i'm doing a really, really bad job at becoming more well-read.

• sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs - chuck klosterman
• what we could have done with the money: 50 ways to spend the trillion dollars we've spent on iraq - rob simpson
• love and obstacles - aleksandar hemon
• do gentlemen really prefer blondes? - jena pincott
• the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - mark haddon
• everything is illuminated - jonathan safran loer
• pygmy - chuck palahniuk
• a spot of bother - mark haddon
• extremely loud & incredibly close - jonathan safran foer
• water for elephants - sara gruen