[ex libris] books of 2007

[thejunipertree]

This entry is post-dated, so it will always show up as my first entry. If you are reading my journal directly, rather then through a friends list, you'll need to scroll down past this entry to see if I've written anything new. This is my entry for the books I've read in 2007. My list of 2008 books may be found here.

Books marked with an asterik (*) are re-reads.
I re-read books a lot, usually when I'm completely ass out of material to read.




December 2006-January 2007
Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless, by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad
World War Z, by Max Brooks
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants, by Robert Sullivan
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan
The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks, by Susan Casey *
Tainted Love (Hellblazer graphic novel)
All His Engines (Hellblazer graphic novel)
Apocalipstick (Invisibles graphic novel)
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque, by Joyce Carol Oates
The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque, by Joyce Carol Oates
Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville *
The Scar, by Chine Mieville *
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
Lucifer: the Divine Comedy (Lucifer graphic novel, book 4)
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, by S. T. Joshi and H.P. Lovecraft *
More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi, and Peter Cannon *
I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard, by Tom Reynolds
The Books of Great Alta, by Jane Yolen
The Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa, by Kenaz Filan
Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life, by Linda H. Davis
Our Name is Melancholy: The Complete Books of Azrael, by Leilah Wendell *
House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski


February 2007
Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death, by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen *
Fragile Things, by Neil Gaiman *
The Story of Rats: Their Impact on Us, and Our Impact on Them, by S. Anthony Barnett
Un Lun Dun, by China Mieville


March 2007
This Body, by Laurel Doud
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
Mortuary Science: A Sourcebook, by John F. Szabo
The Good Fairies of New York, by Martin Millar
Monsters of the Sea, by Richard Ellis
Geek Love: A Novel, by Katherine Dunn
Chang and Eng, by Darin Strauss
Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom
Preacher Vol. 7: Salvation, by Garth Ennis *
Preacher Vol. 8: All Hell's A-Coming, by Garth Ennis *
Preacher Vol. 9: Alamo, by Garth Ennis *
The Sandman Papers: An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology, by Joe Sanders


April 2007
Hell House, by Richard Matheson
Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
Fowl Weather, by Bob Tarte
Cabal, by Clive Barker *
A Cook's Tour, by Anthony Bourdain
Virgin: The Untouched History, by Hanne Blank
Requiem for a Dream. by Hubert Selby Jr.
The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong, by Barry Glassner
Night Watch, by Sergei Lukyanenko
The Areas of My Expertise, by John Hodgman


May 2007
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, by A. J. Jacobs
Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel, by Joe Hill


June 2007
Kushiel's Dart, by Jacqueline Carey
Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee, by Pamela Druckerman
Daywatch, by Sergei Lukyanenko
Slut! Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation, by Leora Tanenbaum
An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality, by Jill Fields


July 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, by J.K. Rowling
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks, by Susan Carey *
Saga of the Swamp Thing, Volume 1, by Alan Moore *
Kushiel's Chosen, by Jacqueline Carey


August 2007
Corpses, Coffins and Crypts: A History Of Burial, by Penny Colman
Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories, by Helen MacDonald
Water for Elephants: A Novel, by Sara Gruen
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, by Thomas Lynch *
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge, by Eleanor Herman
Geisha, A Life, by Mineko Iwasaki and Rande Brown
Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson, by Paul Perry
Queen Victoria: A Personal History, by Christopher Hibbert


September 2007
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, by Sena Jeter Naslund
Nightmares and Dreamscapes, by Stephen King *
World War Z, by Max Brooks *
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel, by Susanna Clarke


October 2007
The Seven Daughters of Eve, by Bryan Sykes
Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death, by Alan Moore
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook, by Jack Huddleston *
Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex, by Alice Domurat Dreger
The Mutter Museum: Of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, by Gretchen Worden
Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
An Absolute Gentleman: A Novel, by R. M. Kinder
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door, by Lynne Truss


November 2007
The Collector, by John Fowles *
Alabaster, by Caitlin Kiernan *
Low Red Moon, by Caitlin Kiernan *
Threshold, by Caitlin Kiernan *
PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena, by Marie D. Jones


December 2007
Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King *
The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman
Mister B. Gone, by Clive Barker
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales, by Stephen King *
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon

Comments

[ravens-hearth.livejournal.com]

By the by, I added you to my friends list. ;)

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen you around NFP in ages!

[ravens-hearth.livejournal.com]

Yea I know. I took a long hiatus. I've returned from the void. :P

[bifemmefatale.livejournal.com]

I read that Glassner book, and a couple by Bourdain but not Cook's Tour. My book list is linked on my profile and updated regularly too.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Cook's Tour is really just an awesome book.

I've gotten so fangirly over Bourdain and it's really inexplicable. I think it's all the cigarettes he smokes and how much of a prick he can be. It's quite seductive. ;D

[diamond-j.livejournal.com]

You have some of my favorites on that list...

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

hey lady,

Things are all crazy for this weekend... I have no idea on times, still, or where we're staying, or if we're staying Sunday night or not... but it does still look like we're coming down Saturday. We will have a car, but I suspect once we park it, we may want to leave it, since it's hard to park there -- would you guys be up for meeting up in Philadelphia somewhere?

I am SO great at planning! I'm having a panic attack just trying to sort everything. Do you happen to know if there are any hotels close by to where the Electric Factory is? Or ones that we could cab to/from because the last thing I need is Matt drinking and driving in a city that tends to target out of state plates [at least from what I have heard].... I'm sure I will figure it out... but if you're free Saturday, I'd love to do something.

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it would be difficult for us to come to the city this weekend. Money is incredibly tight this week and neither of us can really afford a night out, that's why I had suggested coming over here for dinner because it's something we can do without putting out any cash. :/

I'm really not sure what's close to the Electric Factory because everything has changed so much since I lived in the city. I know there's a ton of hotels in Center City that you could probably Priceline.com for a room in one of them.

As long as you get a room in Center City, you'll be able to take a cab to Electric Factory. It's not far at all.

[serpent-sky.livejournal.com]

If you can get to the city, dinner/drinks are on me....
I think we are leaving about 3pm tomorrow. That could go ANY way, in terms of traffic. Yahoo maps says 2 hours, 9 mins. I have NEVER made it there in that time. And if there's traffic, we could be fucked.

I'll call you. I'm so torn... I want to see you and Chris badly, I also want to show Matt the best city in the world [so I can convince him to move there]... heeheh.

<3 I'll call you when we get in... sound okay?

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Just be mindful of the shore traffic. That can really tie you up.

I'll be at work for most of the day, so call my cell phone. I'll be alone in the office, so don't worry about calling me when I'm at work.

[sublime-luv.livejournal.com]

You're a fucking retard.


XO

[meetzemonsta.livejournal.com]

Please allow me to extend my deepest condolences over the apparently massive quantity of sand in your vagina.