Daily Archives: December 29, 2008

Books Read in 2008

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Duff

• The Scarecrow and His Servant, by Philip Pullman (12/29)
  
• Disquiet, by Julia Leigh (12/28)
  
• Silver Wings for Vicki, by Helen Wells (12/28)
  
• If the River Was Whiskey, by T. Coraghessan Boyle (12/25) (stories)
  
• Black & White, by Dani Shapiro (12/22)
  
• A Spy in the Family; An Erotic Comedy, by Alec Waugh (12/22)
  
• A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both: Stories about Human Love, by Ben Greenman (12/21)
  
• Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan (12/20)
  
• The Trial, by Kafka (12/12)
  
• Deaf Sentence, by David Lodge (12/3)
  
• The Lover’s Knot, by Clare O’Donohue (12/1)
  
• The Way of Shadows, by Brent Weeks (11/30)
  
• The Oxford Book of Short Stories, edited by V.S. Pritchett (11/29)
  
• The Conversations at Curlow Creek, by David Malouf (10/31)
  
• The New Granta Book of the American Short Story, edited by Richard Ford (10/31)
  
• Her Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik (10/19)
  
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (10/09)
  
• Iodine, by Haven Kimmel (9/24)
  
• Sway, by Zachary Lazar (9/20)
  
• Dead Boys, by Richard Lange (9/15) (stories)
  
• The Man Without Qualities, Vol 1, by Robert Musil (9/7)
  
• The Hob’s Bargain, by Patricia Briggs (8/19)
  
• Bolt, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  
• Break In, by Dick Francis (8/11) (re-read, many times over)
  
• Unmentionables, by Beth Ann Fennelly (8/3) (poetry)
  
• Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, ed. by Jason T. Eberl (8/3)
  
• Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (8/2)
  
• The Likeness, by Tana French (8/2)
  
• Peeps, by Scott Westerfeld (7/26)
  
• Finding Battlestar Galactica, an Unauthorized Guide, ed. by Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, & Hillary Robson (7/24)
  
• Absurdistan, A Novel, by Gary Shteyngart (7/20)
  
• Trespass, by Valerie Martin (7/7)
  
• Nothing to Lose, by Lee Child (6/29)
  
• Dark Roots, by Cate Kennedy (6/25) (stories)
  
• Lush Life, by Richard Price (6/23)
  
• Life Class, by Pat Barker (6/16)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 3, by David Bassom (6/13)
  
• Raven’s Strike, by Patricia Briggs (6/12)
  
• The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck (6/11)
  
• Raven’s Shadow, by Patricia Briggs (6/10)
  
• War with the Newts, by Karel Capek (6/9)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season 2, by David Bassom (6/8)
  
• Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion, by David Bassom (6/6)
  
• The Collected Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer (5/31) (stories)
  
• The Final Detail, by Harlan Coben (5/24)
  
• One False Move, by Harlan Coben (5/22)
  
• Dragon Blood, by Patricia Briggs (5/20)
  
• Dragon Bones, by Patricia Briggs (5/18)
  
• The Devil of Nanking, by Mo Hayder (5/10)
  
• Slam, by Nick Hornby (5/4)
  
• Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (5/2)
  
• Just One Look, by Harlan Coben (5/2)
  
• Back Spin, by Harlan Coben (4/29)
  
• The Death of Virgil, by Hermann Broch (4/28)
  
• Fade Away, by Harlan Coben (4/28)
  
• The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff (4/22)
  
• Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos (4/18)
  
• Drop Shot, by Harlan Coben (4/13)
  
• The Watchman, a Joe Pike novel, by Robert Crais (4/5)
  
• The Tourmaline, by Paul Park (3/30)
  
• The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie (3/26)
  
• Let`s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, by Carl Wilson (3/25)
  
• The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin (3/24)
  
• Ms. Pettigrew Lives for the Day, by Winifred Watson (3/22)
  
• The Hounds and the Fury, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20 or 21 while crossing international date line)
  
• The Hunt Ball, by Rita Mae Brown (3/20)
  
• The Complete Stories, by David Malouf (3/19) (stories)
  
• The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist, by Richard P. Feynman (3/3)
  
• The Good Soldier Svejk, by Jaroslav Hasek (2/28)
  
• The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (2/19)
  
• A Princess of Roumania, by Paul Park (2/18)
  
• Iron Kissed, by Patricia Briggs (2/1)
  
• You Must Be This Happy to Enter, by Elizabeth Crane (1/31) (stories)
  
• Tree of Smoke, by Denis Johnson (1/29)
  
• Fortunate Son, by Walter Mosley (1/27)
  
• Dead I Well May Be, by Adrian McKinty (1/27)
  
• Native Guard, by Natasha Trethewey (1/25) (poetry)
  
• The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, edited by A.S. Byatt (1/24) (stories)
  
• Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, by Nick Hornby (1/1)
  

Duff at the Movies 2008

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Duff

• Bolt! (12/28)
  
• Milk (11/28)
  
• Quantum of Solace (11/15)
  
• Expresso Bongo (11/8) (1959)
  
• Terribly Happy (Chicago Film Festival)(10/26)(Danish)
  
• Snow (Chicago FIlm Festival)(10/25)(Bosnian)
  
• Julia (Chicago Film Festival)(10/24)
  
• Country Wedding (Chicago Film Festival)(10/24)(Icelandic)
  
• The Girl by the Lake (Chicago Film Festival)(10/23) (Italian)
  
• Two Lovers (Chicago Film Festival)(10/22)
  
• Zach and Miri Make a Porno (Chicago Film Festival)(10/21)
  
• Everlasting Moments (Chicago Film Festival)(10/21) (Swedish)
  
• North Starr (Chicago Film Festival)(10/19)
  
• Hunger (Chicago Film Festival)(10/19)
  
• Surveillance (Chicago Film Festival)(10/18)
  
• Sparrow (Chicago Film Festival)(10/18) (Chinese)
  
• Let the Right One In (Chicago Film Festival)(10/17) (Swedish)
  
• Wendy & Lucy (Chicago Film Festival)(10/17)
  
• The Pleasure of Being Robbed (Chicago Film Festival) (10/17)
  
• The Duchess (10/16)
  
• Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (10/5)
  
• Burn After Reading (9/27)
  
• Tropic Thunder (9/21)
  
• Wall-E (8/9)
  
• The Dark Knight (7/22)
  
• Wanted (6/29)
  
• The Fall (6/14)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (6/8)
  
• Sex and the City (5/31)
  
• Redbelt (5/25)
  
• Iron Man (5/20)
  
• Made of Honor (5/4)
  
• Leatherheads (4/24)
  
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (4/12)
  
• Be Kind, Rewind (3/2)
  
• Vantage Point (2/24)
  
• Cloverfield (2/18)
  
• There Will Be Blood (2/10)
  
• Beowulf (IMAX) (1/9)
  
• Atonement (1/1)