Wednesday, August 5, 2009

book club, population: 1

I have decided to start my own book club all by myself. Meaning, I am going to make a list of all the books I want to read and blog about them after reading. This will work out great, because I have a lot of free time on my hands at the moment (thanks to work cancellations all next week), coupled with very little money (see previous parentheses) and a lovely public library within walking distance. I considered asking some friends to join my book club, but I read way too fast for most peoples' tastes and it would be unfair to expect others to keep up with me. So, I embark on this literary journey alone, with none but fictitious characters for company. (During this time it will be important to force myself to maintain contact with the outside world, knowing my tendency to hole up with a book and never see the sun or real people.)

My book list (open to suggestions):

POETRY

e. e. cummings

- Love, Selected Poems

- Another E. E. Cummings, selected and introduced by Richard Kostelanetz

- Tulips & Chimneys

- Complete poems, 1904-1962

Walt Whitman

- Selected Poems


PROSE

Emma – Jane Austen

Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri

Julie & Julia – Julie Powell

Mountains Beyond Mountains – Tracy Kidder

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Suite Francais - Irene Nemirovsky and Sandra Smith

The Birth House – Ami McKay

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson

The Help – Kathryn Stockett

The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch

The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory

The Portrait of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd

The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

The Town that Forgot How to Breathe – Kenneth J. Harvey

There’s No Place Like Here – Cecilia Ahern

Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri

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  1. giantvAugust 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    If possible, I suggest moving The Lovely Bones to the top of your list. The movie is coming out later this summer. I also recommend Alice Sbeold's other book, Lucky. It is a memoir of her rape. It was sad, scary yet also inspiring. Both are fast reads.

    Time Traveler's Wife is also coming to theaters later this year...

    I also really liked Little Children by Tom Perrotta and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. You can borrow my copy if you can't get your hands on a copy from the library.

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  2. sheknittyAugust 9, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    Jhumpa Lahiri is aaaamazing. I love her stuff. The Secret Life of Bees is also really wonderful, and a quick read.

    Two of my favorite books from last year (and keep in mind, I have weird tastes compared to the general population when it comes to literature, but still):
    Venus as a Boy - Luke Sutherland
    Ode to Lata - Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla

    And my two all-time favorite poetry books:
    Loose Woman - Sandra Cisneros
    Walking the Hot Coal of the Heart - Julia Alter

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