read: wild at heart by barry gifford

A dick-lit version of Weetzie Bat is a good description, and one that makes me laugh. Both are the sort that make me roll my eyes at the all so apparent hipness of it all, but I can't help but love 'em all the same. I've read a couple of reviews comparing Gifford to some sorta modern day Faulkner, but on that I'm not so sure I can come to agreement. In any case, I can never stop myself from falling good and hard for any sleazy Southern road novel. I think Gifford really pulled me under once he labled that one Bunny Sweet gal of smelling of Florida water and cigarettes and a wave of my own panhandle-young love-road trip nostalgia won over any eyebrow-highbrow reservations I was trying to hold on to. A great big Florida water smelling memory wave of chasing Tom Wolfe on motel TV sets and sitting in an empty deserted living room staring at backyard orange trees. Also childhood days of Jimmy Swaggart television sermons and a real strong craving for fried oysters and coleslaw. Feel like I should make some sort of mention about the Lynch movie, but don't much feel like bringing any comparisons except I kept thinking about Harry Dean Stanton's hounddog eyes for every forlorn Johnnie Faragut chapter. They're both fine and good standing together and fine and good on their own. Bought the Sailor & Lula: Complete Novels version, so I'll keep rolling through Gifford's series.

read 2013

1.    Tomato Red by Daniel Woodrell
2.    Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer (E)
3.    Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield
4.    Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary by Keshni Kashyap (GN)
5.    This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
6.    Head Off and Split by Nikky Finney
7.    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (audio)
8.    Girl Stories by Lauren R. Weinstein (GN)
9.    The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
10.    Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
11.    Scenes from an Impending Marriage by Adrian Tomine (GN)
12.    Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (audio)
13.    Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
14.    Every Girl is the End of the World for Me by Jeffrey Brown (GN)
15.    Then Again by Diane Keaton
16.    Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Harmones for a Hot and Healthy Body! by Jillian Michaels
17.    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
18.    Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff (audio)
19.    Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer
20.    The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
21.    War Dances by Sherman Alexie
22.    "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates (SS)
23.    I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
24.    Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
25.    Ender's Game Graphic Novel by Chris Yost (GN)
26.    All Star Western, Vol 2: The War of Lords and Owls by Justin Gray (GN)
27.    Attack on Titan, Vol 5 by Hajime Isayama (GN)
28.    Attack on Titan, Vol 6 by Hajime Isayama (GN)
29.    The Complete Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes/Saavedra (GN)
30.    Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (re-read)
31.    Supergirl, Vol 2: Girl in the World by Michael Green (GN)
32.    Once Upon a Time: Shadow of the Queen by Dan Thompson (GN)
33.    Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr (GN)
34.    Rust, Vol 2: Secrets of the Cell by Royden Lepp (GN)
35.    Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim (GN)
36.    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel by Ransom Riggs (GN)
37.    Castle: A Calm Before Storm by Richard Castle (GN)
38.    Olivia by Ian Falconer (E)
39.    Olivia Forms A Band by Ian Falconer (E)
40.    Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer (E)

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