I thought some of you might enjoy this link. This list was in an email I received directed toward high school sophomores (Hunter). It is a suggested reading list for college bound students. PLEASE NOTE that Shakespeare has more entries on the list than any other writer!
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html?CampaignID=2484
Happy reading,
Cindy
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We are readers who love to travel. We make time to travel to a 'literary' destination each summer as well going to plays, movies, and exhibits together. Our group came together by way of our favorite book, the Bible, and our relationships at church. We read almost any kind of book, even some once banned books (like the Bible). Our motto could be 'so many books and places; so little time.'
2010 Reading List
- January - The Camel Bookmobile
- February - Pride and Prejudice
- March - The Help
- April - Ella Minnow Pea
- May - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand or Noah's Compass
- June - readers choice: book set in New Orleans or by New Orleans author
- July - I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers
- August - The Tale of Halcyon Crane
- September - To Kill a Mockingbird
- October - The Lace Reader
- November - Little Bee
2009 Reading List
- January - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- February - We Band of Angels
- March - A biography of your choice
- April - Blue Like Jazz
- May - American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
- June - Copper Sun - Sharon Draper
- July - a book of your choice on Abraham Lincoln
- August - a biography of your choice
- September - People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
- October - City of Thieves - David Benioff
- November - A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
- December - Hunger Games and Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2008 Reading List
- January - Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln
- February - Worth
- March - The Italian Secretary
- April -
- May -
- June - Book of your choice written by Mark Twain
- July - Same Kind of Different As Me
- August - House
- September - Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
- October - The Road & a banned book
- November - Flood Summer
- December - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
2007 Reading List
- January - City of Light
- February - Biography of your choice
- March - To Dance with the White Dog
- April - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- May - The Time Traveler's Wife
- June - Life with Father
- July - Something written by Ernest Hemingway
- August - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- September - The Pale Blue Eye
- October - Warriors Don't Cry
- November - A mystery of your choice
- December - Love in the Time of Cholera
2006 Reading List
- January - No Graves As Yet
- February - Fahrenheit 451
- March - The Widow of the South
- April - Their Eyes Were Watching God
- May - In Cold Blood
- June - The Alchemist
- July - The President's Lady
- August - Mrs. Mike
- September - One for the Money
- October - The Chocolate War
- November - Never Let Me Go
- December - Love is a Wild Assault
2004 & 2005 Reading List
- Pygmalion
- Stand by and See What the Lord Will Accomplish
- The Wedding
- Mystery of your choice
- An Ann Rinaldi book of your choice
- A New Lu
- Secret Life of Bees
- Sisterhoold of the Traveling Pants
- Big Fish
- Al Capone Does My Shirts
- The Girl with the Pearl Earring
- Big Bad Wolf
- Biography of your choice
- June - The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
- July - A Faulkner of your choice
- September - Gods and Generals
- October - A classic novel of your choice
- November - The Historian
- December - Skipping Christmas
2003 Reading List
- November - Cold Mountain
- December - Vanity Fair
Annual Summer Trips
- 2010 - New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2009 - Hardy Arkansas
- 2008 - Hannibal & St. Louis, Missouri
- 2007 (The year of the weddings) - Hemingway/Pfieffer House in Piggott, Arkansas
- 2006 - Franklin, Tennessee: Carnton Plantation & Nashville, Tennessee: Belmont Mansion
- 2005 - Ivy Green in Florence, Alabama: Helen Keller home and Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi: William Faulkner home
- 2004 - Branson/Mansfield, Missouri: Laura Ingalls Wilder home
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2 comments:
Not 'Will" again! Boy am I behind! I haven't read very many of those on the list. But there are so many newer books I want to read! Looking at that list gives me the same overwhelming feeling I have when I go into a book store or library.How do I choose? How can they select 101 with so many wonderful books to chose from? It's subjective anyway. It's like the differences in the way our own book club evaluates the book we chose to read each month. Some like it, some do not; some see it's value, some do not; some are moved by the book, some are not. If I was isolated or bedridden I would try to read from that list. But now it is sometimes hard for me to manage the time to read our monthly pick. Such a wonderful problem: so many books to choose from and the ability to read them but not enough time. Did I just get on a soap box?
I agree with most of what Karen said, esp. the part about not enough time.
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