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:: movies :: movies
:: performing arts :: performing arts
:: wish list :: wish list

:: eyes only (books i've read lately) ::

:: summer 2001 ::

  • Asian Pop Cinema: Bombay to Tokyo by Lee Server
  • Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism by Dina Gan, Terry Hong, and Jeff Yang
  • Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
  • Once upon a crime
  • Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano
  • Watching the Roses by Adele Geras

:: winter 2001 ::

  • Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto
  • Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
  • Four Blondes by Candace Bushnell
  • Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

:: fall 2002 ::

  • Cordina's Royal Family by Nora Roberts
  • Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
  • Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle by John Rolfe and Peter Troob
  • The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

:: spring 2003 ::

  • The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf
  • How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
  • Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Finnamore
  • Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
  • Shanghai Baby by Zhou Wei Hui
  • Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
  • Stardust: Being a Romance within the Realms of Faerie by Neil Gaiman
  • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

:: summer 2003 ::

  • Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke
  • Bad Heir Day by Wendy Holden
  • The Bulgari Connection by Fay Weldon
  • Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be by Laura Wolf
  • Le Divorce by Diane Johnson
  • Le Mariage by Diane Johnson
  • Health and Happiness by Diane Johnson
  • High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
  • Social Crimes by Jane Stanton Hitchcock
  • Spin Cycle by Sue Margolis
  • Trading Up by Candace Bushnell

:: fall 2003 ::

  • The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
  • Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel
  • Neurotica by Sue Margolis
  • The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

:: fall 2004 ::

  • Deception Point by Dan Brown
  • Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
  • The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner
  • Jennifer Government by Max Barry
  • PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
  • The Right Address: A Novel by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman
  • The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo and Timothy Basil Ering

:: spring 2005 ::

  • Angels by Marian Keyes
  • Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
  • Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
  • To Have and To Hold by Jane Green
  • The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
  • What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson

:: summer 2005 ::

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • NP by Banana Yoshimoto
  • The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
  • Speaking with the Angel by Nick Hornby
  • The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke and Oliver Latsch

:: fall 2005 ::

  • Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
  • The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Banks
  • Sammy's Hill by Kristin Gore
  • The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
  • The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua Braff
  • The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier

:: spring 2006 ::

  • Dry by Augusten Burroughs
  • Lipshtick by Gwen Macsai
  • Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
  • Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
  • Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
  • Son of a Witch: A Novel by Gregory Maguire
  • The Samurai's Garden: A Novel by Gail Tsukiyama
  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

:: fall 2006 ::

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • American Girls About Town
  • Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
  • Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
  • Buddha Baby by Kim Wong Keltner
  • Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
  • Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell

:: spring 2007 ::

  • Company by Max Barry
  • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
  • No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley
  • Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
  • Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern