12-16-10, The Priest, and To The End of The Land

Fiction/Biography/Memoir/History

• The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• The Savage City by T.J. English
• Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe
• The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Philosophy/Theology/Criticism

• After You Believe by N.T. Wright
• God's Century by Monica Toft
• Infinite Jest Reader's Guide by Stephen Burn

Re-Reading

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

To The End of the Land is off the list, but not because I finished it. I couldn't. I'm not going to say it was poorly written or try to make a case against it. I was bored by it, is all. I was not drawn in for a second. So, I put it down. And don't see picking it up again.


The Priest is off the list because I finished it, and quickly. It's not going to change your life, but it is one of the more engrossing detective novels that I have read in some time. If you're looking for what you love about Lehane and Pelecanos, but with a Dublin twist, check out Gerard O'Donovan.