Books I've read so far this year...

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1. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
2. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
4. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
5. The Once and Future King by T. H. White
6. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
7. Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
8. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
9. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
10. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
11. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

12. Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game by Stoker Hunt -- Yes...I'm weird. But you all knew that already. I decided to pick up this book after a conversation on another friend's LJ. I agree with the section that describes the psychology of Ouija boards. When you're using a Ouija board, chances are that you're talking to your subconscious or the subconscious of one of your friends, and not a spirit. The subconscious is a very strange place, and I can see how it could say some pretty disturbing things.

13. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath -- This is a semi-autobiographical novel by Plath about her mental breakdown the summer before her senior year in college. From the description, it sound like she had bipolar disorder. This was a very good book, and I can see why it's considered a classic. It sucks you in with its detailed description of the narrator's slide into insanity, admittance to a public (and later a private) asylum, and eventually, her recovery.