| Subject: [workmom] Great Summer Reads - compiled |
| From: Susan |
| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:23:40 -0400 |
I gotta tell you I love this group:
The
Kite Runner was excellent.
I really enjoyed
reading The Kite Runner and highly recommend it.
Perfect
Match
Keeping Faith
Mercy
The Pact
My Sister's
Keeper
Queen's Fool
(Philippa Gregory)
The Other Boleyn
Girl (Philippa Gregory)
The Virgin's
Lover (Philippa Gregory)
I just finished <
You may want to check out Annie Dillard's <An American
Childhood> (I'm not sure if that's the exact title) if
you haven't already.
Have you tried
any of the Jodi Picoult books. They are easy reads--only complaint is
after the third or fourth they are somewhat familiar. I have them if you
are interested.
Anne
Tyler, An Amateur Marriage.
Little Children- Tom Perotta
The Namesake- Jhumpa Lahiri
My Sisters Keeper- Jodi Picoult
The Time Travelers Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
I recently read, "Language of the Sycamores".
It was a good easy read.
Other
good books (but you may have read them):
"The Bookseller of Kabul" (non-fiction)
"The Kite Runner"
"Secret Life of Bees" (really good and easy read)
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Up in Thin Air" - (nonfiction - story of a
Mt. Everest Climb - amazing in many ways)
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (very quick
read)
"The Travelers Gift" (Very quick read - interesting
perspectives)
If you've ready any of Jane Austen's books, you might enjoy:
"The Jane Austen Book Club"
When the
Emperor Was Divine
Jodi
Picoult - My Sister’s Keeper
In The
Image – by Dara Horn (a
The Five
People You Meet in Heaven
Balzac
and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Devil in the
Both are great books!