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Thursday, June 24, 2004
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Here it is again:

BEYOND OPTIMISTIC, & ENTIRELY UNREALISTIC SUMMER READING LIST
  1. Eats, Shoots & Leaves> by Lynne Truss

  2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

  3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

  4. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris

  5. White Noise by Don DeLillo

  6. A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

  7. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

  8. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

  9. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich

  10. Wicked by Gregory Maguire

  11. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  12. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

  13. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

  14. Icy Sparks by Gwen Hyman Rubio

  15. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson

  16. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

  17. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

  18. Love by Toni Morrison

  19. The Light of Falling Stars by J. Robert Lennon

  20. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

  21. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

  22. A Widow for One Year by John Irving

  23. Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton

  24. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein

  25. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein

  26. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein

  27. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolfe

  28. The Hours by Michael Cunningham

  29. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolfe

  30. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

  31. Moo by Jane Smiley

  32. Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

  33. The Summons by John Grisham

  34. The Testament by John Grisham

  35. Hornet’s Nest by Patricia Cornwell

  36. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  37. The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

  38. Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi

  39. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

  40. The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas

  41. Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet by John Douglas

  42. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

  43. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

  44. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

  45. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Ok, so I have crossed off two more titles on the list: White Noise and Angels & Demons. I said a little bit about White Noise in an earlier post, so I won't say more about it here, but I just finished Angels & Demons last night, and let me say this--HOLY CRAP.

Maybe it is just the bleeding heart liberal in me, but I totally loved this book. Perhaps it is because there was absolutley NO suspense whatsoever in the DeLillo book, but I read the nearly 600 pages of Angels & Demons in no time, mostly because the pages compelled me to turn them. Suspenseful, exciting, and I'll be damned if it didn't make me think again...perhaps I just enjoy reading stuff that points out that there may be more than one side to the story than the very one-sided Catholic Church crams down people's throats presents...

I loved Brown's other book featuring the same protagonist that has been making noise (a little something called The DaVinci Code), so it makes sense that I would be blown away by this one, too. Highly recommend it. And, if you haven't read The DaVinci Code, read that one, too.

Anyway, I am now on to Janet Evanovich's Ten Big Ones. YAY! I know I will have it finished today. The Stephanie Plum books are such great easy summertime reads, and, they are hilarious. I started it last night, but fell asleep before even finishing chapter 1--not because it's a boring book, but because I chose to start reading at 1:30 am. Duh, yes. I know. It looks quite promising, though. Lots of Lula and Grandma Mazur action, and...I know you will love this....SALLY SWEET is back! WOO HOO!!!

I have just to finish up doing a curriculum map for a class I am taking, and then, it's all about Ten Big Ones for the rest of the day! Whee!

"I do the filing. I file the ass out of that office."
~Lula in Ten Big Ones

[Edited: I have now also finished Ten Big Ones. If you are a Stephanie Plum fan, you shan't be disappointed. As I stated earlier, one of the most popular characters from the series, Sally Sweet, makes a return in this story, and there is some SERIOUS Lula hilarity. Highly recommended for the great "fluffy fun" factor.]
 

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