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| Candide | Voltaire | Cela est bien dit, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin. (at least the 8th time I've read this) |
| Gringa | Sandra Scofield | Interesting followup after reading Mexico: "Isn't there anything you want a lot?" Adele asked gently. Abilene knew the answer so quickly it scared her. "When I'm all alone in a room, I want to know who's there." |
| Mexico | Michener | Epic like most Michener, easy reading. Long sequences on bull fighting. |
| Reviving Ophelia | Mary Pipher | A sociological review of what teen age girls face in our culture. I recommend this for folks who have teenagers or soon-to-be teenagers. May not be exactly what their daughters face, but undoubtedly does reflect the experiences of some of their peers and some of the pressures of this culture. |
| The Sparrow | Mary Doria Russell | A very good read, very thought provoking. Could be classified as Science Fiction by virtue of being set in the future, but it would be very limiting to classify it as just Sci-Fi. |
| The Mystery Roast | Peter Gadol | Really moves, and interesting. |
| Moo | Jane Smiley | Moo University? Interesting fictional view of University politics for those of us working at a University, or is it fiction? |
| Tracks | Louise Erdrich | |
| A Thousand Acres | Jane Smiley | I'm not sure how this will be made into a movie. |
| The Liars' Club | Mary Karr | |
| How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Julia Alvarez | |
| Banana Rose | Natalie Goldberg |
| A Map of the World | Jane Hamilton | |
| High Tide in Tucson | Barbara Kingsolver | I have read all her books (and will continue to). |
| Life Lessons from Little League | Vincent Fortanasce | Good for both parents and coaches to read... |
| Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas | Tom Robbins | I have read all his books (but do wait for paperbacks). |
| Other People | Martin Amis | |
| All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten | Robert Fulghum | Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.... Be aware and wonder. |
| Shoeless Joe | W.P. Kinsella | I saw Field of Dreams (multiple times) before reading the book, the movie definitely deviated from the book some (as always), but both are good. |
| Sexing the Cherry | Jeanette Winterson | "I don't hate men, I just wish they'd try harder. They all want to be heroes and all we want is for them to stay at home and help with t he housework and the kids. That's not the kind of heroism they enjoy." |
| Nobody Nowhwere | Donna Williams | An autobiography of an autistic, really, fascinating... |
| The Beet Queen | Louise Erdrich | |
| In the Time of the Butterflies | Julia Alvarez | |
| So Far From God | Ana Castillo | |
| The Stone Diaries | Carol Shields | |
| The Book of Ruth | Jane Hamilton | |
| Homeland and other stories | Barbara Kingsolver | |
| Written on the Body | Jeanette Winterson | . |
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