Sunday, April 6, 2008

mmm: Airplane books

You know, airplane books: engaging, not heavy but not too light, good to pass onto strangers...

On Beauty — Zadie Smith
The Song of Names — Lebrecht
Reading Lolita in Tehran — Nafisi

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood — Saenz
Saturday — McEwan
A short history of tractors in Ukranian — Lewycka

White Teeth — Zadie Smith
This Side of Brightness — Colum McCann
God Is My Broker — Brother Ty with Christopher Buckley

The story of Lucy Gault — William Trevor
The demon in the freezer — Richard Preston
Life of Pi — Martel

Dude, Where's my country — Michael Moore
My losing season — Pat Conroy
Blues lessons — Robert Hellenga

Red Tent — Anita Diamante
The Sixteen Pleasures — Robert Hellenga
Pillars of the Earth — Ken Follett

My dream of you — Nuala O'Faolain
Girl with a Pearl Earring — Tracy Chevalier

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