July 2010

Books Purchased:

To Begin Again by M.F.K. Fisher
The Best of Frank O’Connor edited by Julian Barnes
Legendary Ireland: Journey Through Celtic Places and Myths by Eithne Massey
Questions About Angels by Billy Collins
44 Irish Short Stories edited by Devin A. Garrity
The Gentle Art of Domesticity: Stitching, Baking, Nature, Art & the Comforts of Home by Jane Brocket
Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins
Finny by Justin Kramon

Books Read:

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling  (re-read)
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Pride & Prejudice (Graphic Novel) retold by Nancy Butler (library)
Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden (library)
Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson (library)
Wilson by Daniel Clowes (library)

June 2010

Books Purchased:

The Bible According to Mark Twain edited by Howard G. Baetzhold & Joseph B. McCullough
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Books Read:

The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald (library)
How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
The Lovers by Vendela Vida
The Summer Before by Ann M. Martin (library)
A Secret Map of Ireland by Rosita Boland
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
A.D: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld (library)

May 2010

Books Purchased:

Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
World War Z by Max Brooks
About Alice by Calvin Trillin
In the Neighborhood by Peter Lovenheim
A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright
The Bolter by Frances Osborne
The Book of Idle Pleasures by Tom Hodgkinson and Dan Kieran
The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright by Jean Nathan
I Know I Am But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements by Dwight Garner
Classics for Pleasure by Michael Dirda
A Traveler’s History of Ireland by Peter Neville
A Secret Map of Ireland by Rosita Boland
Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors by Bill Bryson

Books Read:

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (library)
About Alice by Calvin Trillin
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
World War Z by Max Brooks
The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman (re-read)
In the Neighborhood by Peter Lovenheim
Picnic Lightning by Billy Collins

April 2010

Books Purchased:

Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie and Francine Kass
Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden
Backing into Forward by Jules Feiffer
A Summer of Hummingbirds by Christopher E. G. Benfey
Third Helpings by Calvin Trillin
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Candide by Voltaire

Books Read:

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks
Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Alice, Let’s Eat by Calvin Trillin
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (library)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor

March 2010

Books Purchased:

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
About Town: The New Yorker And The World It Made by Ben Yagoda
Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
Around the World With Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Books Read:

Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
American Fried by Calvin Trillin
Caddy Ever After by Hilary McKay (library)
Forever Rose by Hilary McKay (library)
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton (re-read)
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac (library)
Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

February 2010

Books Purchased:

More Six-Word Memoirs edited by Smith Magazine
The Road to McCarthy by Pete McCarthy
Ireland: True Stories of Life on the Emerald Isle edited by James O’Reilly
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

Books Read:

Inklings by Jeffrey Koterba (library)
Stitches by David Small (library)
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay (library)
Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger (re-read)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone

January 2010

Books Purchased:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Kitchen Essays by Agnes Jekyll
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Miss Hargreaves by Frank Baker

Books Read:

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Gua
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (library)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (library)
Indigo’s Star by Hilary McKay (library)
McCarthy’s Bar by Pete McCarthy (library)