My Reading List a.k.a. One ridiculously boring summer

Well, it's August already, and I hate to say this, but our summer is winding down, my dearies.

I made a very ambitious reading list for this summer back in June.
Needless to say, I am not even close to finishing it.

But I would very much like to know what you guys have been reading this past summer or what you're reading now, books you recommend (not HP, please), books you hated, etc.

But here is a list of what I've read so far:

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
Blindness by Jose Sarramago
Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
New York Trilogy by Paul Aster
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Ring by Suzuki Koji - fuckn scary!
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Nabokov: Novels 1955-1962 by Vladimir Nabokov

My list was heavily influenced by the Amazon.com user ratings. (they dictate my music tastes as well) Here are some other forces in the media trying to dictate our lives:

The New York Times surveyed a group of authors and these are their recommendations: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/books/review/Survey-t.html?ex=1186372800&en=4e367da0cf219d8e&ei=5070

Time Out New York has come up with "The Ultimate NY Book Bracket" which indicates what every New Yorker should have read by now (kind of intimidating):
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/static_content/features/bookbracketall.pdf

Here's one from my favorite magazine that I find more manageable.
Jane magazine's arbitrary list of 100 great books compiled by its staff:
http://www.janemag.com/magazine/articles/2007/05/Jane100

So I hope this has been useful. Now I want to know what you guys have been reading or not reading. Give me something to add to my ever-expanding list! :)

-Annie

p.s. the post below is mine