This has been a year of delicious reading for me. I’ve made friends with Anthony Trollope, Edith Wharton, and Saul Bellow to name a few. Trollope’s autobiography led me to feel great affection for him. I don’t know what I’d do without reading. I love books. I am utterly perplexed by those who don’t, and, frankly, feel a bit sorry for them. Books offer an endless number of experiences. The date at the end of each entry is the date I finished the book.
Books read in 2012
1) “Over by the river & other stories” by William Maxwell 1-5-12
2) “Ghost Soldiers,” by Hampton Sides 1-17-12
3) “Ethan Frome,” by Edith Wharton 1-19-12
4) “Far from the Madding Crowd,” by Thomas Hardy 1-30-12
5) “The Age of Innocence,” by Edith Wharton 2-7-12
6) “Madame Bovary,” by Gustave Flaubert 2-16-12
7) “Summer,” by Edith Wharton 2-19-12
8) “The Warden,” by Anthony Trollope 2-26-12
9) “A Ladder of Years,” by Anne Tyler 3-1-12
10) “The Woman in White,” by Wilkie Collins 3-19-12
11) “Barchester Towers” by Anthony Trollope 4-6-12
12) “Autobiography of Anthony Trollope” by Anthony Trollope 4-19-12
13) “Dr. Wortle’s School,” by Anthony Trollope 4-23-12
14) “The Meaning of Everything,” by Simon Winchester 5-9-12
15) “Ragtime,” by E.L. Doctorow 5-26-12
16) “The Haunted Bookshop,” by Christopher Morley 6-12-12
17) “The Way We Live Now Vol. I,” by Anthony Trollope 6-27-12
18) “The Way We Live Now Vol. II” by Anthony Trollope 7-7-12
19) “The New York Stories of Edith Wharton” by Edith Wharton 7-20-12
20) “Of Human Bondage” by W. Somerset Maugham 7-30-12
21) “Dr. Thorne,” by Anthony Trollope 8-26-12
22) “The Given Day,” by Dennis Lehane 9-8-12
23) “Moonlight Mile,” by Dennis Lehane 9-10-12
24) “Shutter Island,” by Dennis Lehane 9-14-12
25) “Fiddlers,” by Ed McBain 9-20-12
26) “Fat Ollie’s Book,” by Ed McBain 9-25-12
27) “Walking to Gatlinburg,” by Howard Frank Mosher 10-12-12
28) “Pnin,” by Vladimir Nabokov 10-17-12
29) “Life Class,” by Pat Barker 10-23-12
30) “Anthony Trollope: A Victorian in his world,” Richard Mullen 10-31-12
31) “The Dangling Man,” by Saul Bellow 11-5-12
32) “The Victim,” by Saul Bellow 11-10-12
33) “Herzog,” by Saul Bellow 11-18-12
34) “Roseanna,” by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö 11-21-12
35) “The Man who went up in smoke,” by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö 11-22-12
36) “Every Last One,” by Anna Quindlen 11-25-12
37) “Humboldt’s Gift,” by Saul Bellow 12-8-12
38) “More Die of Heartbreak,” by Saul Bellow 12-16-12
39) “Tinkers,” by Paul Harding 12-20-12
40) “Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned,” by John A. Farrell 12-26-12
Peter S. Kahrmann - Est. 1953 