To save you from having to bounce between links and this entry, I’m posting the books from the two book clubs I mentioned in “Books” yesterday.
\nThese are the six books that Oprah has featured (I think she’s been doing a travelog):
\nOne Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
\nThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
\nEast of Eden, John Steinbeck
\nCry the Beloved Country
\nAnna Karenina
\nThe Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
\nI’ve read “East of Eden,” and “The Good Earth.”
\nKathy and Judy who do the 9 to noon show on WGN Radio (WGNradio.com) have featured 16 books and listeners are getting to vote for the books they loved the most. These are the titles:
\nLike Normal People
\nThe Rich Part of Life
\nAll Over But the Shootin’
\nThe Secret Life of Bees<\/u>
\nThe Lost Legends of New Jersey
\nDriving Mr. Albert
\nThe Kite Runner<\/u>
\nWhen the Emperor Was Divine
\nWild Nights: Nature Returns to the City
\nBel Canto<\/u>
\nThe Passion of Artemesia
\nYear of Wonder: A Novel of the Plague
\n1984
\nThe Devil in the White City<\/u>
\nThe Giant’s House: A Romance
\nThe Binding Chair: Or, A Visit From the Foot Emancipation Society
\nThe four which are underlined are the four most popular of the 16 books. I’ve read “Bel Canto,” and “1984.”
\nAnd these suggestions are from one of my nieces:
\nThe Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Nifenegger
\nThe Birth of Venus – Sarah Dunant
\nA Home at the End of the World -Michael Cunningham
\nThe Other Boleyn Girl – Phillipa Gregory
\nAngry Housewives Eating Bon Bons – Lorna Landvik
\nA Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
\nHandmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
\nLife of Pi – Yann Martel
\nFarenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
\nBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie
\nOf Love and Shadows – Isabelle Allende
\nLike Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
\nOf the last group, I’ve read “Farenheit 451,” and I’m familiar with “A Handmaid’s Tale,” which I picked up after I saw the movie.
\nAny other suggestions??<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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