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Day 60: The Last Day

Truthfully, I'm a little surprised we made it to this point. It was pretty close Monday night, when I was thinking "I could just give up...

Day 55: The List (sisters)

If you like: sisters. For our last list, a tribute to the highs and lows of sisterhood: After Dark by Haruki Murakami: Annie recommending...

Day 51: 'The Makioka Sisters'

If you like: George Eliot, A True Novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki was written during World...

Day 49: 'Twelfth Night'

If you like: Coffee Prince, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Dil Bole Hadippa, Gilmore Girls. Look, I knew I would write about a...

Day 39: Weird short stories

I’m trying to not review the same kinds of books all the time, which put me in a conundrum. Out of all the weird short story collections...

Day 30: By the Book (Annie)

Some people imagine their Oscar speech or their touchdown dance, but personally, I like to daydream about when the New York Times asks me...

Day 28: 'Mansfield Park: An Annotated Edition'

If you like: "Wives and Daughters," Anthony Trollope, nice girls who come in first. Poor Fanny does not have much of a chance in a...

Day 21: 'Convenience Store Woman'

If you like: Banana Yoshimoto, Welcome to Night Vale, challenging conformity. Convenience Store Woman has a very cute cover. The pink and...

Day 19: 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'

If you like: laughing so hard you cry, caustic wit, audiobooks, This American Life, Sarah Vowell, Ira Glass. I own a few copies of this...

Day 18: 'North and South'

If you like: Jane Austen, costume dramas, strong female characters, rebellion, romance, Bronte sisters. Dear “North and South,” why do I...

Day 11: 'To the Lighthouse'

If you like: large bodies of water, summer, subjectivity To the Lighthouse is the best book about oceans. Sorry, Jacques Cousteau, Moby...

Day 6: The List (fairy tales)

If you like: Grimm brothers, Wizard of Oz, sculptures, Neverending Story, enchanted woods, New York City, monsters. If you thought you...

Day 4: 'Wade in the Water'

If you like: Citizen: An American Lyric, Lemonade, found poetry, Pulitzer awards. When Life on Mars was first published, the publishers...

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