Books Read -- 2011

Read…and currently composting…

Run by Ann Patchett

Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin

Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics–and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway by Frank Schaeffer

Magic by the Lake (1957)

by Edward Eager

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union

by Michael Chabon

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads

by Joel Best

Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life

by Marcus Wohlsen

Knight’s Castle

by Edward Eager

The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary…

by Jeff VanderMeer

Boneshaker

by Cherie Priest

Magic or Not?

by Edward Eager

Half Magic

by Edward Eager

West and East

by Harry Turtledove

Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines

by Miguel Nicolelis

Summerland

by Michael Chabon

Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World

by Tina Rosenberg

Shadows Bright as Glass: The Remarkable Story of One Man’s Journey…

by Amy Ellis Nutt

The Mojave: A Portrait of the Definitive American Desert by David Darlington

The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman

Agatha H. and the Airship City (Girl Genius)

by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio

Monstrous Regiment by  Terry Pratchett

Thief of Time

by Terry Pratchett

The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse

by Dale Pendell

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and…

by Timothy Ferriss

The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells…

by Geerat J. Vermeij

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel by Nicholas Ostler

All Clear by Connie Willis

Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good by Jonathan Balcombe

Mr Toppit by Charles Elton

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