My Life in Books 2011

I did this wrap-up post last year and decided that it was worth another go-round. If anybody knows of a different set of questions for 2011, I'd love to do that one too....

But here is my life in 2011, using the books I've read this year.


Describe myself: The Girl in Blue by P. G. Wodehouse
How do I feel: All Booked Up by Terrie Curran
Describe where I currently live: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
If I could go anywhere, where I would go: (on a) Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
My favorite form of transportation: Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
My best friend(s) is/are: Third Girl by Agatha Christie and The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
My friends and I are: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman and quite possibly Hot & Bothered by Jane Isenberg OR even Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women by Autumn Stephen
What's the weather like: March Violets by Philip Kerr
Favorite Time of Day: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
What is life to you: A Question of Proof by Nicholas Blak
You fear: (the) Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
What is the best advice you have to give: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Thought for the day: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
How I would like to die: Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
My soul's present condition: Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood