I’m late getting started and missed quite a few, but will attempt to keep you in the loop with my readings.
David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Connie May Fowler, Remembering Blue
Bernhard Schlink, The Reader
Perri Klass, The Mystery of Breathing
Marisa de los Santos, Love Walked In
Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genuis
John Irving, A Widow For One Year
Jack Driscoll, Lucky Man, Lucky Woman
A.B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani
Lonn Friend, Life on Plant Rock
Janet Fitch, White Oleander
Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
Bernard Goldberg, 110 People Who Are Screwing Up America
Matthew Pearl, The Poe Shadow
Richard Price, Lush Life
Camilla Way, The Dead of Summer
Ingrid Hill, Ursula, Under
Carol Goodman, The Lake of Dead Languages
Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama
Peter Craig, Hot Plastic
Breena Clarke, River, Cross My Heart
Cat Killfoil 
I came to the blog via the reference to the Beer Margarita and Absinthe at Jolly Boy. Love the whole thing! And you’ve got great reading material here.
So, here are the titles I”ve read. I know I want to read the Sedaris one or a his latest… but tell me which of the others you recommend and I will give you the power to influence — nay determine — my next read?
*David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars – AWESOME
*Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns – In the middle of it right now.
*Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genuis – This reminded me of Catcher in the Rye
*Bernard Goldberg, 110 People Who Are Screwing Up America – read one of his other books after he left journalism but thought he was too bitter and ranty for me
Thanks…
I think the latest Sedaris one is a short story collection. I don’t typically read those, but I probably will just because I like the title. Ursula, Under and The Lake of Dead Languages, my two latest reads, are some of the best books I’ve EVER read if you’re up for a long one!
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