Reading List (July 2009 – Present)

June 2012

• Wolf’s Rise – Sevastian Winters – (N)

May 2012

• Sin And Syntax – Constance Hale –
• Pulse Of Heroes – A Jacob Sweeny – DONE (N)
• Getting There – Gerry Boylan – DONE
• On Writing – Stephen King – DONE
• John – Cynthia Lennon – DONE
• Pride And Prejudice – Jane Austen – DONE
• Death Comes To Pemberley – P.D. James – DONE

April 2012

• Listen To The Echo – Dennis James Haut – DONE

January 2012

• Road Parables – Brad Beals – DONE (N) (S)
• The Road – Jerry Thompson – DONE (N) (S)
• Water Parables – Brad Beals – DONE (N) (S)
• Wood Parables – Brad Beals – DONE (N) (S)
• Mad Mouse – Chris Grabenstein – DONE (N)
• The Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins – DONE (N)
• America’s Dream – Esmeralda Santiago – DONE
• When I Was A Puerto Rican – Esmeralda Santiago – DONE

December 2011

• Gap Creek – Robert Morgan – DONE (N)
• The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver – DONE
• Auschwitz – Dr. Miklos Nyiszli – DONE (N)
• Big Russ And Me – Tim Russert – DONE
• Once Upon A River – Bonnie Jo Campbell – DONE

November 2011

• American Salvage – Bonnie Jo Campbell –DONE
• The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls – DONE
• What Baseball Means To Me – Edited By Curt Smith – DONE
• Spin The Plate – Donna Anastasi – DONE
• The Mighty Rifle River – John E. Cuthbertson – DONE
• Shoeless Joe – W.P. Kinsella – DONE

October 2011

• Wisdom Of Our Fathers – Tim Russert – DONE
• The Help – Kathryn Stockett – DONE

September 2011

• When Evil Came To Good Hart – Mardi Link – DONE
• Isadore’s Secret – Mardi Link – DONE
• Blood Diamonds – Greg Campbell – DONE

August 2011

• The Condition – Jennifer Haigh – DONE
• The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver – DONE
• Conquistadora – Esmeralda Santiago – DONE
• Teacher Man:  A Memoir – Frank McCourt – DONE
• Tis – Frank McCourt – DONE
• Winning The War On Waste:  Changing The Way We Work – William Conway – DONE

July 2011

• Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt – DONE
• Personal Development For Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit Of Personal Growth – Steve Pavlina – DONE
• The Personal MBA:  Master The Art Of Business – Josh Kaufman – DONE

June 2011

• The Dream – Harry Bernstein – DONE
• The Invisible Wall – Harry Bernstein – DONE
• Doc Holliday:  The Life And Legend – Gary L .Roberts – DONE
• Decision Points – George W. Bush – DONE

March 2011

• Castles In Spain – Sally Stewart – DONE
• Einstein’s Dream – Alan Lightman – DONE
• What Difference Do It Make? – Ron Hall, Denver Moore, With Lynn Vincent – DONE
• Same Kind Of Different As Me – Ron Hall, Denver Moore, With Lynn Vincent – DONE
• Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen – DONE
• America By Heart:  Reflections On Family, Faith, And Flag – Sarah Palin – DONE

February 2011

• No Apology:  Believe In America – Mitt Romney – DONE
• Beautiful Boy:  A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction – David Sheff – DONE
• Tweak:  Growing Up On Methamphetamines – Nic Sheff – DONE
• Echo House – Ward Just – DONE
• Flannery:  A Life Of Flannery O’Connor – Brad Gooch – DONE

January 2011

• Son Of A Witch – Gregory Maguire – DONE
• Abraham Lincoln:  A Man Of Faith And Courage – Joe Wheeler – DONE
• The Heroine’s Bookshelf:  Life Lessons, From Jane Austen To Laura Ingalls Wilder – Erin Blakemore – DONE

December 2010

• Laura Ingalls Wilder:  A Biography – William Anderson – DONE
• How Israel Lost:  The Four Questions – Richard Ben Cramer – DONE
• I Still Dream About You – Fannie Flagg – DONE

November 2010

• The Double – Jose Saramago – DONE
• North Of Now – W. D. Wetherell – DONE
• Tales Of A Female Nomad – Rita Goldman Gelman – DONE
• The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets – Eva Rice – DONE

October 2010

• Lost & Found – Kathryn Slattery – DONE

August 2010

• The Forgotten Man:  A New History of the Great Depression – Amity Shlaes – DONE
• What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures – Malcolm Gladwell – DONE
• Girl Sleuth:  Nancy Drew And The Women Who Created Her – Melanie Rehak – DONE
• Blink:  The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell – DONE
• Personal Geography:  Almost An Autobiography – Elizabeth Coatsworth – DONE

July 2010

• In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens:  Womanist Prose – Alice Walker – DONE
• Outliers:  The Story Of Success – Malcolm Gladwell – DONE
• Our Working Lives:  Short Stories Of People And Work – Edited By Bonnie Jo Campbell And Larry Smith – DONE
• The 50 Greatest Love Letters Of All Time – Edited By David H. Lowenherz – DONE
• Indiscreet Journeys:  Stories Of Women On The Road – Edited By Lisa St. Aubin de Teran – DONE

June 2010

•  Angels And Demons – Dan Brown – DONE

May 2010

• Ghosts, Crimes, and Urban Legends:  In And Around The Town of Bay City, Michigan USA – D. Laurence Rogers – DONE

April 2010

• Bay City “Hauntings” – D. Laurence Rogers – DONE
• Michigan Rogues, Desperados, Cut-Throats – Tom Powers – DONE

February 2010

• Lost Symbol – Dan Brown – DONE
• The Lives Of The Muses:  Nine Women & The Artists They Inspired – Francine Prose – DONE
• Integrative Life Planning:  Critical Tasks For Career Development And Changing Life Patterns – L. Sunny Hansen – DONE

January 2010

• Reading Like A Writer:  A Guide For People Who Love Books And For Those Who Want To Write Them – Francine Prose – DONE
• Forgotten Survivors:  Polish Christians Remember The Nazi Occupation – Edited By Richard C. Lukas – DONE
• Going Rogue – Sarah Palin – DONE
• Anne Frank:  The Book, The Life, The Afterlife – Francine Prose – DONE
• Wicked – The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West – Gregory Maguire – DONE

December 2009

• Anne Frank:  Her Life In Words And Pictures – From The Archives Of The Anne Frank House – DONE
• Writings To Young Women On Laura Ingalls Wilder:  As Told By Her Family, Friends & Neighbors – Stephen W. Hines (Editor) – DONE
• Laura Ingalls Wilder:  A Biography – William Anderson – DONE

November 2009

• Julie And Julia:  365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen:  How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, And Her Sanity To Master The Art Of Living – Julie Powell – DONE

October 2009

• Writing Down The Bones – Freeing The Writer Within – Natalie Goldberg – DONE

September 2009

• Eat, Love, Pray – Elizabeth Gilbert – DONE

August 2009

• Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café – Fannie Flagg – DONE
• Broken Open – How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow – Elizabeth Lesser – DONE
• Culture Warrior – Bill O’Reilly – DONE

July 2009

• Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity – Bill O’Reilly – DONE

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