Tuesday, April 03, 2007

March Books Bought and Read

If I was bad in February, I was very bad in March. Out of control, insane...

Broke.

BOOKS PURCHASED:

The Man Who Turned Into Himself (1994) – David Ambrose

Word Work: Surviving and Thriving as a Writer (NF 2002) – Bruce Holland Rogers

Three Days to Never (2006) – Tim Powers

In the Penny Arcade: Stories (1986) – Steven Millhauser

Watson and DNA: Making a Scientific Revolution (NF 2004) – Victor K. McElheny

Count Down: The Race for Beautiful Solutions at the International Mathematical Olympiad (NF 2005) - Steve Olson

The Killer Inside Me (1952) – Jim Thompson

Burger Wuss (YA 2001) – M.T. Anderson

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party (YA 2006) – M.T. Anderson

Mississippi Sissy (NF 2007) – Kevin Sessums

Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers (NF 2006) – Michael Connelly

A Handbook of American Prayer (2004) – Lucius Shepard

BOOKS READ:

The Keyhole Opera (2005) – Bruce Holland Rogers

A Short History of Nearly Everything (NF 2003) – Bill Bryson

Otis! The Otis Redding Story (NF 2001) – Scott Freeman

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy (NF 2002) – Jane Leavy

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. I: The Pox Party (YA 2006) – M.T. Anderson

Plug Your Book (NF) – Steve Weber (2007)


I'm pretty amazed that I read so little fiction in March, but I read several short stories from magazines and collections I haven't finished, and only finished books are included here. But back in January I said I wanted to read more non-fiction, so there you have it. Once again, highly recommended books are linked.

2 comments:

John said...

What did you think of the Koufax book?

Andy Wolverton said...

Excellent. Not your typical sports bio, but rather more of an understanding of a pitcher most people think of as reclusive, distant. A great technique the writer uses - each inning of Koufax's most famous game is a chapter with each "inning" separated with a chapter of bio. Highly recommended.