Wednesday, May 11, 2011

"she is too fond of books and it has turned her brain"

Hello friends!

I am in desperate need of some summer reading recommendations (plane ride to North Carolina and back + hanging out on the beach for a week + driving across the country = so much time to read)!

Here's what's on my list so far:
Water for Elephants (have heard so many good things about this book)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (non-fiction book about crazy neurological disorders, read one of the author's other books and it was really interesting)
The Creators (non-fiction book Dr. Goates gave me as a graduation present about creativity throughout time, looks fascinating)

I'm looking for some exceptional fiction plus maybe some super interesting non-fiction...okay, basically I'm just looking for anything awesome.


Ideas? What are you reading this summer?

4 comments:

amanda said...

Water for Elephants is super good. Check out my page on Goodreads.com (I "friended" you. You've probably read all of them, but may be worth a try. I've added some recommended non-fiction to my "to-read" list.

amanda said...

weird, I totally commented on this! well, I don't know what I said except I friended you on goodreads. and maybe I have something on there?

shields_word said...

Book recommendations: The Disappearing Spoon - Sam Kean (I own it and you may borrow it), Color or Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother - Jame McBrid, and Wild Swans: three Daughters of China - Jung Chang

Sara said...

I'm sure you've read these, but in case you haven't:

The life of Pi, A Thousand Splendid Suns.