For me, reading has always been a solitary pursuit. I mean, I would occasionally exchange the spirited emails with friends about the latest Harry Potter, or beg someone I knew to read the book so I could talk about it…but this whole book club thing is entirely new to me. I’m glad we’re doing it; I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. š
At any rate, I do have a list of books that I want to read, that I’ve been meaning to read, etc. I’m not considering this a “do-or-die” thing. That is, I won’t feel like a failure if I don’t read them all by a certain date. I already own a pile of these, others are on my wish list. Possibly some of these will end up being book club selections, and others I’ll read on my own time. Some I might not get to at all. But anyway, here it is.
All American Girl, Meg Cabot (YA)Bras and Broomsticks, Sarah Mlynowski (YA)Anatomy of a Boyfriend, Daria Snadowsky (YA)- The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Dog, Dave Barry
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- All But My Life, Gerda Weissmann Klein
- Lisey’s Story, Stephen King
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay
- Wicked, Gregory Maguire
- Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft, Mindy Klasky
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell- The Android’s Dream, John Scalzi
- Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing, Margaret Atwood
Hey, Nostradamus!, Douglas Coupland
I probably still have more, but that’ll do for the moment. Let me know if you’ve read any of these, or if you have any “you absolutely must read this!” suggestions. š
Hmmm. Interesting that we are trying to do book club and I don’t have any of those books on my list of to-read except Catch-22.
Well, WICKED is on my shelf, Katie from work gave it to me as a recommendation, but I am not certain I am interested after talking to Dayna…
And The Kite Runner I already read…I wish we would have read that one together, I NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I READ IT!
Oh this book club (virtual, fantastic idea BTW) is going to be fun!
I don’t think it’s any secret that we have different taste in books. š
LOVED Wicked. Way better than Confessions of An Ugly Step-sister.
WICKED!!!!!
One of my favorite books of all time. Son of a Witch is much less good – I think Maguire does better taking existing stories and delving into the unknown details than he does creating his own characters. I have Mirror, Mirror out to read once I finish my current book – Chris Bohjalian’s Trans-Sister Radio (which I’m really enjoying so far, and I’m roughly halfway through it).
What is it with all the witch stuff? You should read Terry Pratchett’s “Wyrd Sisters.” Ask Rand. He’ll tell ya š
Hm…last year it was vampires, this year witches. I can’t really explain. š
Hey erin…it’s kelly m. from the diocese.
i loved the kite runner…then i discovered “a fine balance” by rohinton mistry. A must read centered around four characters who are forced to share a small apartment in an unnamed city in India during the 70’s. It’s heartbreaking, true-life stuff. Not pretty, but beautiful nonetheless.
It’s great to see a listing of books. I’m on my way to the library!
Hope you are well…
mild-mannered filled me in on your blog.
Hey, Kelly! Thanks for stopping by. š
Wicked is extraordinarly good and also deeply disturbing. My jaw absolutely DROPPED when I heard they were making a musical out of it. (I have this horror vision of tons of parents going “Oh, my ten-year-old loved the musical, so I should buy her the book!” AIGH NO this book is NOT FOR KIDS.) Now I love the musical, but I need to read the book again (despite swearing I never would), to remember what things they really did draw from it.
I flipped through the Sparrow a bit in a bookstore, and it also appears to be extraordinarly good and deeply disturbing (if it’s the book I think it is). I remember walking out of the book store in a bit of a daze because I was so disturbed by what I’d read. But then I’m kind of an easy target that way.
Both are still really good reads, though.
I hear from Seanan that Lisey’s Story is excellent.