Megan’s Recommended Reading
I love books – all sizes, all genres, all fonts. And every once in a while, I share a book I particularly love with you.
Religious Reading (The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis; Opus Dei by John L. Allen, Jr.; Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies by Dean Sluyter; No god But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan)
The Spellman Series by Lisa Lutz
Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
Monster: The Autobiography of an L. A. Gang Member by Kody Scott
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir by Elna Baker
The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show by Ariel Gore
Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
The Translator by Leila Aboulela
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
The Mascot: Unraveling the Truth of My Jewish Father’s Nazi Boyhood by Mark Kurzem
Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet
Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear
Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Live From New York by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller
The Film Club by David Gilmore
Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Rage Against the Meshugenah by Danny Evans
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn
I Know I Am But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano
Rapture Ready by Daniel Radosh
Bernie and Chet Mysteries by Spencer Quinn
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
Official Disclaimer: I am in no way being compensated for these book reviews. (You know, except the ones I obviously am.) They’re just books I personally enjoyed. I bought them all myself, most likely at my local used book store.
Megan’s Recommended Reading
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Thank you for the list. I’m always looking for a good read and I’ve been meaning to read “Tales of a female nomad” I better do it soon. Ah, I have so many books I need to be reading
Me too! I always have such a terribly high stack I feel as though I’ll never catch up!
Love, love, love Bel Canto!!
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Great list of books! I’ll have to bookmark these for future. My pile by my bed, and in my den seems to br growing. I’m a little addicted to my Ipad lately so my stacks sit untouched.
Thanks for popping over and leaving your comments! I’ll let you know how my list of things to do and change go in the new year!
How do I follow you? I really like your blog!
Megan
Sorry about sending that anonymous, I am far from that. I am like an open book. Just keep reading my blog and you will see!
Megan
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Ooh – I love open books! And I know just what you mean, I have quite a few towering piles of books myself.
I’m not sure how you want to follow, but there’s a subscribe button in the navigation bar that’ll take you to my feedburner page where you can subscribe by different readers or my email!
What an amazing (and amazingly diverse) list! I’m totally checking these out from the library when I finish my Happiness reading list! You have great taste!
Great list. LOVE Bel Canto. Thanks for your comment on my blog today
I love several of these books as well! And now I have some new ones to add to my ‘want to read this’ list, thanks!
Love this book list
Looking fwd especially to the samantha bee one .. I just love her
Just fpind your blog thru ur comment and am enjoying it very much
i was also curious as to how u came upon my blog ?