Thought Bubbles...

musings, rantings, and what-have-you, about my own small part of the world, and my 'sometimes' not so-ordinary life...something to read and reflect on, and which hopefully will bring a smile to your face... :)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Oprah's Book Club

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
Back Roads Tawni O'Dell
The Best Way to Play Bill Cosby
Black and Blue Anna Quindlen
The Bluest Eyes Toni Morrison
The Book of Ruth Jane Hamilton
Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat
Cane River Lalita Tademy
The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton
Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende
The Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard
Drowning Ruth Christina Schwartz
East of Eden John Steinbeck
Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons
Fall on Your Knees  Ann-Marie MacDonald
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
Gap Creek Robert Morgan
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
The Heart of a Woman  Maya Angelou
Here on Earth Alice Hoffman
House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III
I Know This Much Is True  Wally Lamb
Icy Sparks  Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Jewel Bret Lott
A Lesson Before Dying  Ernest J. Gaines
Light in August William Faulkner
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez
A Map of the World Jane Hamilton
The Meanest Thing To Say Bill Cosby
The Measure of a Man Sidney Poitier
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
Midwives Chris Bohjalian
A Million Little Pieces James Frey
Mother of Pearl Melinda Haynes
A New Earth Eckhart Tolle
Night Elie Wiesel
One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez
Open House Elizabeth Berg
Paradise Toni Morrison
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
The Pilot's Wife Anita Shreve
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
The Rapture of Canaan Sheri Reynolds
The Reader Bernhard Schlink
River, Cross My Heart Breena Clarke
The Road Cormac McCarthy
She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
Songs In Ordinary Time Mary McGarry Morris
The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail Malika Oufkir
Stones from the River  Ursula Hegi
Sula Toni Morrison
Tara Road Maeve Binchy
The Treasure Hunt Bill Cosby
Vinegar Hill A. Manette Ansay
A Virtuous Woman Kaye Gibbons
We Were The Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day Pearl Cleage
Where the Heart Is Billie Letts
While I Was Gone Sue Miller
White Oleander Janet Fitch

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahsbookclub/pastselections/20080701_orig_list

Of the 65 selections, I own 4 of these books but not yet read them. As for those which I've read, I have to shamefully admit that I've only read ONE! "Anna Karenina" which I don't even remember now. I think I read it waaaay, way back in high school. I really have to work on my TBR (to be read) pile! I'm reading "Where the Heart is" now. Just a few more days, and i can cross that book off my my TBR list.

As for "New Earth", I saw one of Oprah's shows and they even have an online class discussing the "New Earth". Hmmm… piqued my interest. Will have to check that out next time I'm at the bookstore.