Dr. Seuss
A good book can take you anywhere, a good book will make you want to come back and read it again. I enjoy what I do, reading books, and I get asked frequently...."What's your favorite
book?"
There are so many! Here are just a few my favorites (so far) in no particular order....
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
Watersh
ip Down by Richard Adams
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A great book. Read my review to find out why. (Yes, I will add this to my read again list)
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
His first book and he had me hooked. Silva has never disappointed me since. This suspense novel is set in WWII England, Churchill, Hitler, the Nazi's, spies; if you like espionage, this is a book to read. His series that has Gabriel Allen in them are one of my all time favorites. (his book, the Confessor, is much better then the Di Vinci Code)
Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) by Fannie Flagg
Folksy charm, you can almost hear the Southern drawl and taste the fried green tomatoes. Full of humor, love, you are in a more gentler time where people where much more accepted as they are.
The Shell Seekers by Rosamude PilcherThe life of Penelope Keeling as her life in London is told in flashbacks from WWII to 1997. Another wonderful story that will bring tears.
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Sheer poetry in writing, L
lewellyn tells the story of a coal mining family and their young son who comes of age in South Wales in the early 1900's. I cried (sobbed) as I read this book, the lives, the hardships, and the love. Wonderful.
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Mornings on Horseback by David McCulloughMcCullough is the best at what he does, non-fiction. Here he gives us a great biography by one of the most fascinating men of our history, Theodore Roosevelt. McCullough covers the years 1869, when Teddy was ten, to 1886, when Teddy finally recovers from horrible personal tragedy which made him the man he was to become. Teddy Roosevelt is one of my favorite people in history and reading this book, McCullough has done him justice.
Outlander Diana Gabaldon
If you love Scotland like I do, history, time-travel, romance, love, war, and a great story, this is the book for you. Claire Randall is married to two men: One lives in 1945 and one lives in 1743. Now there's a problem. Great entertainment.
A Walk in
the Woods by Bill BrysonLaugh out loud funny memoir of Bryson's and his friend walking the Appalachian Trail. You will howl at some of the things that happen to them as they take this walk no matter how many times you read it. Another one of my "comfort" book. Laughter is a wonderful thing.
A book I am sad when I am getting to the last page, a book that feels like I am losing friends, a book that I go back to read again because of the joy it gave me, or the feelings it stirred up, a book that I remember fondly, a book that I learned something from, and a book that feels like an old friend...that's why these books are on my list. This list changes, but some are stalwart and will always remain on it. What's on your list? I would love to know.
Happy Reading!
book?" There are so many! Here are just a few my favorites (so far) in no particular order....
I have read this book several times over the years and each time I get something different from it. This is one of my "comfort" books because it puts me in a good place when I read it.
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
One of the best ending to a book I have read.Two Boston private eyes go insearch of a little girl who has disappeared from her apartment. I still ask, what was the right thing to do?
Watersh
ip Down by Richard AdamsYes, I know it is a book about rabbits, but it may be one of the first books that describes the impact of man on the environment. Since man has intruded so much where the rabbits live, they decide to go in search of a promised land where they attempt to form the perfect society. This may be about rabbits, but it will give you pause to stop and think.
A great book. Read my review to find out why. (Yes, I will add this to my read again list)
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
His first book and he had me hooked. Silva has never disappointed me since. This suspense novel is set in WWII England, Churchill, Hitler, the Nazi's, spies; if you like espionage, this is a book to read. His series that has Gabriel Allen in them are one of my all time favorites. (his book, the Confessor, is much better then the Di Vinci Code)
Fried Green Tomatoes (at the Whistle Stop Cafe) by Fannie Flagg
Folksy charm, you can almost hear the Southern drawl and taste the fried green tomatoes. Full of humor, love, you are in a more gentler time where people where much more accepted as they are.
Loved it, never wanted it to end, every time I read it I find myself tearing up. The first time I cried.
The Shell Seekers by Rosamude Pilcher
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Sheer poetry in writing, L
lewellyn tells the story of a coal mining family and their young son who comes of age in South Wales in the early 1900's. I cried (sobbed) as I read this book, the lives, the hardships, and the love. Wonderful.
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Kept me riveted when I read it when it came out. Gothic horror at its very best. If you haven;t read it and love supernatural thrillers, here you go. The best one I have read so far. Read it with the lights on.
Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
Outlander Diana Gabaldon
A Walk in
the Woods by Bill BrysonA book I am sad when I am getting to the last page, a book that feels like I am losing friends, a book that I go back to read again because of the joy it gave me, or the feelings it stirred up, a book that I remember fondly, a book that I learned something from, and a book that feels like an old friend...that's why these books are on my list. This list changes, but some are stalwart and will always remain on it. What's on your list? I would love to know.
Happy Reading!
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