Top 10 Books I Want to Read in 2009

1. Headless by Benjamin Weissman
2. Lessons in Taxidermy by Bee Lavender
3. The Land of Laughs: A Novel by Jonathan Carroll 
4. 2666: A Novel  by Roberto Bolano and Natasha Wimmer 
5. Infinite Jest: A Novel  by David Foster Wallace 
6. Couch by Benjamin Parzybok
7. Bowl of Cherries: A Novel by Millard Kaufman
8. Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth 
9.The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
10. Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir: Stories by Joe Meno

On My Nightstand

There is an article that runs in the local paper every Sunday called "On My Nightstand". Well, this seems to be a phrase I use over and over again when discussing books. So, here is a list of books (you guessed it) "On My Nightstand".

P.S. The picture to the right is really not my nightstand, oh the wonders of Google images. Ha!

The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia

The World to Come: A Novel by Dara Horn

Until I Find You: A Novel by John Irving

Cotton by Christopher Wilson

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco and Geoffrey Brock

The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan

Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick Hornby

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk