Books are such an adventure, an escape or a learning experience. Through my writing groups and various book clubs I have had numerous referrals of great books. When living in France, it was amazing how many books I could read with English television limited to news channels. I read real books, many books on my kindle and occasionally books on DVD. If you want to get a complete list of books I have read, my reviews, and want I intend to read, go to the website: Goodreads.com. It is a marvelous website for readers. It’s like having your own library that you share with friends.
Here’s a list of some of the books I have read during the past year and would recommend:
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
On Writing by Stephen King
A Ticket to the Circus by Norris Church Mailer
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Becoming George Sand by Rosalind Brakenbury
Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bards
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
Saturday by Ian McEwan
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Room by Emma Donoghue
Death at Chateau Breamont by M.L Longworth
Murder in the Rue Dumas by M. L. Longworth
Books Baguettes and Bedbugs by Jeremy Mercer
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
Blood, Bones and Butter the Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The First Man by Albert Camus
The Buddah in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
On Rue Tatin by Susan Loomis
Montana: 1948 by Larry Watson
Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
ON MY LIST OF BOOKS TO READ:
(as of March 23, 2013)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Seamstress by Maria Duenas
Stoner by John Williams
The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
MAY ALL YOUR ROADS LEAD TO AN ADVENTURE
