Monday, June 2, 2008

Summer recommendations

If you're bored or just want to enlighten yourself a little:

Books
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Fall On Your Knees, Anne-Marie McDonald
Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Amy Tan
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman
Never in a Hurry, Naomi Shihab Nye
The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger


Movies
The Godfather trilogy, drama
Better off Dead, comedy
As Good as it Gets, drama/comedy
The Painted Veil, drama
Swimming to Cambodia, monologue
The Shawshank Redemption, drama
Garden State, drama
On Golden Pond, drama/comedy
The Silence of the Lambs, suspense
Atonement, drama
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series, comedy / TV series

Music
Automatic for the People, R.E.M.
No. 2 Live Dinner, Robert Earl Keen
Harvest, Neil Young
Led Zeppelin (Four Signs), Led Zeppelin
Nomads, Indians, Saints, Indigo Girls
Greatest Hits, any album, Stevie Wonder
The Best of David Bowie, David Bowie
Mermaid Avenue, Billy Bragg & Wilco
Concert in Central Park, Simon & Garfunkel
Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

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