Monday, July 13, 2015

SUMMER READING, FILMS AND MORE

Let books be your dining table
and you shall be full of delights.
Let them be your mattress
and you shall sleep restful nights.
                            
Author unknown
Fiction: 
SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING ~ Amy Tan
SIGNATURE OF AL THINGS ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
A HUNDREN THOUSAND SUNS ~ Khaled Hosseini
TWILIGHT SAGA series ~ Stephenie Meyers
SILENCE ~ Shusaku Endo translation by William Johnston, sj
THE CHILDREN ACT ~ Ian McEwan
Novels by Nicholas Sparks and Debbie Macomber
GONE GIRL ~ Gillian Flynn on CD
HARRY POTTER series ~ J.K. Rowling on CD
THE LAST LECTURE ~ Randy Pausch on CD
Non Fiction:
Doris Kearns Goodwin ~ WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR, TEAM OF RIVALS
Anne Lamott ~ TRAVELING MERCIES, HELP, THANKS, WOW and SMALL VICTORIES
David Brooks ~ ROAD TO CHARACTER
Anything by David McCullough ~ The Wright Brothers
Blanche Wiessen Cook ~ ELEANOR ROOSEVELT VOL I & II
Elaine Pagels ~ REVELATION: Visions, Prophecy and Politics
Robert Wicks ~ RIDING THE DRAGON: 10 lesions for inner strength in challenging times
James Martin, sj ~ JESUS: a Pilgrimage

DVD
OF GODS AND MEN
BABETTE’S FEAST
WOLF HALL
THE ROOSEVELTS
WHALE RIDER
SHINDLER’S LIST