Reading List
Some of the Books Read Since Oct. 2001
SOME of the Books I Have Read
(since oct.14th, 2001)
1. Random passage – bernice morgan: early life in nfld*
2. Waiting for time – Bernice morgan
3. Evening light – Harold horwood
4. Confessions of nipper mooney - ed kavanaugh
5. Lure of the Labrador wild – Dillon wallace
6. Death on the ice – cassie brown : sealing disaster
7. Extremities – short stories from the rock
8. Night – elie weisel: 15yr old boy survives the haulocaust
9. The hobbit – jrr tolkien
10. lord of the rings: two towers - jrr tolkien
11. Dharma bums – jack kerouac
12. 100 years of solitude – Gabriel Garcia marquez*
13. kim – Rudyard kipling
14. big sur – jack kerouac
15. the map of love – ahidaf soueif
16. inner spaces: new writing from the women of kerala
17. such a long journey – rohinton mistry
18. The pilgrimage – Paulo coelho
19. The well beloved – Thomas hardy
20. The potters house –
21. Icebound: a doctor’s incredible battle for survival at the south pole
22. Harry potter and the goblet of fire
23. Face the fire – nora Roberts
24. Heaven and earth – nora Roberts
25. The long winter – laura ingalls wilder
26. Diary of a genious – salvadore dali
27. What the body remembers – shauna singh Baldwin
28. About a boy – nick hornby
29. Water – marc de villeurs
30. The valkyries – Paulo coelho
31. Icy sparks – gwynn hymen rubio
32. Blindness – jose saramago
33. Islam – Karen Armstrong
34. Too lazy to work, too nervous to steal: how to have a great life as a freelance writer - john clausen
35. A fine balance – rohinton mistry**
36. Stompin’ tom – stompin’ tom connors
37. The shell seekers – rosamunde pilcher
38. The alchemist – Paulo coelho (again)
39. Angela’s ashes – frank mccourt
40. The lost garden – Helen Humphries*
41. Robinson crusoe – Daniel defoe
42. Triathlon 101 – john mora
43. To kill a mockingbird – harper lee (again)*
44. The testament – john grisham
45. the summons – john grisham
46. on love – alain de botton
47. beloved – toni morrison*
48. no logo – naomi klein*
49. Crow lake – mary Lawson
50. Ten thousand lovers – edeet raval
51. harry potter and the order of the phoenix (5)– jk rowling
52. The robber bride – margaret atwood
53. The gospel according to jesus Christ – jose saramago
54. Sivananda companion to yoga
55. Stupid white men – Michael moore
56. Roses are red – james patterson
57. Violets are blue – james patterson
58. The short happy life of frances macomber – ernest hemingway
59. After Death: How People Around the World Map the Journey after We Die – sukie miller
60. Family matters – rohinton mistry
61. Why I hate Canadians – will Ferguson
62. The killing game – iris johanson
63. The abduction – james grippando
64. Hey nostradamos – Douglas coupland
65. Eating well for optimum health – Andrew weil (again)
66. food: your miracle medicine
67. How to be Canadian – will Ferguson and ian Ferguson
68. The secret life of bees – sue monk kid *
69. Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
70. NINE PARTS OF DESIRE: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF ISLAMIC WOMEN **
71. Blue gold – tony Clarke and maude Barlow: water politics
72. my forbidden face: growing up under the taliban – latifa
73. Oryx and crake – Margaret atwood *
74. Fall on Your Knees – anne marie macdonald *
75. green grass, running water – Thomas king
76. apology for absense – john newlove (poetry)
77. Cold mountain – can’t really get into it… haven’t finished…
78. open secrets – alice munroe – Beautiful.
79. The Poisonwood bible – Barbara Kingsolver -amazing.***
80. White oleander – janet fitch
81. Girls guide to hunting and fishing – Melissa banks
82. fifth business – Robertson davies
83. Paddy Clarke ha ha ha – roddy doyle
84. Sophie’s World: a novel about the history of philosophy
85. As the crow flies – Anne marie Macdonald
86. the journey of the northern magic – diane steumer
87. Nothing left over - toilette lippe
88. Nine hills to namkonbonga: two years in the heart of an African village – sarah erdman**
89. yesterday and tomorrow: voices of the Somali diaspora – nuruddin farah
90. Brick Lane – monica ali
91. reading lolita in Tehran – azar nafisi
92. quentins – maeve binchy
93. How we choose to be happy: the nine choices of extremely happy people*
94. Fear of flying – Erika jong
95. Everyday acts against racism: raising children in a multicultural world: Maureen reddy *
96. a whisper in my heart – Kathy clark
97. Women talking dirty – isla dewar
98. memoirs of a geisha – Arthur golden
99. guns, germs, and steel – jared diamond: not finished
100. anil’s ghost – Michael ondaatje
101. da vinci code – Dan brown - beginning only...
102. divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood – Rebecca wells
103. Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress – die sijie
104. griffin and sabine – nick bantock
105. sabine’s notebook – nick bantock
106. the golden mean – nick bantock
107. the bluest eye – toni Morrison
108. sidhartha – Hermann hesse
109. hard light – Michael crummy
110. for the love of a good woman – alice munro
111. a spiritual biography of winter
112. The only boy for me – gil mcneil
113. why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria – beverley daniel tatum *
114. life of pi – yann martel
115. sink reflections – marla cilley
116. how to write for children – louise jordan
117. The Nature of water and air - regina mcbride *
118. The education of a wasp – lois mark stalvey ***
119. The scandalous summer of sissy Leblanc – loraine despres
120. how to win friends and influence people – dale carnegie
121. waiting in vain – colin channer
122. the meaning of wife – anne kingston *
123. warriors don’t cry: a searing memoir of the battle to integrate little rock’s central High school - Melba Patillo Beales (wow – unbelievable) ***
124. the joy luck club - amy tan
125. A Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
126. Satisfy My Soul - Collin Channer
127. Elizabeth and After - Matt Cohen
128. the cure for death by lightening - gail anderson-dargatz
129. canada in haiti: wagin war on the poor majority - in progress
130. Cry, thy Beloved Country - Alan Paton - Oct/Nov/06
131. Matarese Countdown - Nov/06
132. Hour Game (scary) - Nov/06
133. DaVinci Code - Dan Brown - finished Nov/06
134. Property - Valerie Martin - Dec/06
135. Travels with Charley - John Steinbech - Dec/06
136. Lost in the Amazon: The True Story of Five Men - Stephen Kirkpatrick - Dec/06
137. East of Eden - John Steinbeck - Jan/06
138. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
139. Hard Times - Charles Dickens
140. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
141. Shooting Water - Devyani Saltzman
142. Black Like Me - John H. Griffin
143. Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice - Paul Kivel
144. Naked - David Sedaris (Mar 06)
145. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - JK Rowling
146. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell (Mar 06)
147. Polysyllabic Spree - Nick Hornby (April 06)
148. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (April 06)
149. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding (April 06)
150. Continuity Girl
151. Of Beetles and Angels
152. The White Bone - by Barbara Gowdy
153. Generation X
154. Who Moved My Cheese
155. Open - Lisa Moore
156. The Divine Ryans - Wayne Johnston
157. The Stone Diaries -Carol Shields
158. Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coehlo
159. Little Alters Everywhere - Rebecca Wells
160. Frangipani - Celestine Hitiura Vaite
161. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Nora Zeale Hurston
Eek - haven't updated for ages. I'll do my best to remember...
163. Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
164. Birth House - Amy Mackay
165. Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak - by Deborah Ellis
166. Ghettostocracy - Oni
2007
167. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth (finished March, 07)
168. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
169. Summer of My Amazing Luck - Mirium Toews
170. Book of Negros - Lawrence Hill
171. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Teows
172. Blackberry Sweet Juice - Lawrence Hill
173. Girls Guide to Being the Boss without Being a Bitch
174. Milk
175. a book which shall remain unnamed due to the fact that seanie-o will mock me. Let's just say the title refers to gender relations and planetary structures.
Yikes, it's been another 6 months since I updated... I'll try to remember a few (in no order):
176. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
177. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures - Vincent Lam
178. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
179. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
180. The Foursome - Troon McAllister
181. How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry McMillan
182. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
183. Gifts - Nuruddin Farah
184. On Grief and Grieving - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
185. Dress Your Family in Courdoroy and Denim - David Sedaris
186. Essential Sprituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind - Roger Walsh
187. The Fire This Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism - Ed. Vivian Labaton & Dawn Lundy Martin
188. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
189. Lullabies of Little Criminals - Heather O'Neill
190. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day - Pearl Cleage
191. Black on White: Black Writers on What It Means to Be White -
2008
193. Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb
194. What Came Before He Shot Her - Elizabeth George
195. Any Known Blood - Laurence Hill
196. Being Peace - Thich Nhat Hahn
197. Teaching to Transgress - bell hooks (Reading)
198. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rees
1 Comments:
WHOA! You have read a lot of books. I didn't catch anything by Mitch Albom...I think you should read his books next. Then when you're done those...read The Time Traveler's Wife =)
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