Some book!

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066) Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet, finished December 30

Thurber's our of fashion and White's coming into fashion and I'm starting to wonder if my life would have gone a bit more according to plan if I'd chosen the latter as my literary hero.

Thurber, you see, is a bit too much like me.

And White is simply admirable.

This beautifully illustrated book is aimed at kids, but it is a marvelous introduction to the man---it captures his sensibility and his story as he saw it by incorporating his own words---even his own captions to his own photographs.

One anecdote:

When recording the audiobook for Charlotte's Web, it took him seventeen days to get down the chapter in which Charlotte dies. He couldn't get through it without weeping.

If that's not a writer---a man---to emulate, I don't know who is.

What a great way to end my reading year.

It's not how many books I cram in, it's about what they do to me, how they leave me, what they make me into.

two or three days

Previously in 2016

62 – 65

065) Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything by Calef Brown, finished December 29
064) Cruising Through the Louvre by David Prudhomme, finished December 25
063) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe by Ryan North and Erica Henderson, finished December 3
062) La Jetée: ciné-roman by Chris Marker, finished November 28

58 – 61

061) Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel, finished November 27
060) The Sculptor by Scott McCloud, finished November 26
059) Thurber by Burton Bernstein, finished November 21
058) The Complete Peanuts 1997 to 1998 by Charles M. Schulz, finished November 19

ASIDE

54 – 57

057) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, finished November 17
056) Paco by Nathan Thatcher, finished November 3
055) The Complete Peanuts 1995-1996 by Charles M. Schulz, finished October 18
054) "K" Is for Killer by Sue Grafton, finished October 17

48 – 53

053) Girl & Flame by Melissa Reddish, finished September 30?
052) The Garden of Enid: Adventures of a Weird Mormon Girl, Part Two by Scott Hales, finished September 29
051) The Garden of Enid: Adventures of a Weird Mormon Girl, Part One by Scott Hales, finished September 29
050) The Making of Pride and Prejudice by Susie Conklin and Sue Birtwistle, finished September 28
049) Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts by Chip Kidd, finished September 24
048) J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton, finished September 16

42 – 47

047) Jumpers by Tom Stoppard, finished September 6
046) Dark Watch and other Mormon-American stories by Williams Morris, finished September 5
044) Pariah Missouri: The Promised Land by Andres Salazar and Jose Pescador, finished August 29
043) Pariah Missouri: Answering the Call by Andres Salazar and Jose Pescador, finished August 28
042) "I" is for Innocent by Sue Grafton, finished August 25

38 – 41

041) The Devil Is Due in Dreary by David Parkin and Allan Jefferson, finished August 19
040) No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, finished August 1
039) Lady Killer by Jamie S. Rich & Joelle Jones & Laura Allred, finished July 30
038) Tribute to Sparky, finished July 25

34 – 37

037) Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, finished July 22
036) UR by Stephen King, finished July 20
035) Fante Bukowski by Noah Van Sciver, finished July 13
034) "H" Is for Homicide by Sue Grafton, finished July 12

31 – 33

033) Isaiah: Prophet, Seer, and Poet by Victor L. Ludlow , finished July 5
032) Sistering by Jennifer Quist, finished July 1
031) Sayanora Slam by Naomi Hirahara, finished June 6

26 – 30

030) Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, finished May 30
029) Best American Comics 2015 edited by Jonathan Lethem, finished May 30
028) G Is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton, finished May 21
027) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True by Ryan North & Erica Henderson, finished May 20
026) "F" Is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton, finished May 12

19 – 25

025) Soldier Dog by Sam Angus, finished May 6
024) Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll, finished May 1
023) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North and Erica Henderson, finished April 30
022) Little Robot by Ben Hatke, finished April 26
021) What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsun, finished April 26
020) Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson, finished April 23
019) The Only Child by Guojing, finished maybe April 21

15 – 18

018) 77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor, finished April 21
017) Fidelity by Grace Paley, finished April 20
016) The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed by Kay Ryan, finished April 15
015) Work & Days by Tess Taylor, finished April 1

11 – 14

014) The Little World of Liz Climo by Liz Climo, finished March 29
013) Forgive me, I Meant to Do It by Gail Carson Levine, finished March 26
012) Fences by August Wilson, finished c. March 14
011) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson, finished March 19

10

010) Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card, finished March 9

5 – 9

009) The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim by Robert Beck, finished February 29
008) Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer, finished Feb 20
007) Bless this Mouse by Lois Lowry, finished February 16
006) Dendo by Brittany Long Olsen, finished February 14
005) Dream House on Golan Drive by David G. Pace, finished February 5

1 – 4

004) Mormon Shorts, Vol I by Scott Hales, finished January 23
003) Shirt in Heaven by Jean Valentine, finished January 18
002) Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, finished January 14
001) Spy School by Stuart Gibbs, finished January 9

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