Books read: 2006
Submitted by socialretard on Mon, 01/10/2005 - 13:32
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- Hunger - Knut Hamsun
- Indian Killer - Sherman Alexie (01/27/06)
- The Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem (02/22/06)
- Of Tender Sin - David Goodis (03/02/06)
- Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem (03/21/06)
- Wrecking Crew - John Albert (03/29/06)
- Pretty Little Dirty - Amanda Boyden (04/19/06)
- The Distance - Eddie Muller (05/04/06)
- King Dork - Frank Portman (05/18/06)
- A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting & Filmmaking - Samuel Fuller (06/21/06)
- Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir - Eddie Muller (07/03/06)
- Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care - Lee Server (07/23/06)
- Robert Ryan: a biography & critical filmography - Franklin Jarlett (08/04/06)
- American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story - Cynthia True (08/10/06)
- Kindred - Octavia Butler (08/19/06)
- The Confession - Domenic Stansberry (08/25/06)
- A Cook's Tour - Anthony Bourdain (09/01/06)
- Liquor - Poppy Z. Brite (09/06/06)
- The Prone Gunman - Jean-Patrick Manchette (09/13/06)
- Prime - Poppy Z. Brite (09/21/06)
- Travels With Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in America - Ken Wells (10/09/06)
- Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore - Albert Mudrian (10/17/06)
- Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll - James Greer (10/23/06)
- Knots & Crosses - Ian Rankin (11/04/06)
- Hide & Seek - Ian Rankin (11/11/06)
- Kiss Her Goodbye - Allan Guthrie (11/19/06)
- Tooth & Nail - Ian Rankin (11/28/06)
- Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia - John Gilmore (12/09/06)
- The Devil's Highway - Luis Alberto Urrea (12/28/06)
What did you think of the Jonathan Carroll book? I've been a fan of his since I was a teenager in the eighties, although some of his recent work is way over-the-top in my opinion.
I've read a decent amount of Carroll and this one was okay. I really enjoyed Land of Laughs and I've read The Wooden Sea and White Apples. Wooden Sea was good and White Apples was good enough that I'm interested in reading the sequel, Glass Soup. Any recommendations from his earlier stuff?
"Land of Laughs" is by far his best work, I think, but "Voice of Our Shadow" and "A Child Across the Sky" are pretty good reads, too. "Kissing the Beehive" is an interesting homage of sorts to Stephen King and film noir.