Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Summer Reading: I read them, so can you!

House Rules by Jodie Picoult
if you like: sentimentalism, dysfunctional families, autistic humor

Kings of Infinite Space by James Hymes
if you like: Office Space, cults, large-breasted brunettes

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
if you like: grit, American lyricism, redneck lit

Give Us A Kiss by Daniel Woodrell
if you like: hillbilly noir, Faulkner, unfulfilling sex scenes

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
if you like: beauty, stream-of-consciousness, rereading old letters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
if you like: holocaust lit, crying, Jewish inside jokes

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
if you like: sarcasm, teenage boy humor, hope

Little Bee by Chris Cleave
if you like: trauma, responsibility, yelling at characters in a movie about how stupid they are

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
if you like: Horatio Alger, questioning stereotypes, questionable research

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
if you like: being sold something, business lit, skipping over chapters that don't suit your interests

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