bookshelf

well i could keep talking about how fucking fantastic sunday's bts show was, but i wont. i still don't feel like saying much else here. so instead maybe i'll move on to my bookshelf for an easy entry. [book meme taken from arajane].

instructions: take one list of authors, remove those whose efforts do not grace your shelves and bring the list up to ten by adding some more that do. bold indicates newly added authors.

tom robbins
douglas coupland
j.r.r. tolkien
jane austen
raymond carver
los bros hernandez
daniel clowes
gabriel garcia marquez
milan kundera
jeanette winterson
anais nin
michelle tea
david sedaris
rita mae brown
john steinbeck
haruki murakami

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okay, so i guess i never realized how many books i had acquired over the years. doing this list also made me realize that there are some books i'd love to acquire as well as those i probably want to get rid of and sell. it also made me realize what a tough time i have picking "favorites". anyway, for my readers' delight, here are other runner-ups worth checking out from my shelf:

-mark kurlansky
-amy tan
-willa cather (i did an independent project on her works as an undergrad)
-may sarton
-anita diamant
-j.k. rowling [of course!]
-f. scott fitzgerald
-art spiegelman [if nothing else, you *must* check out maus]
-jane smiley
-mary pipher
-john grisham [like rita mae brown, he lives in, or rather, has a house in the city i live in!]

yes, this list could go on and on. but it wont. goodnight.