TWELVE
by Nick McDonell
Grove Press
ISBN: 0802117171
256 pages
It was compared to GOSSIP GIRL in the New York Post so I'm curious to read it.
THE SAVAGE GIRL
by Alex Shakar
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0066209870
288 pages
It's supposed to be an ironic look at consumer culture so it has two things I'm interested in: irony and consuming. Also, it was written by my friend's sister's boyfriend.
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0618173870
288 pages
It's supposed to be brilliant and full of malapropisms which always make me laugh.
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
by Edith Wharton
Modern Library
ISBN: 0375758070
352 pages
GOSSIP GIRL was loosely based on her classic book THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. She's one of my favorite writers, but I've never read this one.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Washington Square Press
ISBN: 0743451503
464 pages
THE GREAT GATSBY is my all-time favorite book, but somehow I missed this one. This summer I'm all over it.
