http://squirl.info/collection/show/24 I'm tired of having this list exist on 700 little scraps of paper distributed throughout my pockets, so here it is, consolidated. Copyright 2008 Squirl LLC Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:17:54 +0000 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:17:54 UTC http://squirl.info http://squirl.info/images/header_squirllogo.gif http://squirl.info/collection/show/24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/4973?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="On Bullshit" height="151" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2008/1/31i-FSEPxQL_157182.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:55:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/4973?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1895?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Novels)" height="155" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/11/0141301155.01.LZZZZZZZ_63752.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:54 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1895?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/687?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley" height="153" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0316332976.01.LZZZZZZZ_17673.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Second half of Peter Guralnicks rise-and-fall two volume biography. Fascinating and depressing.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:38 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/687?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/686?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley" height="153" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0316332259.01.LZZZZZZZ_17670.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />First half of Guralnick's two-part bio, covers his life up until he gets drafted. I love the cover photo.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:38 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/686?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/522?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master" height="125" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/020161622X.01.LZZZZZZZ_12191.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:36 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/522?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/521?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age" height="160" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0596006624.01.LZZZZZZZ_12176.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:36 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/521?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/413?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics)" height="152" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0192801694.01.LZZZZZZZ_6388.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/413?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/417?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="We (Modern Library Classics)" height="154" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/081297462X.01.LZZZZZZZ_6439.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Reading dystopian novels right now seems like an act of masochism -- the news is bleak enough. Lately I've been more drawn to Gene Kelly musicals and escapist TV-on-DVD, like "Scrubs". But eventually, when the world seems less fucked up or my skin gets thicker, I'd like to read this. Salong wrote an <a href="http://salon.com/books/review/2006/09/01/zamyatin/">interesting piece</a> about it recently.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/417?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/416?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Beach" height="156" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/1573226521.01.LZZZZZZZ_6421.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Beth says to read this. So I'm gonna read it. She actually says she had a major fetish for it a few years ago, so I definitely have to read it, if only to discover why.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/416?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/415?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Great Gatsby" height="156" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0743273567.01.LZZZZZZZ_6418.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Re-read, for this one. I remember loving this book, but the reasons why have grown hazy. Want to refresh.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/415?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/414?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly (The Penguin American Library)" height="153" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0140390030.01.LZZZZZZZ_6391.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/414?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/412?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Daniel Deronda (Penguin Classics)" height="157" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/9/0140434275.01.LZZZZZZZ_6385.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:34 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/412?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/324?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Hotel Honolulu: A Novel" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0618219153.01.LZZZZZZZ_4702.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Recommended by msc.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:33 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/324?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/275?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Emperor's Children" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/030726419X.01.LZZZZZZZ_4202.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />The NYT just gave this an over the top review, which piqued my interest. <div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:32 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/275?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/271?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Angle of Repose (Contemporary American Fiction)" height="152" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/014016930X.01.LZZZZZZZ_3983.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Our friends Adam and Pascale gave this encomiums -- it's been our both our lists for a while, but sadly kd's copy was thieved at some point.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:32 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/271?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/228?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But...: Backstage Gossip from American Idol &amp; the Secrets that Can Make You a Star" height="151" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0767917413.01.LZZZZZZZ_2551.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Just kidding -- I'd rather stick pencils in my eyes than read this book. But thought it leavened the thousand page tomes a little.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:31 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/228?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/227?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 2)" height="151" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/067973371X.01.LZZZZZZZ_2545.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:31 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/227?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/226?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1)" height="152" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0679729453.01.LZZZZZZZ_2542.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />The Power Broker, also by Caro, is an amazing book. Have wanted to read this and its companion for a while.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:31 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/226?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/207?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)" height="154" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0141439629.01.LZZZZZZZ_2182.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:31 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/207?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/150?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The God of Small Things" height="151" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0060977493.01.LZZZZZZZ_983.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />I thought I might not actually have to read this -- Kristy has read so many passages aloud to me while she's been reading it, it might have been sufficient. Those passages are so delightful, though, that I'm looking forward to getting them in context.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:30 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/150?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/146?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" height="154" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0375761195.01.LZZZZZZZ_900.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />I lifted a copy of this years ago from a coffee shop where it was clearly being used as decoration -- I thought it deserved to be read. I've heard it compared to "Gravity's Rainbow," which is weird (both the comparison and the book), and I recently saw the movie, which was hyterical, but I suspect barely related to the book at all -- perhaps in tone. What's with the psychedelic cover on this copy?<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:30 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/146?c=Book&cid=24 http://squirl.info/asset/show/81?c=Book&cid=24 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set" height="96" src="http://squirl.info/users/j/n/john/images/2006/8/0201485419.01.LZZZZZZZ_593.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />I've read sections of the 'Algorithms' volume, but would like to read the whole thing. Bit of a wade at times, I hear, but I think worth it.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:29 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/81?c=Book&cid=24