Keep track of all the books I read in 2008

A dystopic fiction, I found it quite depressing.

Recommended by a friend.

A memoir about living with bipolar disorder.

“i am a birdcage without any bird,
a collar looking for a dog, a kiss
without lips; a prayer lacking any knees
but something beats within my shirt to prove
he is undead who,living,noone is.
I have never loved you dear as now I love.”

e.e. cummings

this is the rubbish of human rind
with a photograph
clutched in the half
of a hand and the word
love underlined
...

p.49, e.e. cummings

A short story involving the reactions of a group of New Yorkers to the discovery of a close friend dying from AIDS.

A timely reminder of the importance of relationships and how to be a good friend.

Happiness

An excellent collection of short stories. My favorite was “In Time Which Made a Monkey of Us All.”

Seems like he wrote best when he was at his worst.