Hi all. I'm assuming that there are some English Teachers/ informed human beings on this site and am looking for your recommendation. Below is my summer reading list, of which we must read two books. Anyone have any advice or suggestions? What's good? Here's the format: Category: Author Book/Books African/Caribbean American: Danticat Krik Krak; Breath, Eyes, Memory Gaines A Lesson Before Dying Kincaid Lucy Myers Fallen Angels Senna Caucasia Wilson Fences; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; The Piano Lesson Asian/Indian American: Gutterson Snow Falling on Cedars Jen Typical American; Mona in the Promised Land Kingston The Woman Warrior; China Men Lahiri The Interpreter of Maladies; The Namesake; Unaccustomed Earth Lee Native Speaker Mukherjee The Middleman and Other Stories; Desirable Daughters; The Tree Bride Nguyen Stealing Buddha’s Dinner See On Gold Mountain Tan The Kitchen God’s Wife; The Hundred Secret Senses; The Bonesetter’s Daughter European American: Cather My Antonia Farrell Studs Lonigan Goodman Kaaterskill Falls Hoffman Lost in Translation Kingsolver The Bean Trees; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Roth, H Call it Sleep Roth, P. Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories Simon Bronx Primitive Sinclair The Jungle Yezierska The Bread Givers Hispanic American: Alvarez How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Anzaldua Borderlands/Las Frontera Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek Diaz Drown Garcia Dreaming in Cuban Hijuelos The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love McCarthy All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, Vol. 1) Rodriguez The Hunger of Memory Australia/New Zealand: Conway The Road from Coorain Native American Alexie The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, Indian Killer Allen (editor) Spiderwoman’s Granddaughters Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water Neihardt Black Elk Speaks Silko Ceremony Thank you for any suggestions. Ultimately, I will decide after I've checked out all the books, but recommendations are welcomed!
Well, I like Phillip Roth so I would recommend Goodbye Columbus. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a great book, both from an historical perspective and the lessons it teaches about corporate greed.
Snow falling on Cedars- Basically two stories in one, A court case trying to solve a murder mystery, and flashbacks on the main character's love affairs with this girl.
of those books..A Yellow raft in Blue Water...cools story and paints the picture of what its like as a kid growing up Native American these days.
The Jungle is a must read, whether it's required or not. Just a great book all around. A Lesson Before Dying was my required reading before freshman year of high school, and it was actually a quick and interesting read. Makes you think about the death penalty in a different light.
Asking for suggestions on literature in a surf forum??? That's like looking for dental advice at a NASCAR event.
whatever happened to just being "American"? Try "The First Man in Rome" by Collen McCollough. I've never heard of any of those books besides "The Jungle", new doesn't always equal good.
I had to read joe turner's come and gone I F*CKING HATE READING but this wasnt bad because i found a detailed-ass summary on wikipedia so that one was good hahha
sparknotes my friend. you should learn to like reading. maybe you just haven't found the right book yet!! Trust me, it makes you a smarter and more interesting person. but to each his own.
