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Reading Material

Anyone who knows me, knows I have a bit of book addiction... here is a list in no order of books I have read since coming to Africa. Needless to say the Kindle was my best investment for Africa.

Ratings * to *****

* Don't waste your money
** Waste someone else's money
*** Alright but not life changing
**** Good read, recommend it
***** Why are you reading this? Go read the book!
  1. Sirens of Titan / Kurt Vunnegut ****
  2. Gentleman of the Road *****
  3. The Heart Breaking Work of a Staggering Genius ***
  4. When You Are Engulfed in Flames / David Sedaris *****
  5. Treasure Island / Robert Louis *****+
  6. Gullivers Travels / Johnathan Swift ***
  7. Posionwood Bible / Barbara Kingsolver *****
  8. Vanity Fair / William Thackeray **
  9. Brave New World / Aldous Huxley ****
  10. Journey to the Center of the Earth / Jules Verne ****
  11. Lord of the Flys / William Golding ****
  12. Anansi Boys / Neil Gaiman *****
  13. Children of Odin - The book of Northern Myths / Padraic Colum *****
  14. Look at the Birdie / Kurt Vunnegut ****
  15. Welcome to the Monkey House / Kurt Vunnegut *****
  16. The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman ****
  17. Imaginary Beings ****
  18. Tailchasiers Song / Tad Williams ****
  19. Teaching Abroad: International Education and Cross-Cultural Classroom / Gordan Slethaug ***
  20. First Comes Love then Comes Malaria ****
  21. Me Talk Pretty Someday / David Sedariz *****
  22. Dress Your Family in Courderoy and Denim / David Sedariz ****
  23. Ladies and Gentleman the Bible / Johnathan Goldstien ****
  24. Why I'm Not a Christian / Russel ***
  25. The Origin of Virtue / ****
  26. Pride and Prejudice/ ****
  27. What the Dog Saw/ ***
  28. Moby Dick/ ***
  29. The Challenge For Africa/***** 
  30. Three Cups of Tea/***
  31. Hitch Hikers Guide to Galaxy (re-read)/*****
  32. Restaurant at the end of the universe/ ****
  33. Life the universe and Everything /****
  34. So Long and Thanks for all the Fish/*****
  35. Mostly Harmless/ ***
  36. Spice/ ***
  37. You Suck / ***** 
  38. Blackbeard and the Pirates of the Atlantic Coast / ***
  39. The Perks of Being a Wallflower / *****
  40. Watership Down / *****
  41. Third Wold Theologies / ***
  42. The Name of the Rose / ****
  43. The Metamorphosis / ****
  44. Eat Pray Love / *****
  45. Holidays on Ice / ****
  46. My Horizontal Life / ***
  47. Zeatoun / *****
  48. The Alchemist / ****
  49. Into the Wild / ****
  50. Water for the Elephants / *****
  51. Little White Bird / ***
  52. Into the Wild / ***
  53. High Fidelity / *****
  54. The Sense of Ending / ****
  55. Social Intelligence / *****
  56. My Booky Wooky / **
  57. Dirty Parts of the Bible / *****
  58. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close/***
  59. Everything is Illuminated/****
  60. 2BR02B/*****
  61. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire / *****
  62. Fight Club / *****
  63. Coraline / *****
  64. The Color of Magic / ***
  65. The Princess Bride / ***
  66. The Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / ***
  67. A Clash of Kings / ****
  68. A Song of Swords / *****
  69. Go the Fuck to Sleep/ *****
  70. A Feast For Crows/ **** 
  71. A Dance of Dragons/ ***** 
  72. The Anthropologist on Mars/ ****
  73. Hunger Games/***** 
  74. Call of the Wild/ ***
  75. White Fang/ ****
  76. Outliers /*****
  77. Blink / *** 
  78. The Help/ *****
  79. Hunger Games - Catching Fire / ****
  80. Hunger Games - Mockingjay / ****
  81. Interworld / **** 
  82. Slapstick or Lonesome no more / ****
    Books in Progress:
      • Arabian Nights (all 16 volumes... hopefully I'll finish before COS) (3%)

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