December was dedicated to reading a few of the big bad fat books that have been lingering on my bookshelves for years. I only finished two—The Golden Notebook and New Grub Street—but I read over half-way through a few others such as Frog and Infinite Jest. I hope I can continue reading those two books without seriously interfering with my regular scheduled reading.
January is back to a random schedule of books, big and small. There’s no theme this month, just, hopefully, some relaxing and interesting reading from authors all around the world. One of these days I may schedule a concentration of American literature: it’s still my weak point.
For the first month of the new year I have collected the following titles for my reading pool:
- How German Is It — Walter Abish
- A General Theory of Oblivion — José Eduardo Agualusa
- They Were Counted — Miklós Bánffy
- London Bridge — Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Odysseus Abroad: A Novel — Amit Chaudhuri
- Turtles All the Way Down — John Green
- American Junkie — Tom Hansen
- City of Endless Night — Milo M. Hastings
- Strangers On a Train — Patricia Highsmith
- Angels — Denis Johnson
- The Accident — Ismail Kadare
- The Exile — William Kotzwinkle
- Black Moses — Alain Mabanckou
- Sundays In August — Patrick Modiano
- Akitadas First Case — I. J. Parker
- The Hole — Hye-young Pyun
- Dunbar — Edward St. Aubyn
- The Ogre — Michel Tournier
- Death of a Red Heroine — Qiu Xianolong
- Miss Chopsticks — Xinran
A Celebration of Reading 