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The Honolulu Advertiser

Posted on: Wednesday, July 7, 2004

Local celebs place their bookmarks

 •  Hawai'i kids find their adventures in reading
 •  Books ripe for summer picking

By Zenaida Serrano
Advertiser Staff Writer

We asked well-known Hawai'i residents what they're reading this summer.

• Gov. Linda Lingle: "The Source" by James Michener

• Daniel Kelin II, director of drama education for Honolulu Theatre for Youth: "First They Killed My Father" by Loung Ung, "Lee Boo of Belau" by Daniel Peacock, and "The Trial of the Cannibal Dog" by Anne Salmond

• Lois-Ann Yamanaka, author: "One Hundred Demons" and "Cruddy" by Lynda Barry, and "The Disinherited" by Han Ong

• Angela Baraquio Grey, Miss America 2001: "The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?" by Rick Warren

• Jo Ann Schindler, state librarian: "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown and "Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson