Wait a minute!!! What happen to the rest of November?
We are already on the seventh day of December, hello!!!!!!
What?
I beg your pardon?
What?
The dialogue took place in my head while I was writing a Christmas card to a friend.
BOOKS
- Paul Torday: Bordeaux
- Luisa Weiss: My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story (with Recipes)
- Emily Arsenault: The Broken Teaglass: A Novel (****)
- Irvin D. Yalom: Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Perennial Classics) (***)
- Mohammed Hanif: A Case of Exploding Mangoes
- Eric Schlosser: Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
- Tommy Wieringa: Little Caesar
- Sigrid Nunez: Salvation City
- Diana Wagman: The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets
- Greg Campbell: Pot, Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America's Most Outlaw Industry
- Mohammed Hanif: Our Lady of Alice Bhatti (*****)
- Stephen L. Carter: Jericho's Fall
- Catherine Chung: Forgotten Country
- Michael Lavigne: Not Me: A Novel
- Ruth Rendell: Portobello
- The Coward's Tale
- Mirza Waheed: The Collaborator
- Dana Adam Shapiro: The Every Boy
- Paula Fox: News Around the World
- Altaf Tyrewala: No God in Sight
- Elif Shafak: The Bastard of Istanbul
- Anne Tyler: The Beginner's Goodbye
- Irshad Manji: Allah, Liberty and Love
- Shashi Tharoor: Riot: A Love Story [Paperback]
- Salman Akhtar: Objects of Our Desire: Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
- Cadillac Man: Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets
- Ruby K. Payne: A Framework for Understanding Poverty
- Regenia Rawlinson: A Mind Shaped by Poverty: Ten Things Educators Should Know
- Michel Foucault: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
- Lisa Lutz: Heads You Lose
- Miranda Kennedy: Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India
- Gracefully Insane The Rise & Fall of America`s Premier Mental Hospital
- Randall-(Author) Silvis: The Boy Who Shoots Crows [BOY WHO SHOOTS CROWS] [Paperback]
- Scott Turow: One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School (****)
- Jamie Maslin: Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn: A Hitchhiker's Adventures in the New Iran (*****)
- Tim Anderson: Tune In Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries [Paperback]
- Moshe Kasher: Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 (*****)
- Yoko Ogawa: Hotel Iris: A Novel (***)
- Jamie Maslin: Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens: A Couchsurfer's Memoir of Venezuela (*****)
- Siddhartha Deb: The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India (*****)
- Ellen Airgood: South of Superior (*****)
- Karen Wheeler: Tout Sweet: Hanging Up My High Heels for a New Life in France (****)
- Nayana Currimbhoy: Miss Timmins' School for Girls: A Novel (*****)
- Ishmael Reed: Juice!: A Novel (American Literature Series) (*****)
- Aatish Taseer: Noon: A Novel (***)
- Chris Huntington: Mike Tyson Slept Here (***)
- Kamila Shamsie: Burnt Shadows: A Novel (*****)
- Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- John Baxter: The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
- Pamela Constable: Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself (****)
- Mina Samuels: Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives (***)
- Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- Fariba Nawa: Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan (****)
- Dr. Joe Schwarcz: The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
- Joshua Halberstam PhD: A Seat At The Table: A Novel of Forbidden Choices (****)
- Diana Abu-Jaber: Birds of Paradise: A Novel (****)
- Kamala Nair: The Girl in the Garden
- Danny Dreyer: ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running
- Manal Omar: Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identity-My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos
- Sandra Kring: The Book of Bright Ideas
- Leila Aboulela: Minaret: A Novel
- Mark Childress: Georgia Bottoms: A Novel
- Cleaning Nobokov's House
- Craig M. Mullaney: The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education (*****)
- Kevin Holohan: Brother's Lot (*****)
- Goldie Goldbloom: The Paperbark Shoe (****)
- Laila Lalami: Secret Son (***)
- Cate Kennedy: The World Beneath
- Chris Knopf: Bad Bird: A Mystery (****)
- Jon Fasman: The Geographer's Library
- Anne Zouroudi: The Messenger of Athens: A Novel
- Xu Xi: Habit of a Foreign Sky: A Novel
- Shuichi Yoshida: Villain: A Novel
- Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Missing Servant: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator (Vish Puri Mysteries) (*****)
- Nadeem Aslam: Maps for Lost Lovers
- Padma Viswanathan: The Toss of a Lemon (****)
- Michael Wolfe: The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca (*****)
- Carrie Kabak: Cover the Butter
- Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- Annie Wang: The People's Republic of Desire: A Novel (P.S.)
- Roberta Gately: Lipstick in Afghanistan (****)
- Ross Tucker: Runner's World The Runner's Body: How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster
- Sung J. Woo: Everything Asian: A Novel (****)
- Christopher McDougall: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Vintage) (*****)
- Julie Hecht: The Unprofessionals: A Novel (****)
- Lisa Carey: Love in Assylum (*****)
- Belle Boggs: Mattaponi Queen: Stories
- Shyam; Selvadurai, P.B. Selvadurai: Funny Boy: A Novel in 6 Stories
- Robert Rosenberg: This Is Not Civilization (*****)
- Susan Breen: The Fiction Class
- Andrew Sean Greer: The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel
- Sam Swope: I Am a Pencil: A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories (*****)
- Esi Edugyan: The Second Life of Samuel Tyne (**)
- W.A. Mathieu: The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music (*****)
- Jaspreet Singh: Chef: A Novel (***)
- Neil White: In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir (P.S.) (*****)
- Jeff Klima: The Dead Janitor Club
- Gesine Bullock-Prado (Author): Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker (Hardcover) (*****)
- Kim Sunée: Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home (*****)
- Diana Abu-Jaber: Crescent: A Novel (****)
- Matthew Polly: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNew China (****)
- Susan Shapiro: Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex A Memoir (*****)
- ZZ Packer: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (***)
- Margaret Drable: The Seven Sisters
- Philip Delves Broughton: Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School (****)
- Margot Berwin: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel (*****)
- H. M. Naqvi: Home Boy: A Novel
- Bethan Roberts: The Good Plain Cook
- Donald Ray Pollock: Knockemstiff
- Maggie Estep: Diary of an Emotional Idiot: A Novel
- Imam Al-Ghazalim: Penyakit-penyakit Hati
- Fatima Mernissi: Beyond the Veil, Revised Edition: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
- John A. Sanford: Between People: Communicating One-To-One
- James Baldwin: Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
- Hazrat Inayat Khan: Awakening of the Human Spirit
- Cynthia Bogard: Seasons Such as These (Social Problems and Social Issues)
- The American Drug Scene: An Anthology
- D. C.A. Hillman Ph.D.: The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization
- Brant Randall: Blood Harvest
- Clarissa Dickson Wright: Spilling the Beans
- Claude Campbell: Abou and the Angel Cohen: A Novel (*****)
- Wendy Mass: Jeemy Fink and the Meaning of LIfe (*****)
- Yoko Ogawa: The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel (***)
- Kevin Rushby: Eating the Flowers of Paradise (***)
- Peter Hedges: An Ocean in Iowa
- Stephanie Grant: Map of Ireland: A Novel
- Paul Collins: Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books
- Azhar Abidi: The House of Bilqis: A Novel
- Matt Haig: The Dead Fathers Club
- Meg Mullins: The Rug Merchant
- Paul Torday: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (****)
- Natsuo Kirino: Real World
- Thi Diem Thuy Le: The Gangster We Are All Looking For
- Lori Jakiela: Miss New York Has Everything (***)
- Margaret Drabble: The Seven Sisters
- Binnie Kirshenbaum: Hester Among the Ruins: A Novel
- Binnie Kirshenbaum: Disturbance In One Place
- Azadeh Moaveni: Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
- David Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day
- Binnie Kirshenbaum: Pure Poetry: A Novel (****)
- Alicia Erian: Towelhead: A Novel
- Binnie Kirshenbaum: Almost Perfect Moment, An: A Novel (P.S.)
- David Sedaris: Naked
- Eric Hansen: The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer: Close Encounters with Strangers (****)
- Elif Shafak: The Bastard of Istanbul
- Jhumpa Lahiri: Unaccustomed Earth: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
- Don Borchert: Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (***)
- Barbara Hodgson: The Sensualist: An Illustrated Novel
- Danzy Senna: Symptomatic
- John Grisham: Playing for Pizza
- Heather Sellers: Georgia Under Water
- Greg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters
- Phoebe Damrosch: Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (New York Times Notable Books)
- Danzy Senna: Caucasia: A Novel (****)
- Naguib Mahfouz: Midaq Alley
- Akira Yoshimura: Shipwrecks
- Kathleen Jamie: Among Muslims: Everyday Life on the Frontiers of Pakistan (***)
- Edward L. Deci: Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation
- Rishi Reddi: Karma and Other Stories (P.S.)
- Jared Diamond: The Third Chimpanzee
- Chitra Divakaruni: The Unknown Errors of Our Lives: Stories
- Sinclair Lewis: Kingsblood Royal (Modern Library Classics) (***)
- Min Jin Lee: Free Food for Millionaires (*****)
- Jeanette Wells: The Glass Castle (*****)
- Katharine Weber: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: A Novel (****)
- Naeem Murr: The Perfect Man: A Novel (****)
- Rohinton Mistry: Family Matters
- Christina Chiu: Troublemaker and Other Saints
- Travis Thrasher: Admission
- Natsuo Kirino: Grotesque (***)
- Roger Joslin: Running the Spiritual Path: A Runner's Guide to Breathing, Meditating, and Exploring the Prayerful Dimension of the Sport
- Fiona Cheong: Shadow Theatre
- Eddy L. Harris: Still Life in Harlem: A Memoir
- Eric Hansen: Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
- Mark Childress: One Mississippi (****)
- Maile Meloy: Liars and Saints (*****)
- Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat Pray Love
- Maile Meloy: A Family Daughter: A Novel (*****)
- Andrea Levy: Small Island: A Novel
- Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel (****)
- Maliha Masood: Zaatar Days, Henna Nights: Adventures, Dreams, and Destinations Across the Middle East (****)
- Laurence Gonzales: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
- Elisabeth Eaves: Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping (Live Girls)
- Victoria Abbott Riccardi: Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto (****)
- Greg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
- Samina Ali: Madras on Rainy Days: A Novel
- Monica Ali: Brick Lane: A Novel
- Fatima Mernissi: Dreams of Tresspass (****)
- Michael Ondaatje: Running in the Family
- Linda Furiya: Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America (*****)
- Stu Mittleman: Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower (*****)
- Rachel Manija Brown: All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India (*****)
- Dorothy Uhnak: The Investigation
- Dorothy Uhnak: False Witness
- Reshad Feild: The Invisible Way
- Sigrid Nunez: The Last of Her Kind
- Victor D. Lavalle: Slapboxing with Jesus
- Marsha Mehran: Pomegranate Soup
- Anita Nair: Mistress
- Vikram Chandra: Love and Longing in Bombay
- Jim Marrs: Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids
- Paule Marshall: King Fisher
- Karim Raslan: Ceritalah-Malaysia In Transition
- Stephen King: On Writing
- Hanan al-Shaykh: Women of Sand and Myrrh
- Frank McCourt: Teacher Man (*****)
- Louise Brown: The Dancing Girls of Lahore (*****)
- Kamila Shamsie: Kartography
- Peter Tyson: The Eighth Continent
- The Deadly Slipper
- Kamila Shamsie: Broken Verses
- Sue Monk Kidd: The Mermaid Chair (*****)
- Sue Monk Kidd: The Secret Life of Bees (*****)
- Jeremy Narby: The Cosmic Serpent (*****)
- Burkhard Bilger: Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts
- John Pollack: Cork Boat
- Kent Nerburn: Neither Wolf Nor Dog
- Lena Williams: It's the Little Things
- Drew Pinsky: Cracked : Putting Broken Lives Together Again
- Diana Abu Jaber: Arabian Jazz
- Suketu Mehta: Maximum City : Bombay Lost and Found (Vintage)
- Eric Hansen: Motoring With Mohammed
- Eric Hansen: Orchid Fever : A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy (Vintage Departures)
- Bharti Kirchner: Darjeeling
- Moses Isegawa: Abyssinian Chronicles
- Imam al-Ghazaly: Penyakit-penyakit Hati
- Bobh Teague: Letters to a Black Boy
- Da Chen: Colors of the Mountain
- Anchee Min: Red Azalea
- Arthur Nersesian: The Fuck Up
- Ha Jin: The Crazed
- Anahita Firouz: In The Walled Gardens
- WADE DAVIS: Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire
- Don Lee: Country of Origin: A Novel
- Chester Himes: The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes
- von Oech: A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
- Asra Nomani: Tantrika : Traveling the Road of Divine Love
- Greg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters
- Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines
- Chaim Potok: The Chosen
- Kerstin Ekman: Black Water
- JOY KOGAWA: Obasan
- Christiane Bird: Neither East Nor West : One Woman's Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Ernest J.Gaines: Of Love and Dust (****)
- Ernest J.Gaines: A Lesson Before Dying (*****)
- Ernest J.Gaines: In My Father's House (****)
- Stuart Steven: Night Train to Turkistan
- Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Awakening of the Human Spirit
- Susan Jane Gilman: Hypocrite In a Pouffy White Dress (****)
- Tamim Ansary: West of Kabul East of New York
- Carl Upchurch: Convicted In The Womb
- Irshad Manji: The Trouble With Islam Today
- Saira Shah: Storyteller's Daughter
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Colored People
- Hanan al-Shaykh: Beirut Blues
- Ruth Ozeki: All Over Creation
- Eddy Harris: Mississippi solo (*****)
- Natsuo Kirino: Out (*****)
- Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner (*****)
- Sunetra Gupta: A sin Of Color
- Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown: By The Color Of Our Skin (The Illusion of Intergration And The Reality Of Race
- Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe
- Fatima Mernissi: The Veil and The Male Elite (*****)
- Reshad Feild: The Last Barrier - A Journey into the Essence of Sufi Teachings (*****)
- William Dalrymple: City of Djinss (*****)
- Miyuki Miyabe: All She Was Worth (*****)
- Louis DeSalvo: Writing As A Way of Healing (****)
- Jill Nelson: Volunteer Slavery (my authentic negro experience)
- George Dawson and Richard Glaubman: Life Is So Good
- Laila Halaby: West of the Jordan
- V.S Ramachandran, M.D., PH.D., and Sandra Blakeslee: PHANTOMS IN THE BRAIN (Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind)
- Louise DeSalvo: Vertigo (a memoir) (*****)
- James Sullivan: Over the Moat
- Anita Rau Badami: Tamarind Woman
- Stephanie Elizondo Griest: Around the Bloc (My Life in Moscow, Beijing and Havana)
- Richard Bandler: Using Your Brain for a Change
- Fatima Mernissi: Scherherrazade Goes West (*****)
- Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran
- Diane Ackerman: A Natural History of the Senses (****)
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Yeah, now is January. Like my Mak liked to say, pejamcelikpejamcelikhabihsetaun. Happy new year to you and family.
Posted by: sitiaishah | January 09, 2013 at 07:00 AM
And now it is January. Happy New Year.
Hello!!!!
:-)
Posted by: Gurindam Jiwa | January 09, 2013 at 04:11 AM