Currently Reading:
Tender Buttons Gertrude Stein
Oak: The Frame of Civilization, William Bryant Logan
The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems, Willam Stafford
A Guidebook to the Camino de Santiago
Read:
Fiction:
Kiss & Tell, Alain de Botton
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Follow the River, James Alexander Thom
The Plot Against America, Philip Roth
The Patron Saint of Liars, Ann Patchett
Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Started Early, Took My Dog, Kate Atkinson
Non-Fiction:
Writing the Australian Crawl, William Stafford
Exposure Handbook, Chris Weston
Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second, Bryan Peterson
How To Be Alone, Jonathan Franzen
Maphead, Ken Jennings (unabridged audio book)
The Feast Nearby, Robin Mather
Pilgrimage to the End of the World, Conrad Rudolph
Natural: Simple Land Art Through the Seasons, Marc Pouyet
Blue Nights, Joan Didion
Some Assembly Required Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott
I always like other people’s reading lists – because they give an insight into the other person’s life; because they give ideas for my own reading; because they can give a foundation of common experience if I’ve read the same books or authors.
I think so too. A bit like looking through someone’s bookcase. I started listing these so that I could keep a record myself, although I left my 2011 list unattended in the last quarter. My list so far this year looks a bit focused, but by the end of the year should look more diverse.