Thursday, October 04, 2007

Reading List

When I read So Many Books, So Little Time, I put sticky notes in some spots where author Sara Nelson mentioned books that I haven't read but that sounded interesting to me. I have to take the book back to the library tonight, so I thought I better write down those titles - then it occured to me that I could list them here for my future reference as well as your feedback on any of the titles that you have read. So, here they are, in alphabetical order:

  • Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
    [I've loved those of Lamott's books that I've already read, but for some reason, this is one I haven't.]

  • The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

  • Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

  • Facing the Wind by Julie Salamon

  • Heartburn by Nora Ephron
    [This would be a re-read for me, as I read it many years ago - when I was in an entirely different place in my life.]

  • House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

  • Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering
    by Wendy Lesser

  • Personal History by Katharine Graham

  • Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

  • Turning Japanese by David Mura

  • The Way Home by Henry Dunow

  • Whitegirl by Kate Manning
I do think a few of the memoirs on this list might make it onto my "In Their Shoes" Challenge list!

6 comments:

  1. I'm glad you decided to list them. Provides good fodder, which is just what I need, right? More books to add to my wishlist.

    I've only read House of Sand and Fog. It wasn't a favorite, but it was good.

    Nothing Remains the Same sounds interesting to me.

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  2. I love Bird by Bird - one of my absolute favorites. I just did a new book meme on my blog, and it's in there as one of my "five meaningful books." Hope you enjoy it too!

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  3. I'm a fan of Bird by Bird--one of the best books on writing out there.

    I remember really liking The Crimson Petal & the White, and I don't generally like historical fiction

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  4. I have the Crimson and the Petal White and it just looks enormous and quite overwhelming on my shelf!! I also have House of Sand and Fog....another of which I have not read yet but is on my Book around the states challenge list. I will let you know how it is when I read it!

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  5. Looks like an interesting list of books. Thanks for sharing the list!

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  6. I LOVED both Slammerkin (and have liked her other books, too) and the Crimson Petal and the White. I think it was CP&W that my husband had to physically take away from me so I'd go to bed one night.

    However, my friend Vidalia found Slammerkin pretty dark and gloomy. And I think a few people in my book club thought Crimson Petal was quite long and were unsure about certain parts, but overall it was fairly well-received.

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