--which is next week, in case you didn't know. BBW is always the last week of September.
I started with the top ten list for 2010, where, rather unhelpfully, the only books my Goodreads friends have read and reviewed are the same ones I have read (with one exception). So I chose:
Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Because it's been on my shelves for several months anyway, and this is a good reason to finally pick it up.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Because the premise is intriguing--and because this was the Goodreads exception, and I'm interested to see whether I agree with the one- and two-star reviews or the four-star.
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Because I've meant to read this book for so long--and checked it out from the library so many times--that sometimes I think I actually have read it. Also because it's one of the top five most challenged books of the last two decades--the only book that stays in the top five in both decades. That warrants some attention.
As sort of alternates, in case I decide to bring this year's count up to five:
Either Brave New World or The Color Purple, since both are on my "I can't believe I haven't read this yet" list. The choice will probably depend on how easily I can obtain a copy; if I'm remembering my disbelief from last year correctly, none of my libraries carry The Color Purple.
One of these three from the 2010 list: Crank, Lush, or What My Mother Doesn't Know. Have any of you heard anything about them? Based on their summaries I'll probably go with Crank--the other two don't really grab my attention--so let me know if I should switch.
I'm interested to hear what you think about those books- I haven't read any of them yet.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED The Chocolate War. Dark and disturbing in a way that worked just perfectly for me.
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