Wrangling Cheeky Monkeys and Other Noble Pursuits: Quorum Call

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Quorum Call

After corresponding about my book list with one-seventh of my readership, tee hee I was wondering about the books the remaining six-sevenths of you hold dear.

What books from my book list do we have in common?
What are the books that would appear on YOUR list?
What must must must I read next?

Let's go readers! All seven of you! Chime in!

6 comments:

Head MonkeySeptember 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM
what are these book things that you speak of?
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mer@lifeat7000feetSeptember 21, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Have you read Olive Kitteridge? I liked it.
What about The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society? I loved that one.
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Wise WomanSeptember 21, 2010 at 11:35 PM
All of the fiction on your list is also on mine. I am reading _Spooner_, and it's wonderful. Wise Man thinks it's one of the best pieces of fictions he's read in many years.
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Wise WomanSeptember 21, 2010 at 11:38 PM
I second Olive. I couldn't get into the Potato one and will be anxious to hear your thoughts. I move that you start posting reviews of books. Do I have a second?
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JulieSeptember 22, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Adding The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion as a must read, but I know you've read it. Book reviews=excellent idea. I've been enjoying Sherlock Holmes and am almost finished with Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
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JenniferSeptember 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Book reviews. . . sounds like fun! Will deliver soon.
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The Wrangler's Reading List

Your One Year Old (two year old, three year old, etc.) series. (There is a book for each age. Has helped me understand my children better as they grow).
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin (The best memoir I have read in a VERY long time. And I read a lot of memoir).
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. (I've read this at five distinct points in my life and have learned something new EVERY SINGLE TIME.)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (This little gem was a timely recommendation from a very good friend. I have put a lot of its tenets into practice, and will confess that it has improved my overall happiness).
The Discipline Book by Dr. William Sears
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Thanks, Julia, for teaching me how to bake french bread. My family thanks you as well.
Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O'Dea
Anne Lamott. ANYTHING she writes. I love how she is reverently irreverant.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
1,2,3 Magic by the man, whose name I have forgotten, who wrote about how to put this very intuitive and yet magical parenting technique into practice. Wish I had thought of that. I also wish I had invented those Silly Bandz that turn children into rabid Silly Bandz-collecting dogs. Ah, well.