Sunday, November 30, 2008

Who loves Edward Gorey?

187. Inked: 42 people, 42 stories. By Carey Hart

188. The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

189. Donald & the ... by Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey

190. The Iron Tonic: Or a Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley by Edward Gorey

191. The Object-Lesson by Edward Gorey

192. Donald has a Difficulty by Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey

193. While You Are Sleeping by Alexis Deacon

194. Bats in the Library, written & illustrated by Brian Lis

195. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (re)

196. Different Dances by Shel Silverstein (re)

197. The Glass of Time by Micheal Cox (sequel to The Meaning of Night)

198. The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris (sequel to Chocolat)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

whoo-ho! Look! Two posts in a month!

178. Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (re)

179. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (re)

180. The Dying Animal by Philip Roth (I read this after watching Elegy which is a movie based on the novel. The narration of the moview was exceedingly well written and I was delighted to find that most of my favorite lines were direct quotes. I may need to read more Philip Roth.)

181. A Soul in a Bottle by Tim Powers

182. Boris & Bella by Carolyn Crimi & Gris Grimly (Picture book about getting along with people with different cleanliness values. Illustrations reminecent of the world of Tim Burton.

183. Stellaluna by Jenell Cannon (Picture book about a bat learning how she is differnt from birds. Delightful illustrations could easily stand alone.)

184. Once Upon a Tine in the North by Philip Pullman (Takes place in Lyra's world (see Golden Compass) but not in Oxford instead this is a story of the cowboy aeronaut and how he came to befriend the polar bear prince.)

185. Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey (re)

186. Paris: City of Light by Xavier Richer, Jean-Marie Boelle & Ian Trickett

Sunday, November 2, 2008

154. Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas

155. Frank Miller's Sin City: Vol. 1- The Hard Goodbye

156. Frank Miller's Sin City: Vol. 2- A Dame to Kill For

157. Learning to Love You More by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July

158. Reading Women by Stefan Bollmann

159. White Oleander by Janet Fitch

160. Frank Miller's Sin City: Vol. 3-The Big Fat Kill

161. One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keefe

162. The Most Beautiful Libraries in The World, photos by Guillaume De Laubier, text by Jacques Bosser, foreword by James H. Billington

163. Lady in the Water: a bedtime story by M. Night Shyamalan

164. Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Novels

165. Warriors of Art: A Guide to Contemporary Japanese Artists by Yumi Yamaguchi

166. 1000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspiring Mixed Media ATCs by Patricia Bolton

167. 100 Butterflies and Moths by Jeffery C. Miller, Daniel H. Janzen, adn Winifred Hall

168. The Book of Air and Shadows by Micheal Gruber

169. Road Trip! Zits Sketchbook #7

170. Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (Unexpectedly wonderous.)

171. The Tale of Genji: art by Yoshitak Amano

172. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Delicious.)

173. Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey

174. After School Nightmare Vol. 8 by Setona Mizushiro

175. Apartment Therapy presents Real Homes, Real People, hundreds of Design Solutions by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan with Jill Slater and Janel Laban

176. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (re)

177. God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo (re)