75 Books...More or Less! discussion

I figured since I'm majoring in History (last year in college! Yay!) and taking literature classes for fun 75 books wouldn't be a problem at all. I also am always reading at least 1 book just for fun so hopefully I can meet this goal in 2009 :)

Good luck, Emily - I'm glad you've joined us!

I'm listing the books as I complete them since I'm reading 3 at a time right now.

1- Uncle Tom's Cabin- Harriet Beecher Stowe

2- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain

3- Graveyard of the Atlantic- David Stick

4- Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden

5- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket- Edgar Allan Poe

Emily, would anyone have read Hesiod for fun?? I guess that's what Education is all about - expanding the mind and challenging us to read things we'd never choose on our own. . . still, give me a good cozy mystery any day!

6- Born in Blood and Fire- John Charles Chasteen

7- Eye Killers- AA Carr

8- Two Slave Rebellions at Sea- Hendrick

9- The Iliad- Homer

10- Life in Mexico- Fanny Calderon de la Barca

11- The Translation of Dr Apelles- David Treuer

12- Anabasis: The March Up Country- Xenophon

13- Dreams of My Father- Barack Obama

14- Field of Honor- DL Birchfield

(I actually finished this book about a week ago but forgot to list it!)

15- El Zarco

16- The Education of Henry Adams

17- Truth and Bright Water- Thomas King

18- Iraqi Women- Nadje Sadig Al-Ali

19- The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas- Gertrude Stein

20- The Color Purple- Alice Walker

Emily wrote: "4- Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden"

I really loved this book!

21- Bone Game- Louis Owens

22- I'jaam- an Iraqi rhapsody- Sinan Antoon

23- Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison

24- Problems in Modern Latin American History- John Charles Wood, James A. Chasteen

25- Gardens in the Dunes- Leslie Marmon Silko

26- Homefront: A Military City and the American Twentieth Century- Catherine A. Lutz

27- Mexican Lives Mexican Lives- Judith Adler Hellman

28- Twilight- Stephenie Meyer

29- Leaves of Grass- Walt Whitman

30- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass- Frederick Douglass

31- Blood Diamonds- Greg Campbell

32- In Our Time- Ernest Hemingway

Emily wrote: "31- Blood Diamonds- Greg Campbell "
I've been interested in reading this book. How was it?

Stacie wrote: "Emily wrote: "31- Blood Diamonds- Greg Campbell "
I've been interested in reading this book. How was it?
"

I loved it! It was different from the movie. It was more board based, explored the roots of the diamond industry and problems across West Africa. It was eye opening and written like a really long newspaper article so there wasn't much fluff.

Thanks! That's what I was hoping to hear :)

Yonnondio: From the Thirties- Tillie Olsen

33- The Things They Carried- Tim O'Brien

34- The House on Mango Street- Sandra Cisneros

35- Twenty Years at Hull House- Jane Addams

36- The Death of Rhythm and Blues- Nelson George

37- Hip Hop America- Nelson George

38- No Place Like Home : Relationships and Family Life Among Lesbians and Gay Men- Christopher Carrington

39- Lee- Douglas Southall Freeman

40- Beautified: Secrets for Women to Look Great and Feel Fabulous- Kyan Douglas

41- Water for Elephants- Sara Gruen

AN AMAZING BOOK! I'm recommending it to everyone!

42- Dear John- Nicholas Sparks

43- The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?- Rick Warren