a year of books

books read from 09/10 until the end of the year:

my little war, louis paul boon (3.6)
the book of words jenny erpenbeck (4.5)
without randie lipkin (3.0)
anastasia: the riddle of anna anderson peter kurth (4.3)
the quest for anastasia: solving the mystery of the lost romanovs john klier and helen mingay (4.6)
the sound of water: haiku translated by sam hamill (4.7)
one man’s moon” translation by cid corman (4.2)
classic haiku: a master’s selection yuzcoru miura (4.3)
into the wild jon krakauer (4.8)
fifty days of solitude doris grumbach (3.0)
hanged at auschwitz sim kessel (4.5)
helter skelter: the true story of the manson murders vincent bugliosi (4.5)
harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone jk rowling (5.0)
harry potter and the chamber of secrets jk rowling (5.0)

highest rating is five.


if you’ve read any great books this year, tell me all about them. i’m constantly looking for something new to read. or, do you have opinions on bukowski, burroughs or virginia woolf? if so, those are on my list of books to read so i’d love to hear what you thought.

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10th Jan 2011✧17:031 note

"this i learned standing in the middle of a quiet room in a quiet house, like a curtain. i heard all that quiet. it made noise."

~   doris grumbach, fifty days of solitude
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23rd Oct 2010✧22:39

"my daughter once spent hours in the impressionist rooms, came back to our house, and amazed us by discussing the pictures she had seen in the order the hung on the walls."

~   doris grumbach, fifty days of solitude
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23rd Oct 2010✧21:27

"he had been dead some months, but was often present in my quiet house when i slept, out of his bed and once, curiously, lying beside me in mine."

~   doris grumbach, fifty days of solitude
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22nd Oct 2010✧20:15

"i believed they were here and so i saw them far more clearly than the pictures of my grandchildren or drawings framed on the walls."

~   doris grumbach, fifty days of solitude
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4th Oct 2010✧22:28

"the reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves were present, because for so long our existence depended upon assurances from them. how long could we live apart from others before we began to doubt our existence?"

~   doris grumbach, fifty days of solitude
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4th Oct 2010✧22:251 note
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