Her new suggestion was Radiant Darkness, which I will read in August. It looks like just my kind of book!
The other suggestions, and wow, there were some good ones this month:
- The Great Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys and the Men Who Starved for Science by Todd Tucker (Poodle)
- Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy (Janelle)
- My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young (Lexilooo) (She also suggested Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, but I only counted one entry for her, which you rule-sticklers will be glad to hear).
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Zillah)
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Megan)
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Heidikins)
- These is my Words
by Nancy E. Turner (Diana Banana)
- Sloppy Firsts
by Megan McCafferty (Elizabeth)
- Marley & Me by Josh Grogan (Ellen)
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Carly Jane)
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (RA)
- Oddballs by William Sleator (Noelle)
- A Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn (Packrat)
- Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza (Jodi)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Linda)
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (Sherry)
- Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos (Emily)
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Picture Taker)
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman (Kate)
- Daughter of the Forest byJuliet Marillier (Angie)
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery (Kristen)
- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (Mary)
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Melanie)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Shelly)
- Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky (Jody)
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Kimberly)
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Katherine)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Yankee Girl)
- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (Alison)
- Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas (Tootie)
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver (Jenny)
- The Magician's Assistant by Ann Pratchett (Kelly J)
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (Life is Dreaming)
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Jenn)
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (Suey)
- Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock (Lisa)
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Small Dog)
- Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (Liz)
This time I've read 5 of the 41 suggestions:
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Megan)
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Carly Jane)
- Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Picture Taker)
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman (Kate)
Sorry, I wasn't trying to break the rules :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for making a summary both times. When looking for something new to read, it is great to be able to look at these lists. I like the idea of reading from these more than picking from a best sellers list.
ReplyDeleteThat does look like a good choice, I hadn't heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda glad you didn't pick mine as I had a hard enough time coming up with one choice.
That's a lot of links!
read Joy Luck Club sometime- it's good!Enjoy your next selection!
ReplyDeleteWith a list like that, It's like we ALL win!
ReplyDeleteYay.
aah nuts, that's what i get for falling behind in blog reading. i guess i have to wait till next month now.
ReplyDeleteI think you're the reason I read The Eyre Affair. I seem to remember a conversation in the London Centre library about Jane Eyre and I jumped on it when it came up for my adolescent lit class. Great little book, although I never read the sequels. Perhaps will remedy that someday. After I read P&P&Z. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that was a lot of linking. Thanks! Looks like some good suggestions.
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