Summer Reading List:

• Chelsea Whistle - Michelle Tea:

SF artist I've been meaning to check out.

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami:

Had this on my list for a while. Someone recommended it as a "must-read" surrealist fiction book.

• The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides:

I was surprised that I liked the film so now I need to check out the book. I've also got Middlesex on the book shelf but I thought I'd start with this one. I like that Powell's targets it as a teen book.

• Three Apples Fell From Heaven - Micheline Marcom:

I'm taking her fiction workshop next semester so I thought it'd be good to give her work a spin.

• Tell Me: Thirty Stories - Mary Robison:

I just loved, loved, loved "Why Did I Ever". If her short stories are even half as good...

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation-Lynne Truss:

Because everyone needs a good punctuation ass-kicking once in awhile....I know I sure do.

• Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi:

This one's for my book group.

• The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri:

Loved her collection and I'm interested to see how well her writing translates into a novel.

• Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk:

Time to finally see if he lives up to the hype.

Hmmm...that's just nine titles...anyone have any other suggestions?