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finished recently:

Lullaby (Palahniuk) ~ omg, the gems, the gems.
Platform (Houellebecq) ~ this book kicked me right in the head.
Middlesex (Eugenides) ~ who knew it would be a historical-type book? Such a good book.
Lady into Fox (Garnett) ~ not at all like Ladyhawke.
Checkpoint (Baker) ~ after the first few pages I had no choice but to read this book.
A Box of Matches (Baker) ~ strange and beautiful.
The Kitchen Boy (Alexander) ~ I know it’s a good book if it can get me crying that hard in public.
some others that I can’t remember. I can’t remember lots of things, and so I like to write things down. Like right now I’m writing down books I’ve read. It will help me to not buy them again.

currently enjoying:

America the Book (Stewart et al.)
The Future Dictionary of America (McSweeney’s)
Blindness (Saramago)
the pleasure of my company (Martin)
McSweeney’s

and my mind is busier than usual. At least it was earlier, when it was in fact morning. Milo and the neighbor cat (Cody) got in a fight UNDER the BED at about 8:00. Before that I was dreaming that the red-headed kid from the Partridge Family and Mick Jagger — minus one arm — were on a crime spree.