Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Outside Reading Choices due befpre the end of the semester

You are to read one book from this list or you may read a book of your own choosing, but you need to get it approved by me. You will devise a PowerPoint presentation on your book.

Contemporary Fiction for Seniors
Alexie, Sherman Reservation Blues
Barbery, Muriel The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Bennett, Vanora Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Bohjalian, Chris The Double Bind; Before You Know Kindness
Brandreth, Gyles Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Brooks, Geraldine March; The Year of Wonders ; People of the Book
Delinsky, Barbara The Secret Between Us
Edwards, Kim The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex
Goodman, Allegra Intuition
Hamill, Pete North River
Harris, Joanne Gentlemen and Players
Hornby, Nick A Long Way Down
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns
Ishiguro, Kazuo Remains of the Day; Never Let Me Go
Kaplow, Robert Me and Orson Welles
Kostova, Elizabeth The Historian
Krauss, Nicole The History of Love
Kyle, Aryn The God of Animals
Moriarty, Laura The Rest of Her Life
Nemirovsky, Irene Suite Francaise
Nicholls, David A Question of Attraction
O’Farrell, Margaret The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Patchett, Ann Bel Canto; Run
Pattillo, Beth Jane Austen Ruined My Life
Penney, Stef The Tenderness of Wolves
Pessl, Marisha Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Picoult, Jodi Handle with Care; Change of Heart; My Sister’s Keeper
Prose, Francine Goldengrove
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Shaffer, Mary Ann The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Shapiro, Dani Family History
Shreve, Anita Sea Glass; Body Surfing
Stockett, Kathryn The Help
Tan, Amy The Bonesetter’s Daughter; Saving Fish from Drowning
Turner, Nancy E. The Water and the Blood
Vreeland, Susan Luncheon of the Boating Party
Ward, Amanda Eyre Forgive Me
Wodehouse, P.G. Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
Wroblewske, David The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz Shadow of the Wind

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