Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel (1997) W.W. Norton & Company, 1999 If I had hesitated in including this amongst my reads for the Science Book Challenge, my doubts were laid to rest when I realized that Guns, Germs and Steel won the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. (There must
Mary E. Lyons’ The Poison Place (1997) Aladdin, 1999 I've now read more than half of the book recommended in Shireen Dodson's Books for Girls to Grow On and have good reason to read on (as useful as I find the list itself, it's her discussions that have influenced my choices). Nonetheless, this
Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins NY: HarperCollins, 1997. “When young writers write to me about following in the footsteps of those who string together nouns and verbs for a living, I tell them this: every story has already been told,” said Anna Quindlen, delivering the
Arlene Perly Rae's Everybody's Favourites Penguin, 1997 One of the quotes that appears as an epigraph to this volume felt particularly poignant to me this summer: "One's first book, kiss, home run, is always the best." It's courtesy of Clifton Fadiman (yes, father of the infamous Ex Libris author) and
Maureen Jennings' Except the Dying St. Martin's Press, 1997 M&S, 2004 Remember when I said that I'd be reading mysteries and classics this summer? Well, I'm doing a great job of reading those mysteries. The classics are definitely taking a backseat. It's been hot; we've been busy (bike-riding, playing games, learning
