straight up nonsense: part the second

[Neil]

The Island of the Day Before -- Umberto Eco

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

The remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro

[Neil]

The Day of the Triffids -- John Wyndham

[Jennifer, hot tamale]

the day of the locust - nathanael west

[Christopher, Swanny]

The Day of the Jackal--Frederick Forsyth

[Adrian]

This Perfect Day - Ira Levin

[Christopher, Swanny]

The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger

[Neil]

Red Storm Rising -- Tom Clancy

[Jennifer, hot tamale]

where the red fern grows - wilson rawls

[Neil]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- Betty Smith

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

The Brooklyn Follies, Paul Auster

[Adrian]

The Follies of the King - Jean Plaidy

[Christopher, Swanny]

The Return of the King--J.R.R. Tolkien

[Neil]

The King Must Die -- Mary Renault

[Adrian]

The Beast Must Die - Nicholas Blake

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

Everything that rises must converge, Flannery O'Conner

[Neil]

The Sun Also Rises -- Ernest Hemmingway

[R.a.]

Empire of the Sun — J.G. Ballard.

[Adrian]

Don't Bite the Sun - Tanith Lee

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Mo Willems

(I'm not sure if this one really works, it's practically a picture book, but I love it, so I'm posting it.)

[Adrian]

Let It Come Down - Paul Bowles

[Neil]

Live and Let Die -- Ian Fleming

[Kerry, flame-haired janeite]

Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist

[Adrian]

Right Ho, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse

[Jennifer, hot tamale]

carry on, jeeves - p.g. wodehouse

[R.a.]

Go Tell It on the Mountain — James Baldwin

I hope prepositions count . . .

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner

(of course they do, R.A.!)

[Adrian]

The Hot Rock - Donald Westlake

[Elizabeth, bubbles]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- grand master T. Williams

[Jonathan, the skipper]

the iron will of shoeshine cats - hesh kestin

[Ry]

Jonathan wrote: "the iron will of shoeshine cats - hesh kestin"

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut

[Jonathan, the skipper]

cat in the hat (it's come to this!)

[Adrian]

Jonathan wrote: "cat in the hat (it's come to this!)"

The Hat on the Bed - John O'Hara

[Jennifer, hot tamale]

Adrian wrote: "Jonathan wrote: "cat in the hat (it's come to this!)"

The Hat on the Bed - John O'Hara"

the bed book - sylvia plath

hi adrian! :)

[Kerry, flame-haired janeite]

Um....Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! My niece LOVES that book! Sorry, I don't know the author.

:P

[Shel, ad astra per aspera]

The Joy of Sex.

Wait.

Sorry.

The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

[Les]

Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

-David Sax

(Someone else have a better reference to Procrustes?At least it is crusty.)

Alternatively (by Taleb):
The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

mmmm, crusty rye....

Black Beauty, Anna Sewall

[Les]

Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin

[Adrian]

Les wrote: "Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin"

Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So - Mark Vonnegut

[Patty, free birdeaucrat]

Without Feathers, Woody Allen

[Les]

Pigeon Feathers-John Updike

[Jennifer, hot tamale]

don't let the pigeon drive the bus! - mo williams

[Les]

The Old Bus
Richard Brautigan

Trying to redeem myself here. . .

[Patrick, photographic eye]

old joy- jonathan raymond

[Elizabeth, bubbles]

A Life of Joy by Amy Clipston from the Kaufmann Amish Bakery Series

Somebody should come up with another book that has a Greyhound AND a wagon on the cover.

[Adrian]

Elizabeth wrote: "

A Life of Joy by Amy Clipston from the Kaufmann Amish Bakery Series

Somebody should come up with another book that has a Greyhound AND a wagon on the cover."

The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

Here is the limited edition with a Greyhound wagon on the cover.

[Elizabeth, bubbles]

Wow, Adrian. A lot less 'curves' than your last cover design.

[Les]

Adrian, are you capable of not being da coolest or hilarious?

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski

[Adrian]

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet - Dr. Seuss under a pseudonym, I think. I haven't read the book since I was five, but I'd probably read it again if anybody has a spare copy.