Man Booker Prize

This is a partial view of a list I printed of all the Man Booker Prize winners...one of my book clubs is trying to read all the winners and short-listed authors. I'm totally motivated by lists, so it works for me. Last month we read The Remains of the Day (winner 1989) and next month we are covering Heat and Dust (winner 1975). On my own I've read Atonement, Life of Pi, Notes on a Scandal, Never Let Me Go, and I'm in the middle of The White Tiger. All of the books have been amazing. If you are looking for a queue of books to read, I highly recommend this list; you can access it here: Man Booker Prize Crib Sheet

What I'm Reading

So I joined three book clubs. I figure, I will go to three, maybe one of those three I will like and keep going to on a regular basis. But for this trial month, I'm reading all three books to prepare. The group on June 2nd is reading What is the What. I really wanted to read this...it's the true story of a man who lived through the the Sudanese civil war and his experience living in the US. So far, it's really good.
I wasn't that excited to read this book. It's about some slave women who meet in the summers while their "families" are on vacation in Ohio, free territory, where they are tempted to escape. It was, naturally, heart-breaking and appalling. It was well-written and engrossing, but just not my type of book. This is for the book club that happens to be 2 blocks away from my apartment, so I'm hoping the group is nice though and the books are more interesting to me in the future. I finished this one already because the group meets on the 20th.

This book is great. I'm really excited for this book club because they have the goal of reading all the Booker Prize winning novels...and maybe the short-listed books as well. If this group doesn't work out, I'm going to keep reading the Booker winners myself. I was surprised at the dry humor in this book...I watched the movie a long time ago, maybe the humor was lost on me back then. I'm going to rewatch the movie after I finish the book...which shouldn't take long, it's really short.

Hopefully I like one of these groups...maybe I'll like all three!

Another one My List

This one's next:

I only read an excerpt so far, but it definitely speaks to me.

What I'm Reading Now

Part two of the Stieg Larsson series. They are page-turners.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

I'm reading this book that Aunt Susan recommended....it's getting so good. It's been forever since I had time to read a book, but I'm glad I'm back to it now. I have a Sony Reader which makes it convenient to carry around books and read on the train.