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Dec 07 2008

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Some critics will write ‘Maya Angelou is a natural writer’ - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon,” Maya Angelou 
 

These fall into the category of Science Fiction:

A Game of Thrones Series, George R.R. Martin

Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear & Darwin’s Children

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Swan Song, Robert R. McCammon

The Anita Blake Series, Laurell K. Hamilton

The Dexter Series, Jeff Lindsay

The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher

The Hannibal Series, Thomas Harris

The Manifold Series, Stephen Baxter

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Dec 07 2008

Published by kelligraphy under Books Edit This

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.” Maya Angelou 

These books have definitely gone into my heart and memory….

A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving

Ashes in the Wind, Kathleen Woodiwiss

Christy, Catherine Marshall

Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy

Fear of Flying, Erica Jong

How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Terry McMillan

How to Make an American Quilt, Whitney Otto

Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Love Story, Erich Segal

Mother of Pearl, Melinda Haynes

Native Son, Richard Wright

North and South, John Jakes

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

Out of Africa, Isak Dinesen

Shining Through, Susan Isaacs

The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller

The Cinderella Complex, Colette Dowling

The Color Purple, Alice Walker

The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Mitch Albom

The Honest Courtesan, Margaret Rosenthal

The Invisible Man, Ralph Waldo Ellison

The Life & Loves of a She-Devil, Fay Weldon

The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Rapture of Canaan, Sheri Reynolds

The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kid

The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough

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Dec 07 2008

Favorite Authors

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you,” Maya Angelou

These are some of my favorite authors….I hope to join their ranks someday.

Pat Conroy: 

The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides & Beach Music.

Anne Rivers Siddons:  Heartbreak Hotel, The House Next Door, Fox’s Earth, Peachtree Road, Outer Banks, Colony, Downtown, Up Island, Low Country & Sweetwater Creek.

Jane Austen:  Pride & Prejudice & Emma

Toni Morrison:  The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby & Beloved

Wally Lamb:  She’s Come Undone & I Know This Much is True

Nicholas Sparks:  Message in a Bottle & The Notebook

Rita Mae Brown:  Ruby Fruit Jungle & Venus Envy

William Goldman:  The Color of Light & The Princess Bride

Dan Brown:  Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, Deception Point & The Da Vinci Code

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Dec 07 2008

Favorite Books of Childhood

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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” Maya Angelou

Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, Judy Bloom

Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White

Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

Forever, Judy Bloom

Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

Rumble Fish, S.E. Hinton

That Was Then, This Is Now, S.E. Hinton

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

The Anne of Green Gables Series, Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis

The Little House on the Prarie Series, Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton 

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