{"id":1691,"date":"2009-03-18T02:40:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T07:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/womantalk.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1691"},"modified":"2011-03-06T22:59:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-06T22:59:23","slug":"books-read-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?page_id=1691","title":{"rendered":"Read in 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my (incomplete, sorry) book list for 2008. I also fill in the gaps with the New Yorker<\/em>, Artforum<\/em>, Mothering<\/em>, Martha Stewart Living<\/em> , Dwell<\/em>, KoreAm<\/em>, and Vogue<\/em> – as far as print goes. Damn, I get a lot of magazines… To view my cyber reading habits, look under my Links page<\/a>. You can see my Books Read 2007 list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life<\/em><\/strong> by Geshe Michael Roach.<\/li>\n
  2. The Secret Life of the Unborn Child<\/strong><\/em> by Thomas Verny, M.D., with John Kelly<\/li>\n
  3. Getting Things Done <\/em><\/strong>by David Allen (just finished it for a second time)<\/li>\n
  4. Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth<\/strong><\/em> by Ina May Gaskin (excellent inspirational reading for expecting mothers)<\/li>\n
  5. Any Place I Hang My Hat<\/strong><\/em> by Susan Isaacs (fast, fun read)<\/li>\n
  6. Away<\/strong><\/em> by Amy Bloom<\/li>\n
  7. Almost Moon<\/strong><\/em> by Alice Sebold (abandoned this one because I didn’t want to read about somebody killing her mother while I was pregnant)<\/li>\n
  8. And Then We Came to the End<\/em><\/strong> by Joshua Ferris<\/li>\n
  9. Human Wishes<\/strong><\/em> by Robert Hass (poetry)<\/li>\n
  10. Birthing from Within<\/strong><\/em> by Pam England and Rob Horowitz<\/li>\n
  11. Guns, Germs, and Steel<\/strong><\/em> by Jared Diamond (on audio)<\/li>\n
  12. And Then We Came to the End<\/strong><\/em> by Joshua Ferris<\/li>\n
  13. The Golden Spruce<\/strong><\/em> by John Valliant<\/li>\n
  14. A Piece of Cake<\/strong><\/em> by Cupcake Brown<\/li>\n
  15. Twilight<\/strong><\/em> by Stephanie Meyer<\/li>\n
  16. New Moon<\/strong><\/em> by Stephanie Meyer<\/li>\n
  17. Eclipse<\/strong><\/em> by Stephanie Meyer<\/li>\n
  18. Breaking Dawn<\/strong><\/em> by Stephanie Meyer<\/li>\n
  19. Speed Cleaning<\/strong><\/em> by Jeff Campbell and the Clean Team<\/li>\n
  20. Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene<\/strong><\/em> by Ingrid Bauer<\/li>\n
  21. The Host<\/strong><\/em> by Stephanie Meyer<\/li>\n
  22. All’s Quiet on the Western Front<\/strong><\/em> by Erich Maria Remarque<\/li>\n
  23. Nellcott is my Darling<\/strong><\/em> by Golda Fried<\/li>\n
  24. In Revere, In Those Days<\/em><\/strong> by Roland Merullo<\/li>\n
  25. Mademoiselle Boleyn<\/strong> <\/strong><\/em>by Robin Maxwell<\/li>\n
  26. Louder Than Words<\/strong><\/em> by Jenny McCarthy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I used to meet with a bookclub once a month in Palm Desert, California – we were mostly teachers and one school psychologist. I read with them for only a year, but they have been meeting for several years. You can see their complete book list here.<\/a>
    \nOther Book Lists <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Caryn is a French-speaking, tree-hugging, yoga-teaching brainiac who happens to reside in Joshua Tree. She also writes poetry and crusades against insensitivity around the world. If you are curious as to what she’s feeding her brain, you can check out her current reading list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And here<\/a> you can find a Best 100 Novels list by Random House. There are actually two lists: one by the board and one by readers.<\/p>\n

    Literary Blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Elegant Variation <\/a>– a blog written by LA-based writer Mark Sarvas. He has the reputation of being a jerk, but I don’t know yet if that rap is merited. His blog looks interesting and smart, and he covers substantial literary ground. His blog also been noticed and awarded things on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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