Novel Destination
Sometimes, we focus so much on encourage our children to love reading that we forget to stimulate our own reading passion. I remember the day when I realized I knew all three- THREE!- verses of The Barney Song. It was then that I began reading for myself. I considered it a tool for self-preservation; a way to keep my mind from turning to mush. That’s when I read my first James Michener book . . . and now I’ve read many of his works.
My local library is actually conducting a summer reading program for adults. The title of the program is Novel Destination, and the theme is traveling to new places. I am very excited, although there is no way I’ll be able to read them all this summer! And, once school begins again, I will be fortunate (and a master of time management) to read one per semester. But, I look at this as a lifetime quest. Care to join me? Here is a portion of the list to get you started. (I am half way through The Poisonwood Bible, which is about a missionary family, set in Congo in 1960.)
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden
Under the Tuscan Sun, by Frances Mayers
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Garcia Gabriel Marquez
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Motenson
Iron & Silk, by Mark Saltman
American Shaolin, by Matthew Polly
A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayles
Stones into Schools, by Greg Mortenson
Out Stealing Horses, by Per. Petterson
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hoswseini
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Like Water for Chocolates, by Laura Esquivel
Cutting for Stone, by A. Verghese
Year of the Dog, by Henry Chang
Like of Pi, by Yann Martel
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Wild Swans, by Jung Chang
Enjoy your trip!!!
