Lists seem to be the thing of year ends and beginnings. Inspired by a former boss (possibly the best darn boss this girl will ever have) what follows is my reading list of 2006 (rated out of 4 stars) and my proposed list of 2007.
2006
NOVELS
Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
The Great Gastby, F.Scott Fitzgerald ****
Eleanor Rigby, Douglas Coupland **
The Captain and the Enemy, Graham Greene **
One for My Baby, Tony Parsons ****
Stories We Could Tell, Tony Parsons ***
A Widow for One Year, John Irving ****
the Continuity Girl, Leah McLaren **
Emma, Jane Austen ***
Pride & Predjudice, Jane Austen ****
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl ****
The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger ***
Everyone Worth Knowing, Lauren Weisberger ***
The Autograph Man, Zadie Smith ***
SHORT STORIES
A Diamond as Big as the Ritz, F.Scott Fitzgerald ***
Otherwise Pandemonium, Nick Hornby ***
NON-FICTION
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli ***
The Second Treatise of Government, John Locke (snoozeriffic)
Purple Cow, Seth Godin **
The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom ***
[Re]Understanding Prayer, Kyle Lake ****
The Mystery of Marriage, Mike Mason **
Sheet Music, Dr. Kevin Lehman ***
Lonely Planet Scotland *
Let's Go Paris ****
2007 (books purchased, waiting to be read)
NOVELS
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Pygmalion, Bernard Shaw
Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan
Women in Love, D.H. Lawrenced
Of Mice & Men, John Steinbeck
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Oryx & Crake, Margaret Atwood
The Family Way, Tony Parsons
SHORT STORIES
Wild Ducks Flying Backward, (collection) Tom Robbins
The Complete Short Stories , Flannery O'Connor
NON-FICTION
Plan B, Anne Lammott
Through Painted Deserts, Donald Miller
31 Songs, Nick Hornby
Lost for Words, John Humphries
Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
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on a different note, I posted a bunch of photos of the month leading up to the wedding. Since many of you were involved in the fun, I think they might be of interest!
SFGirl Says Farewell.
2 years ago
6 comments:
what a beautiful accomplishment for 2006, and goal for 2007. you sure aren't content with mediocrity. these lists look like someone who shoots for the moon!
Some suggestions to add:
The Children's Hospital -Chris Adrian
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -Jonathan Safran Foer
White Noise -Don DeLillo
Also recommended (if you run out of things to read :p):
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
The Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Tom Stoppard (or, if you've chanced to read that already, try his Arcadia)
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Gilman
Wow, those lists are incredible...and even though I don't think I could ever accomplish something like that in one year, I trust your judgement and suggestions- which lead me to perhaps take the plunge into one or two of them :)
thanks erin—you reminded me of one I forgot!
and the rest of you, thanks for the suggestions... will add them for 2008 ;)
Great list you have here. Hardy is a personal fav. I absolutely blasted through Tess. That tragic romance gets me every time! And Postman brings back fond memories of undergrad.
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