December 20, 2006
Pickle Me This Picks of '06
What you’ve all been waiting for, to enhance your reading lists for ’07, or to help you get that Christmas shopping done.
New(ish) Fiction Picks
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
Alligator by Lisa Moore
The Accidental by Ali Smith
Mean Boy by Lynn Coady
When I Was Young and In My Prime by Alayna Munce
Saturday by Ian Mcewan
The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Memoir Picks:
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Poetry Pick:
The Octopus and Other Poems by Jennica Harper
Anthology Pick:
Writing Life by Constance Rooke (ed)
Non-Fiction Pick:
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson
New to me only (but I loved them all the same):
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin
Wonder When You’ll Miss Me by Amanda Davis
Collected Stories by Grace Paley
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Our Favourite CD was “Let’s Get Out of this Country” by Camera Obscura and we also liked “Sam’s Town” by The Killers
Our Favourite movie was Little Miss Sunshine
Our Favourite Holiday destination was Prince Edward County.
It’s been a very good year. And all the best for 2007!
What about neighbor of the year?
That award goes to Cody, who once leant me a baseball bat. Or D&D, for the hours of entertainment they’ve given me.
You have surpassed the neighbour designation. You are a true friend. I can’t think of an appropriate sitcom metaphor, but the closest I can get is that you’re the Fonz to our Cunninghams. And we love you dearly.