The brevity of this list reminds me of how prolific a reader I used to be. In grade seven, my teacher had us start a list of books read at the back of one of our notebooks. I think it was more of a suggestion than an assignment because I don’t remember anyone else keeping up with it. But I did, and by the end of the school year, I had read ~120 books. I remember being so thrilled when I hit 100. Anyhow, the school year being approximately 10 months, that’s about 12 books / month. Or a book every 2.5 days.

Okay, so I can still read a book in two days. Or one, even. But these days I seem to spend a lot of my time reading Stuff That Is Not Books. Like blogs. Or submissions. 🙂

1. Saints of Big Harbour by Lynn Coady n
2. The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy by Barbara Vine n#
3. A Child’s Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper n+
4. Wide Open by Nicola Barker n+#*
5. Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith n#
6. Time Off for Good Behavior by Lani Diane Rich n+
7. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel m+
8. Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell e+#
9. Geographies of Home by Loida Maritza Perez n+
10. Liza’s England by Pat Barker n#*
11. For Rabbit, With Love & Squalor by Anne Roiphe e#
12. Letting Loose the Hounds by Brady Udall s+#
13. The Digital Sublime by Vincent Mosco nf+
14. The Real World of Technology by Ursula Franklin nf+
15. Under Technology’s Thumb by William Leiss nf+
16. The Small Details of Life by Kathryn Carter nf+
17. The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing by Jennifor Sinor nf+#
18. Reading Between the Lines by Betty Jane Wylie nf+