Hesitantly posted, a provisional reading list

Reading lists, I believe, belong in probable worlds, worlds that may or may not manifest into the light of the common day.

For one thing, whims come and go, as do temptations. One can never be sure which book he'll end up sleeping with next.

During the latter part of 2009, I found myself endlessly reading Roberto Bolano's endless novel "2666." I posted a brief note about it on my March of Books review page. I wrote a fair number of reviews during 2009, the last of which was for Nancy Whitney-Re...