Books that I am planning on reading:
I Love, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci
Books that I am currently reading:
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life by Cecile Andrews
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, and Steven L. Hopp
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez and Kristin Ohlson
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollen
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock
The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Freedom Writers and Zlata Filipovic
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
Ganger Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
I love getting book recommendations. Please leave the title of your favorite book.
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I just started reading a collection of short stories called “The Boat” by Nam Le. He is a Vietnamese-born, Australian-bred grad of the esteemed Iowa Writer’s Workshop. I read a story of his years ago and have been waiting for his book to come out ever since. Well, it was worth the wait: His cultural repetoire is stunning, the stories are clearly written, heart-wrenching, and fresh. Highly recommended if you enjoy short stories like I do!
Loved Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Have you read “Plenty” by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon? Another Eat Local book.
I’m currently reading “Waiting for Birdy” by Catherine Newman, best baby book since “Operating Instructions” by Anne Lamott, my first Bookcrossings book.
Thank you for the recommendations. I have read “Plenty,” which is another great eating local book. I will have read “Waiting for Birdy” and “The Boat.” Thanks!
Waiting for Birdy looks wonderful! I can’t wait to read it.
Thank you for the “Kabul Beauty School” recommendation. I loved it! I read it in a few days- I couldn’t wait for the baby’s bed time to read. I am now starting “Waiting for Birdy”. Just from reading the intro, it sounds great! I’ll let you know my final verdict
Other Kingsolver books: The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. The latter she wrote from 5 different perspectives. She actually wrote the ENTIRE book from ALL 5 and then chose her favorite parts of each to piece together the story. It’s remarkable.
Thanks for your recommendations. I love A Thousand Splendid Suns as well!
The Red Tent by Anita Daimant
Disappearing Acts by Jodi Picoult (ok everything by Jodi Picoult)
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (I see you are already a fan)