The Youngrens | San Diego Photographers » 2009 Reading List http://theyoungrens.com/blog Thu, 17 May 2012 21:38:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Vowell, Gilbert, and Wroblewski http://theyoungrens.com/blog/casa_de_youngren/vowell-gilbert-and-wroblewski/ http://theyoungrens.com/blog/casa_de_youngren/vowell-gilbert-and-wroblewski/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:00:51 +0000 Erin http://theyoungrens.com/blog/?p=1633 I'm sure that many of you are simply dying to know my progress on my 2009 Reading List - ok I'm sure most of you forgot completely about my little reading series, so that's why I'm writing about it now. To remind you. And also because I am one of those glasses wearing little girls that curls up in bed at night to immerse herself in the latest literary saga and wants to tell everyone in the world about how mindblowingly amazing it was the next day. Normal people would do this with Lost or So You Think You Can Dance because they know that other people are actually interested in those sorts of things. But I have come to terms with the fact that I'm really not that normal, so I'm ok with talking about things like character development instead of Paula getting kicked off of American Idol (which, by the way, what was up with that?! harsh, to say the least).

To update: I started my Reading List back in May and have read a few books off of that list, but I've gotten so many great recommendations on books and authors from all of you fabulous readers, that I've gone off on a MAJOR rabbit trail recently! I finished Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott and was supposed to start The Kite Runner, but I ended up reading through The Partly Cloudy Patriot, a collection of short stories by Sarah Vowell, and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Both were fantastic. I mean, burst-out-laughing-sobbing-tears-make-you-want-to-drop-everything-and-move-to-anywhere fantastic.

My sweet mother-in-law recently sent me the book she's reading for her book club, and since I grew up around dogs she thought I'd be interested in it. And I am. In fact, this is the best book I've read this year. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is about a boy and his dogs. Its also about silence. And sound. And language, particularly the deep language between people and their animals. Its classic Americana as its very, very best. I'm only a third of the way through it so far (its 500 pages people!) so I'll write a review when I've finished it in about five hundred years...

So here's my updated list, along with my recent additions. Its coming along!

Blink – Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell

Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison

Tribes – Seth Godin

Purple Cow – Seth Godin

Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies – Anne Lamott

Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Never Eat Alone – Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz

The Sound and The Fury – William Faulknor

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey

The Power of a Praying Wife – Stormie Omartian

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Partly Cloudy Patriot - Sarah Vowell

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski (in progress)

I've absolutely loved all of the recommendations that you guys have left in the comments! I'm always looking for great reads and amazing authors, so if you have something in mind, definitely let me know and I'll check it out!

Hugs,
Erin

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