Wednesday, September 15, 2010

88. Ooku: the Inner Chanbers. vol. 2. by Fumi Yoshinaga

89. Ooku: the Inner Chambers. Vol 3. by Fumi Yoshinaga

90. Dreaming of Dior by Charlotta Smith, ill. by Grant Cowan (A bunch of nice little stories matched with amazing illlustrations of the dresses the women of the stories wore.)

91. Spendor by Anna Godberson

92. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

93. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson (The original title in Swedish translates to "Men Who Hate Women," and although fitting in many ways I would probably not have read this if that had been the title in english. I love this book and the main female character even if she is only sparsely characterized early in the book. She was instantly added to my fictional rolemodels. Not for the faint of heart; well worth the time.)

94. By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Ann Peters

95. Scott Pilgrim (vol 5.) vs. The Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley

96. The Good Body by Eve Ensler

97. Angelography by Danielle Trussoni

98. Chobits. 1. by Clamp

99. Britten & Bulightly: a graphic novel by Hannah Berry

100. French Milk by Lucy Knisley (a fun sketchbook travel journal of paris. full of all those little details that make a reality.)

101. The Meaning of Herbs: Myth, Language & Lore by Gretchen Scoble & Ann Field

102. Chobits. 2. by Clamp

103. Chobits 3 by Clamp

104. Design Your Life: The Pleasures & Perils of Everyday Things by Ellen & Julia Lupton (recommended by JB. A series of fun little essays about the every day things that generally go unnoticed because of how common they are. instills a lingering tendancy to thing about why things like toasters and bras look the way they do. wonderful.)

105. Show Me How: 500 Things You SHould Know: Instructions for life from the everday to the exotic by Derek Fagerstrom, Lauren Smith & the Show Me team. (A wonderful full-color manual on a wonderful array of things. well worth a thourough browse.)

106. Antique Bakery 1. by Fumi Yoshinaga (an earlier comic by the creater of Ooku. the antic of three guys running a french bakery in Japan. romance hijinks between gay & straight characters, the mysteries of personal histories. not as well thought out as Ooku but not inteded to be.)

107. The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha (a delightful list of things that will make you smile no matter what mood you were in when you opened it.)

108. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larrson

109. This is Water: Some Thoughts Delivered on a Signifigant Occasion About Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster Wallace (The speech everyone should get at soem point, or many points, in their life.)

110. Heroes: Saving Charlie: The Untold Story of Hiro & Charlie by Aury Wallington

111. the Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

112. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (re) (Easily & by miles my favorite book about the immegrant experience. no preaching, no whining, just honest & compassion inducing. Apropriate for a human of any age, readign level or lack there of, no words.)

113. Chobits 4 by Clamp

114. Chobits 5 by Clamp

115. Chobits 6 by Clamp

116. M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman. (a little disappointing because so many of the stories have appeared in other collections, nothing against the stories themselves. Neil is always a Magician of the highest order.)

117. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: a Flavia De Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley (Flavia has definately joined Witch Baby & Lisbeth Salander on my list of Fictional Rolemodels. She may be eleven but she's a chemistry genius with a knack for poisons, oh but she's the good guy/gal. I don't read a ton of mysteries but I can imagine resisting any bit of snooping Flavia might let me tag along for.)

118. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: a Flavia De Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley (No more Flavia until February 2011, very sad.)

119. Lulu Meets God & Doubts Him: A Novel by Danielle Ganeck (The title is the title of painting that is the lust-point for most of the characters in this book. not a bad book, but I probably wouldn't have finished it if I hadn't been missing New York at the moment & mourning the wait for Flavia, Lisbeth & manga.)

120. The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault (A fun little mystery in a dictionary office. A treat for etymology geeks. Found by using that Amazon Recommends thing at the bottom of the page for Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie.)

121. Chobits 8 by Clamp

122. The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons

123. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (the third in the Hunger Games trilogy. go read them if you have not. thanks to AR for the recommendation.)

124. Alice in the Country of Hearts. 1. by Soumei Hoshino & Quinrose. (not wonderful, haven't looked to see if there is or will be a sequel, so I guess I don't care. getting kind of tired of people trying to re-write Carroll's mythos, I liked it the way it was.)

125. Skim by Mariko Tamaki & Jilliam Tamaki (graphic novel, first love, the first time you don't tell your best friend the whole truth, being different. very well done.)

126. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (re) (still hilarous.)

127. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (re) (I still love this book, its language and its characters so much... it's very tempting to carry it about like a talisman as I used to with Dangerous Angels.)

128. Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague by Myla Goldberg (a nice little travelogue, keen details from an authoress who seems to be interested in the same kind of little details of culture & curiousity that I would have been. a nice littel respite from the daily.)

129. Black Bird 1 by Kanoko Sakurakoji (a girl who can see demons finds out that her first love was a demon & that now that she is sixteen she is the most desired bride of every demon ever. very ramntic drama with a bit of magic. silly fun escapism.)

130. Black Bird 2

131. Black Bird 3

132. Black Bird 4

133. Black Bird 5

134. Antique Bakery 2

135. Antique Bakery 3 (Long term mystery building. I'll read something that isn't a comic again soon, really.)

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