Monday, May 31, 2010

My Extensive Summer Reading List


A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Howard's End by E.M. Forster

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Dream Work by Mary Oliver

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

Unbearable Weight by Susan Bordo

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott


Have you read any of these books? If so, let me know what you think of them!

5 comments :

theresa clare said...

MAdame Bovary is on my summer list too! I just read Water For Elephants & liked it. Let me know if you want to borrow my copy!
p.s. Love The Perks of Being A Wallflower!

theresa clare said...

Clearly exclamation point happy. Sorry if it's overwhelming.

Mom (a- mia) said...

Wow, Allie...you are so ambitious. I'm still trying to decide about reading Harry Potter 1-7.

Mrs. Weidaw's 2 grandkids are going to be in the movie "Water for Elephants". They will be background children. It's being filmed in Fillmore.

Allie said...

Ah, yes! I've been wanting to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower!

Erin said...

You should definitely read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. You could knock it out in one sitting. I'm currently reading Life After God by Douglas Copeland. I think the writing style is very similar.

Water for Elephants is on my list too, especially since it started as a NaNoWrMo challenge.

Mary Oliver is wonderful for any season! I read Dream Work this winter. She's one of my favorites. I'm going to try to tackle my Muriel Rukeyser collection, Christopher Howell, and Dean Young this summer.