Monday List!

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
4. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
5. An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones
6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
7. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
8. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
9. The Stephanie Plum series (starts with One for the Money) by Janet Evanovich
10. The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
2. The Hathaway Series (starts with Mine ‘Til Midnight) by Lisa Kleypas
3. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
4. The Latehomecomer  by Kao Kalia Yang
5. Having It All  by John Assaraf
6. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
8. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Monday Recommendation List

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Huge book of facts: The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge by John Leonard
2. A favorite classic: To Kill a Mockingbird  by Harper Lee
3. Simple & spiritual: The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
4. Beautiful memoir: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
5. Suspenseful:  The Informant by James Grippando
6. Thoughtful parenting: Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowan
7. Healthy ideas: Are You Ready by Bob Harper
8. Historical Chinese memoir: Wild Swans by Jung Chang
9. Light, humorous suspense: Stephanie Plum Series (begins with One for the Money) by Janet Evanovich
10. For the romance lover: Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In my effort to re-read classics, to my delight, To Kill a Mockingbird came up next on the reading list. I had fallen in love with this story as a child, and I find that I love it even more as an adult.

The first time I read this book I was around 10 years old. I was just learning about racial tensions and realizing that not everyone has good intentions in life. This book stirred within me feelings of discomfort, resentment, sadness and ultimately hope; hope that I would encounter more people in life with a strong sense of ethics, than people without. That is what makes this book a classic. The ability for the reader to live within the pages.

This seems to be a simple story, about a family in a small Southern town, but it is interwoven with strong issues of morality and character. Harper Lee is an elegant, beautiful storyteller. Narrator, Scout, is perfectly crafted. And Atticus Finch has become one of the most well known characters in American literature—he teaches respect and ethics to his children. What is more important?

I can’t wait to share this book with my own children, when they are ready to experience it!