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