{"id":4620,"date":"2011-03-16T09:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T16:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2011-03-16T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T23:45:01","slug":"booklist-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/16\/booklist-2011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Booklist 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/'>Tournament of Books<\/a>, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743270495?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0743270495\">Model Home<\/a> by Eric Puchner vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400066409?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1400066409\">Super Sad True Love Story<\/a> by Gary Shteyngart, with the verdict rendered by &#8230;. me? Wait, seriously? Who let me do literary criticism?<\/p>\n<p>Well anyway, mistakes were made and I think it&#8217;s best we just move on. But I am going to check two novels off my goal of reading 20 recommended books this year. Check! The other check! <\/p>\n<p>I still have two more ToB novels to judge, which brings my required reading for the year up to four.   As for the remainder my 2011 Booklist, I <a href='http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/2011\/02\/21\/booklist-2011\/'>asked you for suggestions<\/a>. Based on your feedback, here are the 25 books I have selected. (Twenty-five rather than twenty so I can abandon a couple of books if I don&#8217;t care for them.)  Non-fiction books are denoted by an asterisk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strike><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743270495?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0743270495\">Model Home<\/a> by Eric Puchner<\/strike> &#8212; <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/super-sad-true-love-story-v-model-home.php'>done!<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strike><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400066409?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1400066409\">Super Sad True Love Story<\/a> by Gary Shteyngart<\/strike> &#8212; <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/super-sad-true-love-story-v-model-home.php'>done!<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>ToB Finalist #1 (TBD)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>ToB Finalist #2 (TBD)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1416971203?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1416971203\">Uglies Quadrilogy<\/a> &#8212; Have finished the first.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375724370?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0375724370\">Anil&#8217;s Ghost<\/a> by Michael Ondaatje &#8212; I am currently reading this for a Book Club meeting next Sunday. And by &#8220;am currently&#8221; I mean &#8220;should probably start&#8221;.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0929701836?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0929701836\">Lord of Misrule<\/a> by Jaimy Gordon &#8212; Already <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/nox-v-lord-of-misrule.php'>knocked out of the ToB<\/a>, though it could still go <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/2010\/zombie-round-preview-past-winners-review.php'>zombie<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0865479437?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0865479437\">Skippy Dies<\/a> by Paul Murray &#8212; Also <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-v-skippy-dies.php'>bumped from the ToB<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307477479?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0307477479\">A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/a> by Jennifer Eagan &#8212; The book that <a href='http:\/\/themorningnews.org\/tob\/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-v-skippy-dies.php'>defeated <em>Skippy Dies<\/em> in the ToB<\/a> and thus a potential finalist.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812974018?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0812974018\">Black Swan Green<\/a> by David Mitchell<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393324818?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0393324818\">Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Michael Lewis<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385521731?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0385521731\">A Fraction of the Whole<\/a> by Steve Toltz<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316051640?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0316051640\">The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Sam Kean<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316074233?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0316074233\">The Pale King<\/a> by David Foster Wallace &#8212; due for publication on April 15th, of course.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0446546933?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0446546933\">Columbine<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Dave Cullen<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/031242874X?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=031242874X\">Jesus&#8217; Son: Stories<\/a> by Denis Johnson &#8211; This one gets in by virtue of being the only book recommended by the author of another book on the list (i.e., suggested by Dave Cullen above).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0805080759?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0805080759\">Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by David Simon<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307740994?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0307740994\">Never Let Me Go<\/a> by Kazuo Ishiguro<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393317552?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0393317552\">Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Jared M Diamond<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393334791?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0393334791\">Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Mary Roach<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/031242440X?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=031242440X\">Gilead<\/a> by Marilynne Robinson &#8212; This was on my 2005 list and I never got around to it. Second time&#8217;s a charm?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385523912?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0385523912\">Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea<\/a><sup>*<\/sup> by Barbara Demick<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/034549749X?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=034549749X\">Kraken<\/a> by China Mieville<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003XU7VUG?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B003XU7VUG\">The Manual of Detection<\/a> by Jedediah Berry<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/034541005X?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=defectiveyeti-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=034541005X\">The Power of One<\/a> by Bryce Courtenay<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be reading <em>Anil&#8217;s Ghost<\/em> this week, followed by the ToB Finalists.  After that: <em>Black Swan Green<\/em>. I&#8217;ll post a reading schedule for it, and every other book I tackle this year.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for your recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in the Tournament of Books, it&#8217;s Model Home by Eric Puchner vs. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, with the verdict rendered by &#8230;. me? Wait, seriously? Who let me do literary criticism? Well anyway, mistakes were made and I think it&#8217;s best we just move on. 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