A book a year Public

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I'm reading one book from each year of my life. The rules are pretty lose: Has to be a novel, if I come across one that has a "should have read" flair to it (like The Color Purple or The Name of the Rose), I have to read it. Otherwise, trying to find a diverse mix, not just the best-selling thriller; not that I'd be too interested in those.

  1. Jailbird by 

    3 stars

    Jailbird presents the memoir of one Walter F. Starbuck, recently released from jail after serving time for a minor role …

    Joerg says:

    1979 - A minor player caught in the Watergate swamp provides the red line through a only semi-fictional history of worker's movements in the USA. Though more serious in tone, it has Vonnegut's trademark sarcasm, running gags and deep insight into the human condition.

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  2. Loitering With Intent by 

    4 stars

    From Publisher's Weekly: "Art, reality and the strange ways the two imitate one another are at the core of …

    Joerg says:

    1980 - notes to follow

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  3. The name of the rose by 

    4 stars

    The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives …

    Joerg says:

    1981 - notes to follow

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  4. The Color Purple by 

    4 stars

    Life wasn't easy for Celie. But she knew how to survive, needing little to get by. Then her husband's lover, …

    Joerg says:

    1982 - Note to follow

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  5. Duluth by 

    1 star

    Duluth est une sorte de Dallas, ville US typique où tout semble se prêter à la réalisation d'un feuilleton. Gore …

    Joerg says:

    1983 - What an absolute shit book. Oh, Gore Vidal. Trying to point out racism and sexism in the world by heaping racism, sexism and rape "jokes" on top of each other. It's just still - racist and sexist. What a pity, the postmodern weirdness of space and time mixing would have been so interesting

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  6. Flaubert's Parrot by 

    4 stars

    Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011

    Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our …

    Joerg says:

    1984 - Notes to follow.

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  7. Sozaboy. by 

    4 stars

    Joerg says:

    1985 - notes to follow

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  8. The Circle of Reason by 

    4 stars

    Joerg says:

    1986 - notes to follow

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  9. The Prospector by 

    No rating

    Joerg says:

    1987 - not started

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  10. Inland by 

    No rating

    Joerg says:

    1988 - not started

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