We can't always keep up the pace, so we're opting for (read: absolutely need) a quieter, more peaceful start to the year with A. Balasubramaniam's Study of a Fallen Bird because we bet that's how a lot of you probably feel right now. Follow this with Ann Hamilton's Shell for maximum comfort and protection and Untitled (Bad Ideas) by Jeanne Silverthorne is for the particularly fragile, if not broken or shattered.