A Perpetual Orgy

The Dance of Intimacy

by Harriet Lerner

This is a really complicated book, and way less formulaic than a lot of self-help books. It consists mostly of lengthy descriptions of clients from Lerner's practice and how they handled their intimacy troubles, with Lerner explaining the theory behind the situation and the mechanics of the solution. Having read it once, I may well read it again -- there's a lot of material for such a comparatively short book.

The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3

by Neil Gaiman

As with the previous volumes, loooooved it. I am going to be so sad when I get the next volume and finish it and there aren't any new Sandman issues to read (yes, this is my first time reading most of them. I'm a latecomer). The whole collection is awesome. I really liked "Ramadan" and the series of stories bookended in the End of the World inn, between realities. SO AWESOME. Plus, a spiffy retelling of the Orpheus myth! A winner all-round.

As the year begins...

Here's a list of the books I'm currently in the middle of reading:

1. The Absolute Sandman: Vol., 3
2. The Dance of Intimacy
3. The Parable of the Talents
4. Colon Classification
5. The Practice of the Magical Diary
6. Chicken Qaballah

Yeesh. I gotta FOCUS a bit more.

2009 In Review

This hasn't been a good year for me in terms of actually documenting the books I read (or, I see looking back, numbering them correctly as I went). Grrrrrr. However, here's a list:

1. The Absolute Sandman: Volume 2
2. The Unseen University Cut-out-Book
3. Triumph of the Moon
4. Be a Goddess!
5. Smart Packing for Today's Traveler
6. Emily's Book of Strange
7. Coraline
8. Agyar
9. Storm Front (re-read)
10. Fool Moon (re-read)
11. Watchmen
12. The Dark Knight Returns
13. Break Through Pain
14. Pornology
15. The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke
16. Will I Ever Be Good Enough?
17. The Principles of Aikido
18. Grave Peril
19. Summer Knight
20. Death Masks
21. Blood Rites
22. Dead Beat
23. Proven Guilty
24. What Happy People Know
25. The Folklore of Discworld
26. Pride and Prejudice
27. White Knight
28. Small Favor
29. What Rich People Know
30. Domino: The Book of Decorating
31. The Key to Solomon's Key
32. Unseen Academicals
33. Nation
34. The Usual Error
35. Sister Light, Sister Dark
36. The Dance of Anger
37. White Jenna
38. The Parable of the Sower

38 books! Waaaaay more than last year. Go me! Let's see if I can read more than that this year.