The SDS 2011 Book List in Review

Sisters of the Desert Sun started off 2011 with quite a bang sharing titles, favorites, tips, and recommendations on love.  The rest of our year was dominated by non-fiction titles that challenged our thinking and at times called us to action.  What was your favorite this year?  What's on the 2011 list that you've just got to read?  And what do you think should be on the list for 2012?  Let us know by emailing sistersofthedesertsun@gmail.com.    

SDS 2011 Book List:
The Grace of Silence - Michele Norris
The Purity Myth  - Jessica Valenti
The Complete Persepolis  - Marjane Satrapi
I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't  - Sonia Sanchez
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings - James Baldwin
Silver Sparrow - Tayari Jones
Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World - Catherine McKinley
Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones - Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America - Melissa Harris-Perry
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - Mindy Kaling

And the sexy stuff... 

The Hand I Fan With - Tina McElroy Ansa
The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman
Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
Erotique Noire - Miriam Decosta-Willis
How to Be a Great Lover by Lou Paget
The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex - Kristen Schaal ad Rich Blomquist
I’d Rather Eat Chocolate - Joan Sewell