Whitley Strieber

182. A Suitable Boy by Seth Vikram

183. Candide by Voltaire

184. A Man Without Country by Kurt Vonnegut

185. Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

186. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace

187. The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin

188. Madam Blavatsky's Baboon by Peter Washington

189. Porno by Irvine Welsh

190. Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

191. Imaginations by William Carlos Williams

192. A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf

193. Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel 194. Our Mothers' War by Emily Yellin

195. Bone

196. The Invisibles

197. The Filth

New Challenges

In the beginning there was an AJC article about a man who read 500 books. A woman who worked with me, being a fairly competitive person, was challenged by her husband to read 200 books. Secretly, being a fairly competitive person myself, I thought to myself "if she can do it, why certainly, I can as well." And although I never made my goal of 200 books, I got close enough that first year to know that I could do it, but I wouldn't enjoy the reading much.

Part of what stood in my way was my choice of reading material. Much of it came from these long lists that other people wrote, and while I found many things that I enjoyed greatly, they didn't inspire me to sneak in reading time. So over time, my reviewing petered out and this site was more or less abandoned.

The time of the new challenge has come. 15 months & 150 books. Starting now and going till the end of 2009 I'm going to read 150 books. I will be working from a list of about 200 that I put together based on things that I've heard of, things that I always wanted to read, and things I found on other lists that sounded truly interesting. I am currently compiling this list. I'm at 141. When it's done, in a few days, I will post it.

Wish me luck, I hope to be writing you all much more soon.

Musing on Lists

It is probably my obsessive compulsive nature that make lists appeal to me. I list to organize myself. I enjoy reading other's lists. Any purging of my desk yields dozens of lists, written and almost immediately forgotten. So, it's no surprise to me that I keep getting drawn back to books of lists when I'm working on this book blog. I keep coming back to Nancy Pearl's books, but I also have the New York Library's recommendations, a British book called 1000 Books to Change Your Life, and more that I've forgotten for the time being.
A list of books represents dozens of opportunities to discover new worlds that I would possibly have never otherwise stumbled on. It's like being presented with hundreds of short cuts. Every list is a mystery. It's dizzying and somewhat disappointing that I have so many more books than I can possibly read at any given time. But I won't forget them, I have a list. So let's hear it for lists.

5. Ice Fire

by Chris D'Lacey (421 pgs)
Scholastic 2003

Rating: 4

What do polar bears, hedgehogs, and dragons have in common? David Rain must find out because he's rolled up in the middle of it somehow. On the slightly more normal scale, David's girlfriend has gone away to Africa and a gothy new love interest named Zanna has appeared to confuse matters and a mysterious and sinister Aunt Gwyneth seems to be creating odd lapses in David's memory.

Ice Fire takes a slight sinister turn. While the reading level remains the same as the previous book, Fire Within, some of the concepts are much more complex. Despite being more convoluted, the plot remains easy to follow. The feel of the story is almost completely different, however. Fire Within was light-hearted and cute. Ice Fire is darker and more serious.

Recommended to mature middle schoolers and high school kids. This is a nice introduction to fantasy literature and appropriate for any school setting.

4. Eclipse

by Stephenie Meyer (640pgs)
Little, Brown Young Readers 2007

Rating: 4

Edward is back, much to Bella's relief. However, Edward's presence causes a rift between Bella and, her best friend, Jacob. For those just tuning in, Edward and Jacob, by virtue of their very natures, don't like each other and, on top of that, are both in love with the same girl.

Despite the supernatural elements, Eclipse is primarily a romance. Meyer's characters continue to be realistic and interesting. The love triangle between Edward, Bella, and Jacob is handled masterfully. Even though, as a reader, I was aware of where the story was headed, following the path of discovery with the characters was both fascinating and enjoyable instead of irritating. The one complaint I have is that it seems that this is likely the end of this series and I am loath to say good bye to these characters.

Recommened as a continuation of Twilight and New Moon. Appropriate for most school settings.

3. New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer (563 pgs)
Little, Brown, and Co. 2006

Rating: 4

Edward and Bella are the perfect couple. You know, the one that was so happy it made you want to gag. Everything is perfect for them, except Edward is a vampire and Bella's blood smells powerfully yummy. Beyond that though, despite best intentions, Edward's vampire family also is having a hard time with keeping their base instincts under control. Edward's protectiveness leads him to leave Bella for her own safety, and Bella falls apart.

Sequel to Twilight, Meyer lost none of her believability or characterization skill. The plot rambles a bit and probably could be condensed a little, but the New Moon was still, overall, a highly enjoyable read. Meyer's development of formerly minor characters was masterful.

Recommended to anyone who enjoyed Twilight. Appropriate for most school settings

2. Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer (498 pgs)
Little, Brown, and Company 2005
Rating: 5

Bella Swan, daughter of Chief Charlie Swan, made the difficult decision to forsake her beloved Phoenix sun and move in with her dad. Unfortunately, Chief Swan lives in the rainiest place in the country: Forks, Washington. Forks is a very small town and Bella, as a fairly attractive girl, quickly makes a whole host of friends, including the enigmatic Edward Cullens. All the Cullens are a little strange: pale, aloof, good at everything. Edward, however, seems to quickly flip between fascination of Bella and hatred.

The writing style was clear and engaging. Meyer's true strength is in her characterizations. Her characters are brilliantly painted and distinct from each other. Despite the fantastical nature of the subject matter, the characters and events feel real and a swoon-worthy love story doesn't hurt any.

Recommend to a broad female audience and anyone who got hung up on Buffy. Appropriate for most school settings.

1. The Fire Within

by Chris D'Lacey (340 pgs)

Scholastic Books, 2001

Rating: 4

David, a college student, rents a room from a single mother, Liz, and her daughter, Lucy. The only requirements are that he be neat and quiet. Oh! He must also 'not mind dragons.' The dragons, as it turns out, are actually a collection of clay figurines that Liz makes and sells at craft fairs. They are everywhere and she makes David a special dragon of his very own. Lucy draws David into her obsession with the local squirrels and David slowly begins to realize that there's something very strange about these clay dragons and their keepers.

The reading level is pretty simple with a few challenging words thrown in regularly. The overall tone is not particularly childish. This is an engaging story that is well written. The points that are confusing are obviously meant to be confusing. The fantasy elements are presented well and subtly.

Recommended to adults as a quick read and to most young adults.

Index 2008

December's Book Menu

1. Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey
2. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
3. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
4. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

2008 Plan

Here we go again. :) Now that I have things in more of a semblance of order I'm going to try to revive this. Here are the new rules.

1. shooting for 200 books again.

2. 50-75 Young Adult or Teen books
Being an English teacher, I'm finding I need to brush up on some of what 'these kids, read these days'

3. At least 10% Non Fiction

4. At least 10% books written in the last 5 years so copy right date of at least 2003

Books can qualify for multiple categories so it's not as bad as it seems. For example, a YA book on the history of science fiction published in 2006 would qualify for 3 of the categories.

so wish me luck ;)

Blind Commentary

Ok. I admit it. Work kicked my ever-loving ass and I'm not sure I'm past the worst yet. I'm truly sorry to all of you who used to check this blog on a regular basis. Despair not, the plan is to start back up either in November or on New Years. It depends greatly on the amount of time on my hands this weekend. In any case. Sorry!

22. The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells (120 pgs)

Rating: 3

The time traveller travels into the distant future and returns to recount his experiences to his astonished friends after a dinner party. His tale is of a dichotomous society degenerating as a result of an inherent imbalance. As proof, he has only a couple of crumpled flowers and a few scars on his hands. Touching at times, and stereotypical of works written in the same period, The Time Machine is a intellectual musing of the distant future of man kind.



It's a fast read and probably deserves its status as a science fiction classic. The commentary on human nature and where Well's sees it leading us is interesting although I don't necessarily agree with his conclusion. The themes make it apparent that it is coming out of the onset of the industrial age.

Generally recommended. It's short and it's a classic...what do you have to lose?

21. The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing 2nd ed. (NF)

By Charles Papazian (398 pgs)



Rating: 4


Everything you need to get started brewing beer at home, well almost everything. You still need a huge brew pot and a great big bucket, as well as a number of other sundry items, but certainly everything you need to know to start brewing. The second edition is split into three sections: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. The beginner section runs the reader through the brewing of a very basic beer. The intermediate section gets into the 'whys' of how the process works and includes more involved recipes. The advanced section...is scary ;)

The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing is a reasonably well written manual. There are a couple of details that could use a bit more treatment but the information is all there if one looks for it. The third edition came out a couple of years ago and I suspect that many of the unclear details were resolved in that edition.

Recommended to beer lovers even if you'd never attempt to brew beer yourself.

May and June list....April just didn't happen.

Well, I suppose its obvious there's been a melt down. I'm about 12 reviews behind (give or take) and I'm just generally behind on my reading. So I'm going to focus on catching up on my reviews. This list is going to get added to as I go to increase flexibility. I've decided that I have no interest in reading any more dune books, so the last one has been permenantly dropped from the list. Also, since the new harry potter is about to come out I've decided to reread them all again. Deep breath.....here we go.

1. M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link by Robert Asprin
2. Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections by Robert Asprin
3. M.Y.T.H. Inc. In Action by Robert Asprin
4. Sweet Myth-tery of Life by Robert Asprin
5. Myth-ion Improbable by Robert Asprin
6. Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. by Robert Asprin
7. Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
8. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
9. A Dirty Job: A Novel by Christopher Moore
10. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
11. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
12. Night by Elie Wiesel (NF)
13. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
14. Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
15. Cookwise by Shirley Corriher (NF)
16. Wicca by Peter Cunningham (NF)
17. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
18. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
19. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
20. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram (NF)
21. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
22. The Day of the Dissonance by Alan Dean Foster
23. Eats Shoots & Leaves: A Zero Tolerance Guide to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (NF)
24. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone by J.K. Rowling
26. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
28. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling
30. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
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20. Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides (544 pgs)

Rating: 4

Cal Stephanides was raised as Calliope for the first 16 years of his life. Cal is a hermaphrodite. No one knew, not even Cal. The novel goes back three generations explaining how this unlikely recessive trait ended up in Cal. It traces his grandparent's flight from Greece, to his parents and their life in Detroit, all the way up to Cal's own childhood and discovery of hi unique physiology.

There are some graphic bits in here, but nothing I would consider offensive. There are parts that are enthralling and there are bits that are draggingly slow. Given the size, it took me a fairly large chunk of time to finish reading this. The characters are extremely well portrayed and the explanation for how some things happened was pretty believable. I had an additional draw in that I was raised in and about the Detroit areas where it was set. The description of the race riots was very interesting for me.

Recommended for people interested in gender identity issues and people who live in Detroit.

19. The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime

by Jasper Fforde (400 pgs)

Rating: 4

Jack Spratt, leader of the Nursery Crimes Division, is called to investigate the death of one Mr. Humpty Dumpty. Humpty, found at the base of a wall, is in pieces and it is not immediately clear whether he fell or pushed. For DI Spratt, however, this would be routine case gets more and more complicated as department infighting threatens his career and a looming evaluation by the Guild of Detectives overshadows his every move.

This is not a children's book. This is an important thing to realize if one is to read this book. It's basically crime noir done over with nursery characters. I keep picturing Spratt as a very thin Humphry Bogart. It's pretty silly but the internal cohesiveness of the narrative makes up for it. All in all, I think it's a worthwhile, if somewhat quick, read.

Recommended for lovers of nursery rhymes and people jonesing for a quick read.

March List

Hello everyone. Sorry about being a few days late. I had the flu. No really. The real flu. It's about as much fun as they say it is too. I also didn't get a lot read. The freelancing gig is taking up way much more of my time than I thought it would. Hopefully I should be done within a week or two though so on to March! Lot's of repeaters and a few thrown in just because I know I can knock 'em out quickly and painlessly. I'll role February's books into March's recap.

1. M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link by Robert Asprin
2. Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections by Robert Asprin
3. M.Y.T.H. Inc. In Action by Robert Asprin
4. Sweet Myth-tery of Life by Robert Asprin
5. Myth-ion Improbable by Robert Asprin
6. Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. by Robert Asprin
7. Cookwise by Shirley Corriher (NF)
8. Wicca by Peter Cunningham (NF)
9. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
10. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
11. Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert
12. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
13. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
14. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram (NF)
15. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin
16. The Day of the Dissonance by Alan Dean Foster
17. Eats Shoots & Leaves: A Zero Tolerance Guide to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (NF)
18. Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
19. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
20. A Dirty Job: A Novel by Christopher Moore