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Southern Reading Challenge 2007
I am knitting, really I am! I don’t think I have gone this long without posting a knitting picture, ever. The WIP are just not in a stage worthy of pictures….but soon.
My trip through the South last month left me nostalgic and wanting to read some Southern literature so when I stumbled across Maggie’s Southern Reading Challenge 2007 I signed up immediately. I wanted a summer reading challenge and this one sounds great.
When I think of Southern authors the following names come to mind: Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty and Harper Lee. They are all wonderful authors and To Kill A Mockingbird, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and The Optimist’s Daughter will top my reading list. I want to throw in Christy because it takes place in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains, not too far from where DD moved to. I’ve added a few other books that I’ve wanted to read for a while although I think the summer may be over before I get to them.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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The Optimist’s Daugher by Eudora Welty
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
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Christy by Catherine Marshall
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
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Cane River by Lalita Tademy
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Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
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The Sound and Fury by William Falkner
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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
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I love To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s been ages since I’ve read it. I’m going to have to see if I can find it.
Don’t forget the most famous of all Southern authors – Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind). I also like Frank Yerby’s works.
The link for Southern books is a treasure trove! Thank you so much. I love Southern writing and you’ve introduced me to some authors I’ve missed.
A list of Southern writers that excludes Nobel Laureate William Faulkner: inconceivable!! You must add The Sound and the Fury to your list. A powerful read.
Flannery O’Connor is a favorite! What a genius! BTW…It’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and one of her other’s is “Wise Blood”
Also–I know it’s debatable, but Mark Twain should be on the list! I’m a So. IL native, and that area considers itself borderline South. Plus, he’s a distant relative of mine….
What fun!
Suz
Love the list! Now which one do you start off with, hum? 🙂
YOu will LOVE Cane River. I have read that book so many times, and I never get tired of it. The mix of genealogy and southern roots will make it a favorite of your too!
Looks like a great reading list. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of my all-time favorites, and I’ve been wanting to read it again since finishing a biography (very well done) of Harper Lee.
Have you read other Falkner? My favorite by him is probably “Light in August,” though it’s been many years since I read it.
I’ve read To Kill A Mockingbird, The Secret Life of Bees and Cane River. All excellent books and excellent representations of the south. Thanks for telling us about this.
Great reading list. That will be a summer full of good stories.