I've also been reading blogs with the idea of adding in some new authors and new titles. It's going to be a great reading summer.
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
HT: Someone. Do you know who you are? I would love to thank you.
Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien
HT: Janie and Carol
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy
HT: Allison
Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales by Russell Kirk
HT: Vigen Guroian in this book:
Rallying the Really Human Things
HT: My dear husband, who managed to read this book from start to finish on our get away, and Wes Callihan who found this book in a strange place at our house, and had amazon.com deliver it to his front door before he arrived home. (Note to Self: Do Not Ever Get the Amazon.com iPhone app. Danger Danger!!!!)
Beauty in Photography by Robert Adams
HT: Juliet
Chef (A Novel) by Jaspreet Singh
The Doctor Stories by William Carlos Williams
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions/Death's Duel by John Donne
HT: Wit (the movie) and Carol
Bamboo People
HT: Books and Culture, MFS
7 comments:
I'd love to know how you like the Michael O'Brian novel. I enjoyed "Father Elijah" and I'm not normally attracted to apocalyptic books/movies. I did try "Stranger and Sojourners" but didn't like that one as much.
I wrote my senior thesis on Flannery O'Connor. I love that you are reading her and wish more people knew about her! I suggest adding Mystery and Manners to your already healthy sized list of books. It offers great insights into her process as a writer and her life as a Christian.
Deb - I am about fifteen pages into it, so I will let you know soon.
Mrs. Henchy - I'd love to hear the gist of your thesis, and I am excited to get a hold of Mystery and Manners. Sounds great. Thanks for commenting.
Diane
I think you'll enjoy Flannery and Russell together! They have a lot in common, I think . . .
Ooooh, so you've picked up Island? Watch out, sister, life is about the change for you! Let me know what you think after you get into it.
~Janie
Looks like you have some great reading lined up, Diane. I'd loved to spend the some time reading more of Flannery O'Connor's works--and more about her. I just read a handful of her short stories. I've gotten a slow start on my reading this summer. I'm readng Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; another author I'd like to read more off. Rallying the Really Human Things is great, too, but I suspect you already know that.
holy cow that looks like a good list...you always have the best lists, di. and i love being able to comment here! i know i'm always the last to notice, but it's great.
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