THE PAM NEWSLETTER 1996
Volume 6, Issue 1, List
He who trembles, is not bored
1996 BOOKS READ
- Sue Grafton,
I is for Innocent (1/4)
- Dori Sanders,
Her Own Place (1/4)
- Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing (1/14)
- Susan Isaacs,
Magic Hour (1/17)
- Tom DeHaven,
Walker of Worlds (1/20)
- Tom DeHaven,
End of Everything Man (1/26)
- Jeff Noon, Vurt
(1/31)
- Dean Koontz,
Winter Moon (2/12)
[about 3 books I never finished: Bringers of the Dawn, Vendanta Book, Weissman:
Dear Dead Person]
- John Fante,
Ask the Dust (2/22)
- David Guterson,
Snow Falling on Cedars (2/27)
[Gave up on the The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. Understand it will be a movie]
- J.G. Ballard,
Running Wild (3/10)
- April Smith,
North of Montana (3/13)
- Anne Proulx,
The Shipping News (3/22)
- Tim Willocks,
Green River Rising (3/31) -- ugly book, avoid it.
[Gave up on The Little Hotel by Christina Stead]
- Peter Hoeg,
Smilla’s Sense of Snow (4/14)
- Scott Bradfield,
The History of Luminous Motion (4/17)
- Jack Womack,
Random Acts of Senseless Violence (4/27)
- Jay McInery,
Brightness Falls (5/2)
- John Sanford,
Mind Prey (5/4)
- Bebe Moore Campbell,
Brothers & Sisters (5/16)
- Fannie Flagg,
Fried Green Tomatoes (6/20)
- Melissa Rossi,
Courtney Love: Queen of Noise (6/23)
- Stephen King,
Dolores Clairbourne (7/27)
- Ken Eulo, House
of Caine (8/7)
[wretched book, I have no idea why I even finished it.]
- Darklings (8/19)
[more wretched than book above]
- Paul Reiser,
Couplehood (8/20)
- Granta, Top
20 Young Novelists (9/?)
- Mary Karr, Liars
Club (9/?)
- Irvin Welsh,
Trainspotting (9/?)
- James Ellroy,
Suicide Hill (10/6)
- Tom Robbins,
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (10/30)
- Joan Ryan, Little
Girls in Pretty Boxes (11/8)
[very scary book about how elite gymnasts and figure skaters are trained]
- Wallace Stegner,
Angle of Repose (11/10)
[Pulitzer winner and very fabulous book -- everyone should read it.]
- Geoff Nicholson,
Hunters & Gatherers (11/12)
[weird funny book by this British guy]
- Michael Pye,
The Drowning Room (11/27)
- Patricia Cornwell,
The Body Farm (11/28)
- Nick Hornby,
High Fideltiy (12/1) [very funny, read it!]
- Olaf Olaffson,
Absolution (12/5)
- Caleb Carr,
The Alienest (12/12)
- Susan Jedren,
Let Them Eat Cake (12/14)
FILMS SEEN IN
1996 (as of 12.20.96)
- Dracula Dead
and Loving It, Jan 3 (w/ Gary)
- 12 Monkeys,
Jan. 5 (w/ Bob)
- Get Shorty,
Jan. 13 (w/ Bob)
- Passion Fish,
Jan. 14 (v)
- Groundhog Day,
Jan. 14 (v w/Bob)
- Romeo is Bleeding,
Jan. 15 (v w/Bob)
- Black Sheep,
Feb. 2 (w/Gary)
- Showgirls, Feb
3 (v w/Bob)
- Mad Love, Feb
3 (v w/Bob)
- Sense &
Sensibility, Feb. 14
- Broken Arrow,
Feb. 16
- Usual Suspects,
Feb. 18 (v w/Bob)
- Five Easy Pieces,
Feb.19 (v w/Bob)
- Ace Ventura
Pet Detective, Feb.27 (v)
- Barcelona,
Feb.29 (v)
- French Kiss,
Mar.23 (v w/Bob)
- Walk in the
Clouds, Apr.4 (v w/Bob)
- Tommy Boy, Apr.27
(v w/Bob)
- Nick of Time,
Apr.27 (v w/Bob)
- Unzipped, May
4 (v w/Bob)
- Strange Days,
May 5 (v w/Bob)
- Home for the
Holidays, May 19 (v)
- Moonlight and
Valentino, May 23 (v)
- Sabrina, May
30 (v)
- Brothers McMullen,
May 29 (v w/Bob)
- MallRats, June
1 (v w/Bob)
- Angus, July
13 (v w/Bob)
- Lone Star, July
20
- Murial’s
Wedding, Aug.2 (v w/Bob)
- Something to
Talk About, Aug.3 (v)
- Independence
Day, Aug.10(?) (w/Bob)
- Phenomenon,
Sept.4 (w/Bob)
- City Hall,
Sept.14 (v w/Bob)
- Mighty Aphrodite,
Sept.20 (v w/Bob)
- Georgia, Sept.21
(v w/Bob)
- Fly Away Home,
Sept.27
- The American
President, Sept.28 (v w/Bob)
- Fargo, Oct.5
(v w/Bob)
- Spitfire Grill,
Oct.12 (w/Bob)
- Cold Comfort
Farm, Oct.19 (w/Bob)
- Widows Peak,
Nov.22 (v)
- Kill Me Again,
Nov.25 (v)
- Heavenly Creatures,
Nov.29 (v w/Bob)
- Adams Family
Values, Nov. 30 (v w/Bob)
- Executive Decision,
Dec. 13 (v)
- A Streetcar
Named Desire, Dec. 14 (v)
- The Phantom,
Dec. 15 (v)
- Beavis and Butthead
Do America, Dec. 20 (w/Bob)
KEY
Dates are the date I finished reading it or the date I saw it. "v" means on
video and the person is who I saw if with, if anyone.
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