i’ve decided to have this new category called inventory after walking through a barnes and noble in new york and looking at a pile of books on display called “summer reading”… i was pleased to see that i had read a great number of those books – i’d say at least 80% of the 15-20 titles there… and i felt that it would be important to write down the titles and authors of books i have seen… as for movies, talking to less enthusiastic movie fans, especially those who “forget what the movie is about after a few weeks,” i have decided to have a list for that also. i kept a running list of books and films last summer, and while the movie collection was full of summer blockbusters and a few gems, the book section was limited to two books, if you count gore vidal’s pamphlet as a book. but all the king’s men by robert penn warner was truly inspiring, so i can’t say that my reading effort was a total failure. anyways, as for june 18th, my inventory of books and films.

books
aloft by chang-rae lee
the metaphysical club by louis menand
currently: breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut

films
troy, shrek 2, mean girls, the cooler, the triplets of belleville, harry potter 3, mystic river, the stepford wives