14 February 2011

What should I read first?

Here is a list of books I am considering reading this week. What do you think would be a great first book to blog about?


Martin Clark. The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living. New York: Knopf, 2000.
---. Plain Heathen Mischief. New York: Knopf, 2004.
---. The Legal Limit. New York: Knopf, 2008.
(Clark is a Patrick County author.)

Kathleen Grissom. The Kitchen House. New York: Touchstone Books, 2010.
(Grissom is a Charlotte County author.)

William Hoffman. The Trumpet Unblown. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1955.
---. Days in the Yellow Leaf. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1958.
---. A Place for My Head. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1960.
---. The Dark Mountains. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1963.
---. Yancey's War. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965.
---. A Walk to the River. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1970.
---. A Death of Dreams. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973.
---. Virginia Reels. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1978.
---. The Land that Drank the Rain. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1982.
---. Godfires. New York: Viking, 1985.
---. By Land, By Sea. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1988.
---. Furors Die. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
---. Follow Me Home. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1994.
---. Lies. Montgomery, Alabama : River City Publishing, 2005.
---. Tidewater Blood. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998.
---. Doors. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1999.
---. Blood and Guile. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.
---. Wild Thorn. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.
(Hoffman was a Charlotte County author.)

1 comment:

  1. My vote goes to Trumpet Unblown. I would argue that Hoffman is the best starting point.

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