Thursday, March 26, 2009

One Book, One Chicago

The One Book for "One Book, One Chicago" was recently announced by the Chicago Public Library: The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros.  I don't live in Chicago, but I might read it anyway.   I have family in Chicago.  And friends in Chicago.  And a President from Chicago.

And I know nothing about this book so it will be a big surprise to me.  But sometimes I like it that way.

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot is one of those classics of English Literature that show up on most "you must r...