Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Getting started here a little late, but I'll list the books I've read so far in 2009 and then pick it up from there.

The Heart of Whiteness Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege
Changing Course Healing from Loss, Abandonment and Fear
Race Matters
Pride and Prejudice
Fool A Novel
Little Bee
The Fuck-Up

Welcome! And that's a good start!

The Graveyard Book
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
A Painted House
Still Life with Chickens

I forgot I'd read The Graveyard Book at the first of the year. It was wonderful, of course, and I was pleased to learn it earned the Newbery Medal.

I'm reading The Known World by Edward P. Jones

11 down, so far, going on 12. A bit behind, but catching up.

The Known World

Fascinating book. I'd like to read more about this topic of free Black slave owners pre-Civil War era.

Why Him? Why Her? Understanding Your Personality Type and Finding the Perfect Match

I didn't fit so well into a type at first, but felt better by the end. A little.

Unique and quirky is my favorite type!

Mary Todd wrote: "Unique and quirky is my favorite type!"


Hahaha---well, there's that!

The Girl with No Shadow A Novel

A sequel to Chocolat, an old favorite, and I found this book to be different from the first, more complex and longer, and very good.

#14 - better get a move on!

Coraline
Re-read Coraline--it's been seven years. I think it's more imaginative than The Graveyard Book but I like that one a lot, too. It was fun to re-read this after seeing the movie.

edited to add: #15

Just finished The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King. I love all her books but especially her Mary Russell series.

#16

Happens Every Day An All-Too-True Story

Bought this on sale at Starbucks in Atlanta -- that should've tipped me off. Very meh.

Getting Stoned with Savages A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

Very funny in places, kinda boring in others. Not so hot on the title -- "savages"? Really?

#17 and #18

Between Barack and a Hard Place Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Really good--right on the mark.

One Hundred Years of Solitude
I adore this book. Just beautiful.

The Alchemist
Gave this one another try; finished it and liked it this time.

Eleven Minutes A Novel
Really enjoyed this little novel.

#19, #20, #21, #22

oops, forgot one

Night
I teach this book every summer. I can only do it once a year--very painful.

#23

and another--

Supersex

Very informative! Gorgeous photographs.

#24

Born on a Blue Day Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant This was a fascinating story of an autistic savant who is also gay and has synesthesia. You think your life is complicated?

The Wordy Shipmates
I adore Sarah Vowell and this was a really good history lesson about the Puritans. Really enjoyable.

The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell's hypothesis of how epidemics start, and not only disease epidemics, but social epidemics, as well. I really liked it.

#25, #26, #27