It's a good thing today is one of those wet, misty, cloudy days when Vancouver decides to remind its dwellers that she is a temperate rain forest. Rainy days are reading days in our apartment, and I've got a stack of new books to read. Nonfiction, New York Times bestsellers, theological musings, biographies.
The books on my Summer 2011 reading list include ~
1. Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
(started reading but had to return to the library; will continue reading later this summer. I was so sad to have to give it back, it was soooooo well written!)
2. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
(currently reading, will probably finish this evening)
3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
4. Room by Emma Donoghue
5. Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
6. The Secret Life of Dresses by Erin McKean
7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
8. When God Goes To Starbucks by Paul Copan
9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Have you read any of the books on my summer list? Any other titles you recommend I add?
xox
I've read three from your list: (1) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - I really enjoyed the story of Francie growing up in a tough environment yet continuing to strive to survive. (2) The Great Gatsby - I always encourage reading the classics! (3) Water for Elephants - read this while on vacation a couple of years ago & couldn't put it down. If I remember correctly, a lot of squalor & bad language, but a great read. I highly recommend adding The Hunger Games trilogy to your reading (I have short reviews of all three books on my blog) - great page-turners and very thought provoking books.
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