summer / fall 2007 booklist
(suggestions welcome! bolded takes priority.)
1. irresistible revolution, by shane claiborne
2. god´s politics, by jim wallis
3. the audacity of hope, by barack obama
4. it takes a village, by hilary clinton (i suppose i should give the woman a chance??)
5. how the garcia girls lost their accents, by julia alvarez
6. the white man´s burden, by william easterly
7. the house on mango street, by sandra cisneros
8. the awakening, by kate chopin (re-read)
9. the tortilla curtain, by t.c. boyle
10. in the walled gardens, by anahita firouz
11. the ornament of the world, by maria rosa menecal
12. reinventing the melting pot, by tamar jacoby
13. the year of yes, by m.d. headley (teach me something, maybe??)
14. like lives, by lorrie moore
15. even cowgirls get the blues, by tom robbins
16. memoirs of a geisha, by arthur golden
17. the poisonwood bible, by barbara kingsolver
18. the great gatsby, by f. scott fitzgerald (re-read)
19. beloved, by toni morrison
20. three cups of tea, by greg mortenson
21. grace (eventually), by anne lamott
22. eat, pray, love, by elizabeth gilbert
23. the difference a day makes, by karen m. jones
24. how to make the world a better place, by jeffrey hollander
25. the daring female´s guide to ecstatic living, by natasha kogan
26. the better world handbook, by ellis jones
27. a thousand splendid suns, by kalled husseini
28. the red tent, by anita diamant
29. the glass castle, by jeannette walls
30. palestine, by joe sacco (a graphic novel!)
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5 comments:
for me! wow!
Some of those on your list look intriguing. You'll have to tell me how they are. Here are the books on your list that I have and am happy to lend you: :)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, The House on Mango Street, Memoirs of a Geisha, Poisonwood Bible, Beloved, and The Red Tent.
Here are books you should add to your list:
Hope's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe (I'm reading this now)
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
and, mi hermanita, how could you forget??? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling!
Priorities, my friend, priorities.
Wow--what a list! I'm printing it up to add some of these to mine. And "Tortilla Curtain" should be bolded--it was excellent. (Get it from your 'other mother', Anne M. I did!)
Love your reading list...The Red Tent is amazing. Definitely go for that one...and you've read Mountains Beyond Mountains right? Otherwise, that one is a must.
i'm totally reading the irresistable revolution right now! And by right now i mean that i started it over christmas break and haven't picked it up since. but it's good nonetheless.
you inspire me:-)
-Cheri
What a treat to find my book on your discerning list (albeit nearly a year later). I hope you enjoyed it and perhaps found a cause you can affect with simple, daily actions. Thanks for including me among some of the best. In gratitude ~ Karen M. Jones
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