slowly finding my footing here again.....but posts were requested....when all is new and you push it into the back of your mind to keep it all from being overwhelming, things get a bit slow....and to admit to the amazement of it all would be akin to reentering childhood and staring with giant eyes.......getting in conversation with the insane because you don't know any better and your view of the world probably matches theirs....so my updates have been few and far between and myself is the blog that needs updating.....but here, I'm trying this for the first time ever....my favorites of the year.....starting today with the best books I read this year........not all published in 2004, but books aint likes movies, it takes time...so check it.

1. Fortress of Solitude.... Jonhathan Lethem
2. A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius....Dave Eggers
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night...Mark Haddon
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay.....Michael Chabon
5. The Metaphysical Club.....Louis Mennard
6. You Shall Know Our Velocity....Dave Eggers
7. Middlesex....Jeffery Eugenides
8. The Black Panthers Speak...Philip Sheldon Foner
9. What's The Matter With Kansas.....Thomas Frank
10. The Plague....Albert Camus....(In My Top 10 Every Year)

Music and Movies to come.....