Sunday 27 January 2008

Monthly Book Wants

I am, frankly, bored and as entertaining as American tellie is (and how I SHOULD be writing or at LEAST preparing myself for the new semester), I have decided to do a monthly list of books I want to read.

List: Choices from various monthly listings

1. House Lust: America's Obsession with Our Homes; non-fiction, by Daniel McGinn
2. The Dead Father's Club; fiction, by Matt Haig
3. Homecoming: A Novel; fiction, by Bernhard Schlink
4. Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home; non-fiction, by Kim Sunee
5. Brisingr; fiction, by Christopher Paolini
6. The Astoning Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Vol. 1: The Pox Party; fiction, M.T. Anderson


List: Snipits from my personal list that is ridiculously long


1. The Zen of Fish: The Story of Shushi, from Samurai to Supermarket; non-fiction, Trevor Corson
2. The McDonalization of Society; non-fiction, George Ritzer
3. Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew; non-fiction, Samuel Fromartz
4. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think; non-fiction, Brian Wansink
5. Food Fight; non-fiction, Kelly Bronwell

Currently Reading: Twinkies, Deconstructed by Steve Ettlinger
Currently Watching: Misc TV, History Channel
Currently Listening: Kyrie, Death Note OST