MY BOOK SHELF

I just discovered a new website, thanks to my sister-in-law:

http://www.shelfari.com/.




It's a site picturing shelf after shelf of virtual books. By joining one can place her books on a cyber-shelf so friends can peruse favorite titles in a cyber-library of sorts.

My shelves on that site are bare right now. Perhaps, after my June writing deadline for GOD'S GIRLS, I'll add some book selections. For now, here's a list of a few of my favorite reads:

A LIST OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE READS:

(By the way, if you're a librarian type, forgive me. The list is in no particular order and it's definitely not exhaustive. Fiction and nonfiction are scrambled like eggs; memoirs, creative nonfiction, novels are all stirred into one big literary soufflé .)

Compassion, Henri Nouwen
Range of Motion, Elizabeth Berg
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingslover
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See
The Lost Daughters of China, Karin Evans
A Thousand Pieces of Gold, Adeline Yen Mah
A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L'Engle
The Genesis Trilogy, Madeleine L'Engle
Friends for the Journey, Madeleine L'Engle & Luci Shaw
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
When the Heart Waits, Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of the Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
A Grace Disguised, Jerry Sittser
A New Kind of Christian, Brian McLaren
In Search of Grace, Kristin Hahn
The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
If Grace Is True, Philip Gulley & James Mulholland
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner

Please feel free to share your list of favorite books, too! I'm always looking for a good read!