I know that Summer does not start until the solstice on
June 23rd, but to me Summer begins on Memorial Day Weekend & ends on Labor
Day, like bookends. This Summer, I plan to do a great deal of reading, a
favorite activity at Post Apocalyptic Boehemia, along with whole lot of writing.
Nothing is quite as lovely as a book in the back garden
or reading at the beach on Sauvie Island, spread out naked on a blanket, with a
thermos of Vodka Lemonade.
Today I meditated on & recorded a list of 10 Books That Changed Me. Would you
care to share your list, please?
The
Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The
Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Tales
Of The City by Armistead Maupin
A
Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Flesh
& Blood by Michael Cunningham
United
States by Gore Vidal
Pentimento by
Lillian Hellman
Myself
Among Others by Ruth Gordon
My
Dog Skip by Willie Morris
Mississippi
Sissy by Kevin Sessums
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
ReplyDeleteThe Celestine Insights by James Redfield
The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Samuel Beckett, Molloy
ReplyDeleteGary Indiana, Horse Crazy
Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein's Nephew
Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker
James Purdy, Narrow Rooms
Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy
William Faulkner, Light in August
Don DeLillo, White Noise
Stephen Millhauser, Edwin Mullhouse
Henry James, The Wings of the Dove
That's 10, but I'll be reading Proust this year, which will probably bounce one off the list.
Tales of the City, Armistead Maupin.
ReplyDeleteIn The Spirit of Crazy Horse, Peter Mathiessen.
The Mayor of Castro Street, Randy Shilts.
How Long Has This Been Going On? Ethan Mordden.
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee.
Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haynes, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star, William Mann.
The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama.
Like People In History, Felice Picano.
While England Sleeps, David Leavitt.
A Prayer For Owen Meaney John Irving
ReplyDeleteThe Farewell Symphony Edmund White
The Year Of Magical Thinking Joan Didion
Tales Of The City Armistead Maupin
And The Band Played On Randy Shilts
The Monkey In The Rocket Jean Bethell
Hollywood Wives Jackie Collins
The White Album Joan Didion
You Can Heal Your Life Louise Hay
San Francisco For Dummies Paula Trevis
Eclectic, yes. But true.