My Reads

Current:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Why Buffalo Dance: Animal and Wilderness Meditations Throughout the Seasons by Susan Chernak McElroy

Teach Yourself World Faiths by Paul Oliver


2009

Sorrow Mountain:  The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun by Ani Pachen and Adelaide Donnelly 5/5

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards 4.5/5

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 3.5/5

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 5/5

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 4.5/5

The Queen of Subtleties by Suzannah Dunn 3+/5

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 5/5

Maybe a Miracle by Brian Strause 3+/5

How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper 4/5

Remember Me? By Sophie Kinsella 3+/5

Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich 2/5

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 5/5

The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two Ravens: the Life and Teachings of a Spiritual Warrior by Louis Two Ravens Irwin and Robert Liebert 4/5

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen 4/5

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra 5/5

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 5/5

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 5/5

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer 3+/5

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer 3+/5

Highlights Through 2008:

December 2008

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 3+/5 (much better than Twilight)

Jesus: The Story of Enlightenment by Deepak Chopra 5/5

Anonymous Lawyer by Jeremy Blachman 3/5

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 3/5

November 2008

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer 2/5

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 4/5

Barrel Fever by David Sedaris 2/5

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 5/5

The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani 5/5

October 2008 and Prior

The Places In Between By Rory Stewart 5/5

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 5/5

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls| 5/5 see My Review

Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir by Matthew Chapman 5/5

On The Road by Jack Kerouac 5/5

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5/5

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel 5/5

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 5/5

The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan 5/5

The Joyluck Club by Amy Tan 5/5

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 5/5

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay 5/5

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 5/5

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 5/5

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 4/5

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs 4/5

Dry by Augusten Burroughs 4/5

The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon

Amazing Grace: Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amongst the Rwandan Holocaust by Imaculee Ilibagiza

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by HH The Dalai Lama

An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by HH The Dalai Lama

Advice on Dying and Living in a Better Way by HH The Dalai Lama

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