Ten books every woman should read...

Talking books

I was invited to address a women's day event yesterday.  The brief said  'Shadi.,please come to talk to women about the ten books they must read before they die'.  Yikes... ten books!  It's like having to pick your favorite child to give a speech on...its damn near impossible. One thing  I know for sure is that the list changes  every day  because books talk to how we feel and well, that changes everyday.  So this is how I felt yesterday...  In  random order.

1. The Alchemist ( Paulo Coehlo)
2. The Prophet ( Kahlil Gibran)
3. Roots  (Alex Haley)
4. So long a letter ( Mariama Ba)
5. Nervous Conditions ( Tsitsi Dangarembga)
6. The Bluest Eye ( Toni Morrison)
7. Love  Interrupted ( Reneilwe Malatji)
8. What looks like crazy on an ordinary day ( Pearl Cleage)
9.  Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth  Gilbert)
10. Sleeplessinpolokwane.blogspot.com  ( well you know....)

 And the books I sneaked into the list are :

A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseni)
Memoirs of a  Geisha  ( Arthur Golden)
Animal   Farm ( George Orwell)
Eleven Minutes (Paulo Coehlo)
The Blacker  the Berry ( Wallace Thurman)
All books written by Maya Angelou
Call me Woman ( Ellen Khuzwayo)
491 Days ( Winnie Madikizela Mandela)
All books by Dr Seuss
All books by Daleen Mathee

And  that's my list...well at least for yesterday



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