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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Booking Through Thursday 7/9


An idea I got from The Toddled Dredge (via K for Kat). Here’s what she said:
“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but keep meaning to. The books that begin to weigh on your mind. The books that make you cover your ears in conversation and say, ‘No! Don’t give me another book to read! I can’t finish the ones I have!’


I am almost embarrassed to post this list (almost). There are 27 book on my immediate must read list. This does not include at least 30 others sitting on my shelves that I have no idea when I will get around to reading. This quite an eclectic list, I teach geography which explains all the geography related books. I am also teaching Advanced Placement European History for the first time this year, so there are several books to help me research different time periods I will be teaching. Others are just a random selection of recommended books as well as those that were just too good to pass up at the book store. And, the one sci-fi-ish book, Fahrenheit 451 is my book clubs pick for August. Now, I need several days (weeks) to just read!

Why Geography Matters by Harm de Blij
The Sea Monsters by Rick Riordan
In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor
Vive la Revolution by Mark Steel
Freefall by Anna Levine
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
What to Read When by Pam Allyn
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Sisters by Mary Lovell
Land of a Thousand Hills by Rosamond Carr
The Diplomat’s Wife by Pan Jenoff
Delivered from Distraction by Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
The Romanov’s – The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie
The Essential 55 by Ron Clark
Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan
Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
Teaching Geography by Phil Gersmehl
The Annotated Mona Lisa by Carol Strickland
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7 comments:

  1. BurtonReview July 9, 2009 at 6:16 AM

    I also have The Romanov's on my shelf.. & the funny thing is I have a FAhrenheit book but no idea what the # is next to that. I am soo bad!
    I was just commiserating with someone yesterday about the fact that if we never bought another book in our lives, we would still have plenty to read!
    My abridged list is up at The Burton Review.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 9, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    Sex With Kings, now that's one interesting title :)

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  3. jlshallJuly 9, 2009 at 6:56 AM

    You've got a very interesting list there. And there's absolutely no reason to be embarrassed by its size. My own TBR list has gotten so long, I'm almost afraid to look at it these days! But I still keep adding new titles all the time.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 9, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    The Alchemist is one of my favorite books. I hope you love it!

    Happy BTT!
    I played too!

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  5. gautami tripathyJuly 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    I hated The Alchemist!

    Here is my BTT post!

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  6. StephanieJuly 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    That's an ambitious list ... I love it! :)

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  7. AnonymousJuly 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Book Thief is really really good, as is Fahrenheit 451. That seems like a rather diverse selection.

    Best of luck with it.

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