Bonnie's Books Off the Shelf, 2011 Challenge

...in 2011:

An offering from A Book Addict's Treasury:

It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them; but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents. Arthur Schopenhauer, 'On Books and Writing' (1851).


The Official List of TBR Books To Be Read in 2011:

Angier, Natalie: The Best American Science Writing, 2009
Auster, Paul: The New York Trilogy, Tinkers (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Baker, Nicholson: The Anthologist (LT wish list, Third Place Books)
Blackmon, Douglas: Slavery by Another Name (LT wishlist, Third Place Books, 12/22/09)
Chalmers, Robert: Fortune's Bastard * (Ryan's book)
Coelho, Paula: The Alchemist
Comte-Sponville, Andre: The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality (bargain book, Ravenna TPB, Dec. 2010)
Dangor, Achmat: Bitter Fruit (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Dietsch, Deborah: Live/Work: Working at Home, Living at Work (bonnierun, Thingaversary)
Dunmore, Helen: The Siege (LT wishlist, Powell's, December 2010)
Eggers, David (edit.): The Best American Nonrequired Reading, 2010 (Christmas gift from Ryan)
Ehrenreich, Barbara: Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream *
Emecheta, Buchi: The Joys of Motherhood (LT wishlist, Powell's, 10/17/10)
Enright, Anne: The Gathering
Erdrich, Louise: The Bingo Palace
Ferber, Edna: So Big (LT wishlist, Powell's, 10/17/10)
Franzen, Jonathan: The Corrections (Christmas gift from Ryan) *
Gallant, Mavis: The Cost of Living (Christmas gift/Ryan, 2009)
Galvin, James: The Meadow (LT wishlist, Thingaversary)
Ghosh, Amitav: Sea of Poppies (Tad?) (bonnierun/discounted, Third Place Books, 11/09)
Gladwell, Malcolm: What the Dog Saw (bonnierun, bargainbooks table at Ravenna TPB, December 2010)
Hamid, Mohsin: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Harding, Paul: Tinkers (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Hedges, Chris: War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (bonnierun, Ravenna Third Place Books, December 2010)
Hodgson, Barbara: Hippolyte's Island (LT wishlist, Powell's, 10/17/10)
Hosseini, Khaled: A Thousand Splendid Suns (bonnierun, Ravenna Third Place Books, January 2010?)
Jacobson, Howard: The Howard Finkler Question (LT wishlist, Powell's, 11/30/10)
Johnston, Wayne: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (LT wishlist, Powell's 10/17/10)
Kingsolver, Barbara: The Lacuna (Ravenna TPB for RL bookgroup, Jan. 2011)
Kinzer, Stephen: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq *
Kramnick, Isaac: The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of a Secular State *
Mahfouz, Naguib: Palace of Desire (Third Place Books, a TBR w/ arubabookwoman)
Milne, A. A.: Pu der Baer (Powell's, 11/30/10)
Mistry, Rohinton: Family Matters
Mitchell, David: Cloud Atlas (bonnierun/best of your best 2009, Powell's Books, 12/31/09)
Morgenstern, Julie: Organizing From the Inside Out *
Morrison, Toni: A Mercy
Mueenuddin, Daniyal: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Murakami, Haruki: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle * (Porua?)
Naipaul, V.S.: A House for Mr. Biswas (LT wishlist, Powell's, 10/17/10)
O'Brien, Tim: In the Lake of the Woods (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
O'Brien, Tim: The Things They Carried (bonnierun, Ravenna TPB, December 2010--gift for Erik?)
Orlean, Susan: The Best American Travel Writing 2007 *
Pears, Tim: In the Place of Fallen Leaves (gift from Bonnie/brenzi)
Perstein, Rick: Nixonland *
Ramsland, Morten: Doghead (bonnierun to Powell's, December 2010)
Russo, Richard (guest edit.): The Best American Short Stories, 2010 (Christmas gift from Erik)
Safire: Push (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Seth, Vickram: Suitable Boy (LT wishlist, Powell's, December 2010)
Sittenfield, Curtis: American Wife (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Smith, Zadie (guest editor): Best European Fiction 2010 (Christmas Gift to Ryan, returned) *
Smith, Zadie: White Teeth *
Straight, Susan: I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked out all the Pots (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Thaler, Richard: Nudge *
Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa: Wizard of the Crow (best of your best 2009/Alcottacre, Third Place Books, 12/22/09)
Toibin, Colm: Mothers and Sons (LT wishlist, Powell's, 11/30/10)
Toltz, Steve: A Fraction of the Whole * (rec by Ryan)
Tyler, Anne: If the Morning Ever Comes (Friends of SPLibrary, Fall sale)
Undset, Sigrid: Kristin Lavransdatter * (gift from LT/Maggie?)
Vowell, Sarah: The Wordy Shipmates * (bonnierun, Third Place Books, 1/09)
Walt, Kate: A Short History of Women (LT wishlist, Powell's, 11/30/10)
Warren, Robert Penn: All the King's Men (LT wishlist, Powell's, 10/17/10)
Weiland, Matt (edit.): State by State * (Christmas gift/Ryan, 2009)
Wroblewski, David: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle * (Costco/discounted, 1/09)

*Books started and unfinished, or parts skimmed over and want to reread

Oh, man, does that quotation resonate...

And those are some interesting books on your list. I wish you good luck with them!

Well, that looks like a breeze! ;) I'm impressed that you know where you obtained each one.

I like that quotation! It is so true!

Love the quote :)

Thats quite a list you got there :)

I've decided that I'm going to stick to one thread this year, so you can find me at Club Read. There's a link on my profile if you're interested in chatting. Happy reading, everyone!

And you're the reason I joined this group! :) But I'll look for your thread there. I have quite a few of the books on your list on my tentative list for the year.

:-) That's nice to hear, Shauna! I was just thinking it might be redundant? I want to spend more time on longer conversations or reading my books and less time repeating myself.

Bonnie, What a fascinating tbr list for 2011. I highly recommend both O'Brien books you listed above. The Things They Carried is especially touching.