Ok, so I need to read books. GOOD BOOKS. Several good books and since I have this 2 hour daily commute. I’ll have plenty time and the books will not only save me the trouble of talking to the boring smelly people on the bus, it will also be educational or something like that. Seriously, Im an English major and I don’t think I’ve read nearly enough books so, this is me kicking myself in the ass to get on the “good foot” and start reading more. Here is just a list of the things I want to read or need to reread (look Below). I started one book that I found just laying around the house. Babylon Sisters by Pearl Cleage. Its pretty good, not something completely my speed but its an easy read. I finished in almost a day which is really fast for me. I read slow.
THE LIST
1. The Darkest Child: A Novel by Delores Phillips
2. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
3. Fifth Born : A Novel by Zelda Lockhart
4. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
6. The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
This is the entire list so far. I know there aren’t many but I don’t read that fast. This is the best I can do. If you have any suggestions please feel free to add to my list as you see fit. The more books I read the better I’ll become, or something like that.
Expanding my mind,
KD
What kind of books do you like to read? If you tell me, I could recommend something
Im not really picky. I can read anything? What cha got?
My taste is kinda all over the place but here goes:
* Life On The Outside – The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett by Jennifer Gonnerman
*SLAVE – My True Story by Mende Nazer
*The Cornel West Reader by Cornell West
*The Moral Compass by William Bennett
*Dark Ghetto – Dilemmas of Social Power by Kenneth B. Clark
*Come on People by Bill Cosby & Alvin Poussaint
*The Women who Raised Me by Victoria Rowell
And last but not least, the MOST absurd documented memoirs of a man whore:
*I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max (I just finished this and still can’t believe I bought this shite. Above all, it’s at least FUNNY * i.e. The Blowjob Follies* And it allowed me to forget the stench of the trains and construction workers standing over me!)
Good Luck & Happy reading
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Alright here are a few random favorites then:
The Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
Dreams From my Father – Barack Obama
The Tortilla Curtain – TC Boyle
Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri
Not a Genuine Black Man- Brian Copeland
Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel
A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
This is Not Civilization – Robert Rosenberg
Any book by Barbara Kingsolver
Fantastic post! Have never seen some of these before.
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Thank you