Saturday, October 17, 2009

BEING AN UNRELIABLE NARRATION OF BOOKS WHAT I HAVE READ RECENTLY

ALL THE BOOKS I CAN REMEMBER READING IN THE PAST YEAR, IN A HANDY 'LIST' FORM, FOR PURPOSES OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION, ONE-UPMANSHIP, INTERNET KUDOS, DEMONSTRATION OF SELF-ECLECTICISM

(DILIGENCE FAIL: I started to link these and then got bored)

DILIGENCE UPDATE: I finished linking the books. Thanks a lot, Catholic guilt.

I AM READING THESE BOOKS NOW, AS WE INTERFACE


BOOKS NOT TO READ ON PORTUGUESE SUN HOLIDAY (BUT WHICH ARE EMINENTLY ENJOYABLE IN MORE MARITIME CLIMATES)


BOOKS I HAVE BEEN SLOWLY READING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND SUSPECT ARE TOO SMART FOR AN EOIN OF LITTLE BRAIN



BOOKS I HAVE READ TO IMPRESS INDIVIDUALS AND DINNER PARTY GROUPINGS. ALSO TO IMPRESS SELF. MIXED RESULTS

BOOKS THAT REALLY WEREN”T THAT GREAT AT ALL BUT I COULDN'T PUT DOWN. EVEN THOUGH, REALLY. THESE ARE NOW HIDDEN IN THE BOOKSHELF OF SHAME.

BOOKS THAT ARE OF THE SEQUENTIAL ART PERSUASION, WHAT I LOVE, INNIT.

BOOKS THAT I READ FOR “RESEARCH” AND ARE IN FACT SEVENTEEN KINDS OF BRILLIANT


BOOKS I READ BECAUSE THEY SOUNDED LIKE THE BOOK I’M WRITING, BUT HAPPILY AREN’T, WHILE REMAINING OF THEMSELVES, VERY ENJOYABLE


BOOKS THAT CAN ALSO BE USED IN SELF DEFENCE AND AS FLOATING AIDS SHOULD YOUR PLANE CRASH IN THE OCEAN AND YOUR LIFEJACKET FAIL TO INFLATE


BOOKS READ TO IMPRESS CELEBRITY ECONOMISTS AND SO KEEP SELF IN CHEESE AND WINE

BOOKS I OUGHT TO HAVE READ A LONG LONG TIME AGO


BOOKS I BOUGHT ON RECOMMENDATION (AND DID NOT REGRET)


BOOKS READ BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ON SHELF FOR YEARS AND SELF WAS BROKE


BOOKS READ BECAUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL INFATUATION


BOOKS READ OWING TO LONG-STANDING INSECURITY ABOUT NOT BEING DILIGENT ENOUGH IN COLLEGE (I.E. TOO LAZY TO READ COURSE SYLLABUS)


BOOKS READ OUT OF ENVY, JEALOUSY, RAGE


BOOKS READ BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER ONE OF US WILL BLINK FIRST


BOOKS I FORCED MY CHILDREN TO LISTEN TO ME READ

BOOKS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL I WISHED FOR IF I DESIRED PALE MORMON VAMPIRES AND WAS INTO ABSTINENCE.


BOOKS I READ IN DRAFT FORM


BOOKS THAT WERE FUNNY

BOOKS BOUGHT OUT OF OBSESSIVE FANDOM


BOOKS I TELL EVERYONE TO READ. OR WOULD, IF ANYONE ASKED ME WHICH BOOKS EVERYONE OUGHT TO READ. WHICH THEY DON'T DO OFTEN ENOUGH, IF YOU WANT MY OPINION

BOOKS YOU CAN USE FOR MORE THAN GEEKY SOCIAL CLIMBING (BUT CAN HELP IN THIS STRUGGLE ALSO)

BOOKS BOUGHT IN BOOKSHOP SUGAR RUSH THAT REMAIN UNREAD (UNTIL THE GUILT BECOMES TOO MUCH)

NEW BOOKS I CRAVE OWNERSHIP OF

ESSENTIAL BOOKS ABOUT MOUSTACHES

BOOKS I AM WRITING

Are in progress but not quite there yet. It'll be finished soon, honest.

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