Monday, December 31, 2007

Best Finds of 2007- II

These are some of the books I picked up after I began the blog. I have written about finding these books in the posts under 'Book Junkie'.

AUGUST

-All Fishermen are Liars by Linda Greenlaw
-Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
-Long Quiet Highway: Waking up in America by Natalie Goldberg
-To The Ends of the Earth by Paul Theroux
-Ballad of Sad Café by Carson McCullers
-Dave Barry’s Guide to Guys by Dave Barry
-The Paris Review; Writers at Work
-The Law at Randado by Elmore Leonard
-Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
-Blind Willow, Sleepy Woman by Haruki Murakami

SEPTEMBER

-Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming
-Bandits by Elmore Leonard
-Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
-Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
-Summing Up by Somerset Maugham
-Collectible Fountain Pens
-Just Desserts by Jerry Oppenheimer
-Black Betty by Walter Mosley
-City Primeval by Elmore Leonard


OCTOBER

-Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway by Dave Barry
-A Call to Memphis by Peter Taylor
-Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
-Claudio Magris- Danube
-The Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman
-Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux
-How to Write a Romance and Get Published by Kathryn Falk

NOVEMBER
-A Writer’s Handbook 2002
-Bandits by Elmore Leonard
-Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
-Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
-God’s Pocket by Pete Dexter -Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard
-52’ Pickup by Elmore Leonard
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
-Ragman’s Son by Kirk Douglas
-The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw


DECEMBER

-The Golden Leaf by Doris Lessing
-Sophie’s Choice by William Styron -
-A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen -
-The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani
-The Big Bounce by Elmore Leonard
-Creative Writing by Cartier
-On the Road by Jack Kerouac
-At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard
-Our Private Lives edited by Daniel Halpern
-Book Finds by Ian C Ellis
-Best Writing on Writing

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