Renay from Bottle of Shine (who is an absolute hoot!) is hosting this fun challenge again. Lasts April 1 through December 31, 2009. Click the icon for full challenge rules.
The criteria I set for myself in choosing my recommendations was that I wanted them to be a little less ‘favorited’ by others; and of course I didn’t include any titles I mentioned last round (though I still obviously love them).
My 5 suggestions:
- The Houskeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (read in ‘09) — Sweet, tender story about mathematics, baseball, memory, and finding family.
- The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho (read in ‘09) — I love Coelho, and this book raises an important question on the issue of whether humans are basically good or basically evil.
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (read in ‘08) — This was recommended by Dewey last round, and it was one of the titles I read for the challenge and absolutely loved. This one is NOT just for kids!
- Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (read in ‘08) — Very quirky book that I enjoyed because I felt Galchen had a unique writing style and because I got the inside jokes and references about Argentina. A NYT Notable book.
- Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (read in ‘08) — Scarily enough, this book describes the small town I grew up in almost exactly.
The books I’m interested in reading:
- Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Jane Patillo
- The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
- Marcelo In the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- The Outlander by Gil Adamson
