tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12695017026034578892011-10-29T19:03:07.395-07:00Jannoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269501702603457889.post-43013842371244933162008-02-10T07:19:00.000-08:002008-02-10T07:32:45.132-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong>One of my Tai Chi students asked me to create a book list for her. She wanted a list of good books, fiction and non-fiction, so she could explore authors she wasn't familiar with. She specifically asked that the choices be more family oriented, rather than dark or profane. I've passed the list out to several others, so I thought I'd post it here, too. Here's May's List:</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">109 East Palace, Jennet Conant </span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"><br />700 Sundays, Billy Crystal<br /><br />A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas<br /><br /></span>Augusta Locke, William Haywood Henderson<br /></span><br />Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison<br /><br />Behind the Scenes at the Museum ,Kate Atkinson<br /><br />Blind Your Ponies Stanley, Gordon West<br /><br />Chronicler of the Winds, Henning Mankell<br /><br />Coal Run, Tawni O'Dell<br /><br />Dating Dead Men, Harley Jane Kozak<br /><br />Devil in the White City, Erik Larson<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">Dreams of my Father, Barack Osama</span><br /><br />Evidence of Things Unseen, Marianne Wiggins<br /><br />Forever, Pete Hamill<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger </span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"><br /></span>Good Grief, Lolly Winston<br /></span><br />In the Shadows of the Sun, Alexander Parsons<br /><br />Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini<br /><br />Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Ayelet Waldman<br /><br />Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">Marley and Me, John Grogan</span><br /><br />My Antoinia, Willa Cather<br /><br />One Thousand White Women, Jim Fergus<br /><br />Peace Like a River, Leif Enger<br /><br />Same Sweet Girls, Cassandra King<br /><br />Sky Bridge, Laura Pritchett<br /><br />Sky Burial, Xinran<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">Some Horses, Thomas McGuane</span><br /><br />something borrowed, Emily Giffin<br /><br />Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">The Color of Water, James McBride </span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"><br /></span>The God of Animals, Aryn Kyle<br /></span><br />The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid, A Memoir, Bill Bryson</span><br /><br />The Memory of Running, Ron McLarty<br /><br />The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer</span><br /><br />The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kensella<br /><br />The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig<br /><br />Turtle Warrior Mary, Relindes Ellis<br /><br />Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen<br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">non-fiction<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#333399;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1269501702603457889-4301384237124493316?l=lovesbooksandteamayslist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jannoreply@blogger.com0