À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for January.

Bought:

  • Matthew Eck “The Farther Shore”
  • Bill Holm “The Windows of Brimnes”
  • Vendela Vida “Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name”
  • Elizabeth Crane “You Must Be This Happy to Enter”
  • Paul Park “A Princess of Roumania” (sci fi/fantasy)
  • Walter Mosley “Fortunate Son”
  • Elliot Perlman “Three Dollars”
  • Robert Hass “Time and Materials” (poems 1997-2005)
  • Making Out in Japanese
  • Patricia Briggs “Iron Kissed”
  • Pat Barker “Life Class”
  • Zachary Lazar “Sway”

Read:
  • Nick Hornby “Housekeeping vs. the Dirt”
  • The Oxford Book of Short Stories, edited by A.S. Byatt
  • Natasha Trethewy “Native Guard” (poetry)
  • Adrian McKinty “Dead I Well May Be” (library book of Silvia’s)
  • Walter Mosley “Fortunate Son”
  • Denis Johnson “Tree of Smoke”
  • Elizabeth Crane “You Must Be This Happy to Enter”

I have yet to write up a single book I read in January. Perhaps later this week. Perhaps.

Playlist: “Why Are You Breaking My Heart?”

An old playlist rediscovered this week-end. I quite like it, and playlists don’t always stand the test of time. (Party playlists seem to be especially time period-specific.) Not sure who was breaking my heart in Fall 2006, but perhaps I was just in the mood to have it be broken. Sonically, that is.

Why Are You Breaking My Heart?

  • “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (cover) – Joseph Arthur
  • “I Don’t Care What You Call Me” – David Ford
  • “I Go to the Barn Because I like the” – Band of Horses
  • “Boston” – Augustana
  • “Winding Up” – Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
  • “What Does It Mean Now?” – World Party
  • “Skeleton Key” – Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
  • “Never Yours” – Tracy Chapman
  • “Unspoken Love” – The Electric Farm
  • “Home” – Barenaked Ladies
  • “You” – Switchfoot
  • “That’s How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart” – Aimee Mann
  • “Jessie’s Girl” (cover) – Matt the Electrician
  • “Steady as We Go” – Dave Matthews
  • “Slow New York” – Richard Julian
  • “We Are Man and Wife” – Michelle Featherstone
  • “All This Dust” – Canasta