Twelve Chosen Books
01. Stiff : The Curious lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
02. Dancing withe Rose: finding life in the land of Alzheimer's by Lauren Kessler
03. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
04. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
05. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
06. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
07. The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
08. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
09. Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
10. Sunshine Always: The courtship letters of Alice Bower and Joseph Gossage of Dakota Territory
edited by Paula M Nelson
11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
12. Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
The Two Alternates
1. The Girl in the Green Sweater by Krystyna with Daniel Paisner
2. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
This is so great!!! I can't wait to follow you here. Let me know if you'd like to borrow Prince of Tides and A Thousand Acres. I just gave Stiff: Curious Lives of Human Cadavers to the library or I'd send that your way too. It was interesting!
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Ha, I won't need to borrow the books because the challenge is to read 12 books that have been on your shelf for at least a year, I probably have 100 or more! But it will make me read them and then I can let them go, unless they are too good to let go! Two alternates, so if one of the original is just too tedious, I can read one of those.
ReplyDeleteJust checking-in on your progress for the 2011 TBR Pile Challenge - how are things going so far?! Don't forget to link your reviews to your master list. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso... BIG Giveaways are happening on my blog this week, and TBR Pile Challenge participants earn extra entries for linking to their lists, so be sure to visit my Giveaways section soon! ;)
how are things going diane? we haven't heard about any bird adventures either. I will be posting Ella's 8 month update soon, but Jake has my computer so I couldn't work on it today.
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I just loved compiling this list , researching, reviewing lists for ideas, borrowed most, the titles are so enticing...now after hrs of research and dreaming, let the reading begin!!! Thanks for all the great ideas, such variety!
Australia After the Fire, a Still Small Voice
Argentina
The Library at Night
Bosnia Zlata's Diary
Bhutan Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
Bolivia The Fat Man from La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia
Brazil Like the Flowing River
Cambodia First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Canada The Bird Artist
Chile Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile
China Red Dust: A Path Through China
Congo Heart of Darkness
Croatia Zagreb, Exit South
Cuba A Simple Habana Melody
Czechoslovakia The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Denmark The Boy in the Suitcase
Ecuador The Queen of Water
Egypt Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes
England
A Field Full of Butterflies
Finland The Summer Book
France A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
Germany The Wall Jumper: A Berlin Story
Greece Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Haiti Breath, Eyes, Memory
Honduras Enrique's Journey
India The Space Between Us
Ireland Angela's Ashes
Italy The Days of Abandonment
Jamaica Abeng
Kenya Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir
Liberia The House at Sugar Beach
Mexico Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Mongolia My Little Round House
Nicaragua The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
Nigeria Half of a Yellow Sun
Norway Sophie's World
Panama
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Papua New Guinea Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
Peru
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Poland The History of Love
Portugal Alentejo Blue
Romania Along the Enchanted Way: A Romanian Story
South Africa Agaat
Spain Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck Into a Slice of Andalucan Life
Switzerland Hotel du Lac
Thailand Sightseeing
Trinidad The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Uruguay The Invisible Mountain
USA The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir
Vietnam Daughters of the River Huong
Zambia Patchwork