prolix's "books i'd like to read"
I’m a librarian. This is the list where I keep track of things I run into, or read reviews of, and want to read. I never make real statistical progress on it, because for every book I finish, six more find their way onto my desk.
I read young adult (YA) and children’s fiction, fantasy and sci-fi, non-fiction, contemporary fiction, short stories, biographies and memoirs, and the occasional graphic novel. Sometimes things find their way onto this list, not because I have particular enthusiasm for them, but because my curiosity has been sparked by a request from a library visitor. (Like Twilight, which is the most popular book in the world for some reason.)
Beginning in late March, 2006…
June, 2008: Landmark: 150 books read (some of them very short, but some of them also <Blindness>
Mid-March, 2009: 185 books read! That’s more than 61 books a year, 1.18 books a week…
Nov, 2009: 222 books read.
June 2010: 254 books read.
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68.?The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media  [WORK OF ART IN AGE OF ITS] [Paperback]by Walter(Author) ; Jennings, Michael W.(Editor); Doherty, Brigid(Editor) Benjamin
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174.
Gossip Girl #7: Nobody Does It Better: A Gossip Girl Novel (Gossip Girl Novels)by Cecily von Ziegesar
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203.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Partyby M.T. Anderson
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261.
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boyby Jeanne Birdsall
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300.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)by Italo Calvino
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308.
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Booksby Nicholas A. Basbanes
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359.
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369.
Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarterby Steven Johnson
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413.
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415.
The Book of Ratings: Opinions, Grades, and Assessments of Everything Worth Thinking Aboutby Lore Fitzgerald Sjoberg
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Existential Joss Whedon: Evil And Human Freedom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly And Serenityby J. Michael Richardson
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423.
Under the Bridge / Bajo El Puente: Stories from the Border/Relatos Desde La Fronteraby Rosario Sanmiguel
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470.
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurusby Joshua Kendall
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485.
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502.
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (P.S.)by Michael Chabon
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513.
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