One of my resolutions for 2007 was to read four books each month and I’m tracking my progress here. Links denote which ones I liked the most - wish me luck!
January
Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt
The General in His Labyrinth, by Gabriel García Márquez
Come Back, Barbara, by C. John Miller
February
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
Lapsing into a Comma, by Bill Walsh
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Notes from a Small Island, by Bill Bryson
March
Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott
Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons
March, by Geraldine Brooks
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
April
The Kitchen God’s Wife, by Amy Tan
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris
Spring Snow, by Yukio Mishima
May
Good in Bed, by Jennifer Weiner
Singing My Him Song, by Malachy McCourt
Friends for the Journey, by Madeleine L’Engle and Luci Shaw
The Bonesetter’s Daughter, by Amy Tan
June
Loud and Clear, by Anna Quindlen
Marley & Me, by John Grogan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
July
In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Saving Fish from Drowning, by Amy Tan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
August
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
September
Cesar’s Way, by Cesar Millan
October
None, much to my shame
November
Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt
The Pilot’s Wife, by Anita Shreve
December
Letter from Peking, by Pearl S. Buck
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
Waiting in the wings: (alphabetically)
- Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Code Book, by Simon Singh
- Empire Falls, by Richard Russo
- Runaway Horses, by Yukio Mishima
- Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
