Friday, October 22, 2010

The Next 50

Been doing a little reading. Here are the most recent 50 books I've read. Again, if the formatting looks a little off, zoom in or out.

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder............................................Richard Louv..........................A+
We Need to Talk About Kevin............Lionel Shriver..........................A+
Eat, Pray, Love.................................Elizabeth Gilbert....................A+
Three Cups of Tea............Greg Mortenson/David Oliver Relin............A+
The Hummingbird's Daughter.............Luis Alberto Urrea...................A+

What is the What................................Dave Eggars.......................A+
The Spinster Book..............................Myrtle Reed.......................A+
Vagabonding......................................Rolf Potts...........................A+
The Shockwave Rider......................... John Brunner..................... A
Oryx and Crake..................................Mary Atwood...................... A

The Blind Assassin.......................... Mary Atwood.......................... A
Most of All they Taught Me Happiness..... Robert Muller............... A
Ten Days in a Mad-house.................. Nellie Bly.............................. A
Interpreter of Maladies...................... Jhumpa Lahiri........................ A
Our Mutual Friend.............................. Charles Dickens................... A

The Satanic Verses.............................. Salman Rushdie................... A
Sexing the Cherry................................ Jeanette Winterson.............. A
Gods Behaving Badly......................... Marie Phillips......................... A-
This is Your Brain on Music................. Daniel Levitin........................ A-
It's Time.................................................... Jana Bluejay....................... A-

Prep........................................................ Curtis Sittenfeld..................... A-
For One More Day................................. Mitch Albom.......................... A-
Holidays on Ice........................................ David Sedaris...................... A-
Immortality............................................... Milan Kundera....................... A-
Geeks...................................................... Jon Katz................................. A-

The Little Prince........................................ Antoine de Saint Exupéry... A-
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.. John Berendt......................A-
A Memory Of Running............................... Ron McLarty....................... A-
The Brooklyn Follies................................ Paul Auster........................... B+
Dewey....................................................... Vicki Myron............................ B+

Dreams From My Father........................... Barack Obama................... B+
From the Bottom Up................................ Chad Pregracke.................... B+
Hound of the Baskervilles......................... Sir Arthur Conana Doyle..... B+
Four Hour Work Week.............................. Tim Ferriss............................ B+
Being Peace............................................. Thich Nhat Hanh.................... B+

I Was Amelia Earhart................................ Jane Mendelsohn.................. B+
Blue Angel................................................... Francine Prose..................... B
Great Expectations..................................... Charles Dickens................... B
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius... Dave Eggers................ B-
A Long Way Down..................................... Nick Hornby............................ B-

The Heart of the World............................... Ian Baker................................. B-
The Audacity of Hope................................ Barack Obrama....................... B-
Coming Up for Air....................................... George Orwell......................... C
The River King............................................ Alice Hoffman........................... C+
Have A Little Faith....................................... Mitch Albom............................ C+

Breath, Eyes, Memory................................... Edwidge Danticat............... C+
Conscious Evolution..................................... Barbara Marx Hubbard........ C
The Letters of Abelard and Helois................................................................ C
Soul Cravings................................................ Erwin Raphael McManus...... C
Desire ............................................................Hugo Claus.............................. F

1 comment:

Aunt Karen said...

Bummer, not a one that I've read on this list...usually there's one or 2.