August Ambitions

As each month passes I get more and more excited about ditching this Big List format. I really cannot wait to return to the old way of doing things. Current month of books is in bold:

1. Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (DNF)
2. In a Strange City by Laura Lippman
3. By a Spider’s Thread by Laura Lippman (AB)
4. Recognitions by William Gaddis (DNF)
5. Maus by Art Spiegelman
6. Lady Franklin’s Revenge by Ken McGoogan
7. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* by Junot Diaz (AB)
8. Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
9. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
10. Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
11. A Good Doctor’s Son by Steven Schwartz
12. Drinking: a Love Story by Caroline Knapp
13. Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak
14. Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout
15. Treasure Hunter by W. Jameson (ER)
16. Maus II by Art Spiegelman (Jan)
17. The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat (AB)
18. In Xanadu by William Dalrymple
19. The Assault by Harry Mulisch
20. Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose
21. Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore
22. Greater Nowheres by David Finkelstein/Jack London
23. Alma Mater by P.F Kluge
24. Old Man & Me by Elaine Dundy
25. Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
26. Good Life by Ben Bradlee
27. Underworld by Don DeLillo
28. Her Name Was Lola by Russell Hoban
29. Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
30. Fires From Heaven by Robert Jordan
31. Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce DNF
32. Herb ‘n’ Lorna by Eric Kraft
33. Polish Officer by Alan Furst – (AB)
34. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
35. Walden by Henry David Throreau
36. Reservations Recommended by Eric Kraft
37. Selected Letters of Norman Mailer edited by J. Michael Lennon – (ER)
38. Chasing Monarchs by Robert Pyle
39. Saturday Morning Murder by Batya Gur
40. Bebe’s By Golly Wow by Yolanda Joe
41. Lives of the Muses by Francine Prose
42. Broom of the System by David Wallace
43. Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
44. Little Follies by Eric Kraft
45. Literary Murder by Batya Gur
46. Bob Marley, My Son by Cedella Marley Booker (ER)
47. Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
48. Southern Mail by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
49. Measure of All Things, the by Ken Alder (AB)
50. Two Gardeners by Emily Wilson
51. Royal Flash by George Fraser
52. Binding Spell by Elizabeth Arthur
53. Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (DNF)
54. ADDED: Castle in the Backyard by Betsy Draine (EB)
55. Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (DNF)
56. Where Do You Stop? by Eric Kraft
57. Everything You Ever Wanted by Jillian Lauren (ER)
58. Murder on a Kibbutz by Batya Gur
59. Flash for Freedom! by George Fraser
60. Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma
61. Petra: lost city by Christian Auge
62. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman
63. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
64. Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser
65. What a Piece of Work I Am by Eric Kraft
66. Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson
67. Ruby by Cynthia Bond (ER)
68. Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan (DNF)
69. Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (DNF)
70. Murder Duet by Batya Gur
71. Flashman in the Great Game – George MacDonald Fraser
72. At Home with the Glynns by Eric Kraft
73. Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme
74. New Physics and Cosmology by Arthur Zajonc
75. Grifters by Jim Thompson
76. Snow Angels by James Thompson (AB)
77. So Many Roads: the life and Times of the Grateful Dead by David Browne (ER/AB)
78. Short story: Drinking with the Cook by Laura Furman
79. Short Story: Hagalund by Laura Furman
80. ADDED: Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin
81. Not so Short story: The Last of Mr. Norris by Christopher Isherwood
82. ADDED: short story: Jack Landers is My Friend by Daniel Stolar
83. ADDED: short story: Marriage Lessons by Daniel Stolar
84. ADDED: Light in August by William Faulkner
85. Not so Short story: Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
86. ADDED: A Comedy & A Tragedy by Travis Hugh Culley (ER)
87. ADDED: Feed Zone by Biju Thomas
88. Leaving Small’s Hotel by Eric Kraft
    
89. Flashman’s Lady by George MacDonald Fraser
    
90. Possession by AS Byatt
    
91. In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan by John DeFrancis
    
92. SWAPPED: What Just Happened for Faster! by James Gleick (AB)
    (I needed an audio and WJH didn’t come in disc form but Faster! did. So be it.)
93. Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
    
94. Inflating a Dog by Eric Kraft (Sep/Feb)
95. Castles in the Air by Judy Corbett (Sep)
96. Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser (Sep)
97. Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnett (Sep)
98. Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Sep – this is a reread)
99. Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (Sep)
100. Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Sep)
101. Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman (Oct)
102. Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Oct)
103. Flashman and the Dragon by George MacDonald Fraser (Oct)
104. Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman (Nov)
105. Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser (Nov)
106. Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett (Nov)
107. Andorra by Peter Cameron (Nov)

DNF = Did Not Finish; AB = Audio Book; ER = Early Review; DNS = Did Not Start; EB = Electronic book