An open call to the general public for this year's book nominations under the theme “a pivotal and impactful moment in time” along with other criteria generated a list of 140 titles. I'm eagerly awaiting the final selection of one of the books by a convened committee! Those that are in the final running follows:
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
King Peggy by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman
Jarrettsville by Cornelia Nixon
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Other Wes More by Wes Moore
That Night by Alice McDermott
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Home by Toni Morrison
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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This is the 5th year of the One Maryland One Book initiative. Here are the past selections:
2008 - A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
2009 - Song Yet Sung by James McBride
2010 - Outcasts United by Warren St. John
2011 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Does your state have any reading initiatives?
Great choices.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I was pleasantly surprised with the contendenders as well as the past selections.
DeleteI love the Life of Pi and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Both were great books. I had to do some research about the state of Ca. and their reading initiatives. Most are for children based programs. Great topic and books.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's the theme I've noticed. Aside from book fairs, many of the initiatives are for kids. So I'm excited about this one. Hopefully they pick a book I want to read.
DeleteI love it when libraries get more active about promoting books and reading! I really have to read The Immortal Life soon...
ReplyDeleteI think libraries generally do promote books some type of way. What's different about this is it's not actually spearheaded by a library but by the Maryland Humanities Council. Once the book is announced, I'll be rounding up friends that live in Maryland to participate :)
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