Avidly reading.

Since we don’t have a lot to do yet, and since mosquitoes love white meat we spend a LOT of time sitting under a mosquito net reading. Also, they recommend reading as a healthy way to deal with culture shock. So. We’re reading a lot. Here’s our reading list so far. Keep in mind we’ve only been here for 4 months.

Nick

Selected Travels of Paul Theroux, by Paul Theroux
Getting Stoned with Savages, J. Maarten Troost
The Razor’s Edge, by Somerset Maugham
The Brothers Karamazov (the first half), by Dostoyevsky
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
The Great Railway Bazaar, by Paul Theroux
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
“A River Runs Through It”, by Norman Maclean
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling
The Godfather, by Puzo
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck

Ingrid

Getting Stoned with Savages, J. Maarten Troost
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson
“Beware of the Dog,” Roald Dahl
My Life, by Helen Keller
Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners, by Hill and Flynn
Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Large, Multi-level Classes, by Peace Corps
Excerpts from:
Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, by Herrell and Jordan
Literacy Work Stations, by Debbie Diller
Strategies That Work, by Harvey and Goudvis