Summer 2008

This past summer didn't work out incredibly well for my lofty reading ambitions. My intermittent work on the farm and for Jamie got me going with some horticulture and some reading in contemporary philosophy of religion (of the continental variety), but I chose to spend most of my time between these projects with cooking and a little travel.

- top 5 + 1:
Jorge Luis Borges - Labriynths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (5 stars)
Eileen Weppner - The International Grandmothers' Cookbook (Favorite Recipes Of Grandmothers From Around The World) (5 stars)
James Tate - The Ghost Soldiers (4 stars)
Wendell Berry - Life is Beautiful (4 stars)
Kevin Huizenga - Curses (4 stars)
Elizabeth Wilson - Bohemians: The Glorious Outcasts (4 stars)

- assorted other titles:
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey (4 stars)
Rolf Potts - Vagabonding (4 stars)
James Shapiro - 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (3 stars)
John D. Caputo - On Religion (3 stars)
Jonathon D. Culler - A Very Short Introduction: Literary Theory (3 stars)
Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend in a Coma (2 stars)
Marcus A. Webb - The Herb and Spice Companion: An A to Z Guide (2 stars)