Besides a few travels, class, and work, I spent most of the rest of my summer reading. My whole life I've been a voracious reader, but for the seven years that I was getting a bachelor's and then a master's degree in English literature, I did very little reading "for fun" because I was reading so much literature for my classes. Since starting library school, I have found much more time for pleasure reading. For your information, here is my summer reading list -- all the books that I have read since I finished school the first week of May.
- Gilbert, Liz Eat, Pray, Love
- Pollan, Michael The Omnivore’s Dilemma
- Russo,
- Meyer, Stephenie The Host
- Lewis, C.S. The Magician’s Nephew
- --- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Goldman, William The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
- Gregory, Philippa The Other Boleyn Girl
- Ariely, Dan Predictably Irrational
- Andrews, Julie Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
- Tan, Amy The Bonesetter’s Daughter
- Lewis, C.S. The Horse and His Boy
- Binchy, Maeve The
- Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian
- Wilde, Oscar “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “An Ideal Husband”
- Brooks, Geraldine People of the Book
- Krug, Steve Don’t Make Me Think!
- Horan,
- Lewis, C.S. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
- Meyer, Stephenie Breaking Dawn
- Lewis, C.S. The Silver Chair
- Weinberger, David Everything is Miscellaneous
- Schwarz, Christina Drowning Ruth
- Lewis, C.S. The Last
- Grimwood, Ken Replay
- Roberts, Cokie Founding Mothers
- Guiliano, Mireille French Women Don’t Get Fat
- Rinaldi, Ann A Break With Charity: A Story about the
- Powell, Julie Julie and Julia
- Lee, Min Jin Free Food for Millionaires
- Diaz, Junot The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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So I am curious, what did you think about the following books:
The Last Battle
Eve and the Choice Made in Eden
The Magician's Nephew
They are ones I have been interested in reading, I just haven't done it yet. Did you like them?
By the way-we should get together in Indy sometime!
Hi Elise! I read the whole Chronicles of Narnia series this summer and I liked the first four (Magician's Nephew; Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Horse and His Boy; and Prince Caspian) more than I liked the last three (Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Silver Chair; Last Battle). I thought that the series got preachier and less interesting as it went along. The first four were more fun.
Eve and the Choice made in Eden was really excellent -- a very thought-provoking study of what happened in the Garden of Eden, why Eve made the choice that she made, and how that affects women today. I'd definitely recommend it for you.
Let's definitely plan to get together in Indy. Email me and let me know when would be good for you guys.
Wow you read a lot of books. I read about 35 this summer but most were for my literature classes. I'm really curious what you thought of Prep. You can email me with your answer.
I was going to ask how you liked the Narnia series but the previous comment suffices.
Also what were your feelings on omnivores dilemma?
I did not read the entire thing, but from what I read I was impressed that the author wasn't on an environmentalist soapbox, which is what I expected though he doesn't hit much (from what I read) on the importance of using the technology that we have to feed the world and of course allow the businesses to be successful.
I think Omnivore's Dilemma brings up really important questions about food -- what we eat, why we eat it. He doesn't talk about using technology (I assume you're talking about genetic engineering, etc.) to feed the world (i.e., grow even more corn and soybeans in the midwestern U.S. to send to Africa), but focuses on eating locally. That seems like a much more sustainable practice to me -- growing food near where it will be eaten rather than expending fossil fuels (or other sources of energy) to transport food across oceans.
Melissa, Please tell me about Cokie Robert's book. (I can't remember the title, but I have been impressed with her relationship with her husband.) Garth
I was thinking more along the lines of using the technology that many midwestern farmers have harnessed and exporting the technology to africa and china and other places that agronomy and animal husbandry practices are way behind. These could include but are not limited to genetic engineering, antibiotics, land management, artificial insemination, artificial selection processes, roundup ready technology for crops, proper fertilizer use, etc. All of this would not only help the countries in need but bolster the entire world economy in the far future.
Hi Melis! Wow you've been busy this summer! I love the booklist. I am curious if you have any recommendations for my book club. I finished the twighlight series with Breaking Dawn and loved it. What did you think of The Host. Tell me about Eat Pray Love and Free Food for Millionaires. LOL Emily
I loved the Twilight series, too, though Breaking Dawn was surprising, to say the least. I didn't expect Renesmee! I actually, in some ways, like The Host better than the Twilight series. It's more complex, in some ways, and it's a fantastic story. Stephenie Meyer is a great storyteller! Eat Pray Love would be a great book club book, I think. I was really spiritually moved by it and motivated to spend more time on meditation. (Though there's lots of sex -- so be prepared for that if you read it.) Free Food for Millionaires was sort of depressing, actually, but an interesting novel about identity. The protagonists are the children of Korean immigrants, first-generation Americans and college grads. I liked it pretty well.
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