March Heap o Lit: Recommendations, Suggestions, and Gifts

March is a kind of catch up month in the sense that it often takes me a long time to get around to reading things that people suggest to me. So the theme for March is: Recommendations, Suggestions, and Gifts. It's really more or less what it sounds like. Any time someone has recommended something to me or any book they've given me is up this month. That being said, I tend to write things down on random bits of paper and I keep finding more and more of them floating around. So, if I've overlooked something please email me, comment this, or nudge me in some way, I really do want to read it. I just get really behind sometimes.

In light of my absent mindedness, while I usually cap my lists at the beginning of the month, this month I will add things in as people recommend them. If nothing else, it will be a record of the recommendations for the future.

AJ
     1. Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
Amanda
    1. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (B)

Carra

     1. Book One: Keeping it Real by Justina Robson (B)
     2. Book Two: Selling Out by Justina Robson (B)
     3. Book Three: Going Under by Justina Robson (B)
     4. Book Four: Chasing the Dragon by Justina Robson (B)

Howard/Dad

     1. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

     2. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (B)
     3. The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (B)
     4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (B)
     5. The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (B)

     6. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
     7. The Adventures of Ellery Queen
     8. Ellery Queen's And on the Eighth Day
Hugh 
     1. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
     2. Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
     3. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Karen/Mom

     1. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

     2. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

     3. World Without End by Ken Follet

     4. Essays in Idleness and Hojoki by Yoshido Kenko and Kamo No Chomei 

Katja

     1. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

Kevin

    1. The Martian by Andy Weir (Kevin)
Kim
     1. Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran
MG
     1. Paper Towns by John Green
Nathan
     1. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
     2. The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
     3. The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
     4. The Citadel of Autarch by Gene Wolfe
     5. Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning by Doug Buehl
     6. "You Gotta Be the Book" by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
     7. I Read it, But I Don't Get It by Cris Tovani
     8. In the Middle by Nancie Atwell
     9. Mosaic of Thought by Keene and Zimmermann
     10. Reading Diagnosis for Teachers by Barr et. al
     11. Strategies That Work by Harvey and Goudvis
     12. Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6-12 by Zwiers
     13. A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works by Marzano et al
Ryan
     1. Swan Song by Robert McCammon
     2. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
     3. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
     4. Company by Max Berry
     5. Machine Man by Max Berry
     6. Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
     7. Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
     8. An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
     9. Cooked by Michael Pollan
     10. Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
     11. Fool on the Hill by Matthew Ruff
     12. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
     13. A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman
     14. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Simon
     1. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Vincent
     1. Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan (B)
     2. The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (B)
     3. Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (B)
     4. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan (B)
     5. The Lost Stories by John Flanagan (B)
     6.  The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan (B)
     7. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
     8. Searching for Dragons by Patricia Wrede
     9. Calling on Dragons by Patricia Wrede
     10. Talking to Dragons by Patricia Wrede
     11. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
     12. King's Dragon by Kate Elliott