February 2010

A lot of short stories.

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Interrogative Mood, Padgett Powell
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
A Universal History of Iniquity, Jorge Luis Borges
Manhood for Amateurs, Michael Chabon

January 2010

Books:

Vacation, Deb Olin Unferth

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, Zadie Smith

Movies:

The Rules of the Game

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

End of the year.

November:

Books:

Vertigo, W.G. Sebald
Oblivion, David Foster Wallace
The Lemon Tree, Sandy Tolan
The Canine Good Citizen: Every Dog Can Be One, Jack and Wendy Volhard

Movies:

Enchanted April
Nine Lives
Brick

December:

Books:

If on a winter's night a traveler, Italo Calvino
Whatever It Takes, Paul Tough (about the Harlem Children's Zone)

Movies:

The Princess Bride
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mon Oncle
The Usual Suspects

The tally for 2009, in terms of books read this year? 65. A strong start to the year, but it ended with a whimper. At least I can say with conviction that I had a good reason to be distracted from reading, and that reason begins with an L.