15 Favorite Books meme

by | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

I got tagged in a meme, and this is a neat one. 15 favorite books.

1. The Bible. It’s got it all; history, poetry, love, revenge, war. (Murdered by pirates is good!) Which brings us to:
2. The Princess Bride (book, not movie)
3. The Blue Castle, LM Montgomery
4. Of Men and Numbers, Jean Muir
5. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, TS Eliot
6. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare
7. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
8. Escape from Katmandu, Kim Stanley Robinson
9. Maus (graphic novel)
10. The Hobbit, Tolkien
11. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
12. Witch World, Andre Norton
13. The Way Things Work, David MacAuley
14. I Robot, Isaac Asimov
15. Snow Crash, Neil Stephenson

Now you!

8 Comments

  1. Jan
    Jan on July 23, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    Now see, this is smart: a conversation and a blog post all in one.

    Another Tolkien, L’Engle, and LM Montgomery fan, I see. Loved Maus, too! My husband is nuts about WWII stuff so I bought it for him.

  2. Charli
    Charli on July 24, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Maus is one of the best works I’ve ever read on that part of history. I recommend it all the time.

    I also put some nonfiction and poetry in the list. The Way Things Work is probably the book I’d take to a desert island if I could only have one. All the principles of basic engineering, demonstrated by the woolly mammoth.

  3. Sherri
    Sherri on July 24, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Now see I couldn’t get into book of Princess Bride…maybe the movie ruined it for me but if that’s the case it’s the first and only time it’s ever happened.

    I agree with Eliot, Shakespeare, L’Engle, Tolkien, Lewis, and Asimov — have to check out the others.

  4. Charli
    Charli on July 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    I read the book as a teen, the movie came later, and since the book didn’t quite have the same happy ending, that could certainly color your view of the story. *g*

  5. N.J. Walters
    N.J. Walters on July 27, 2009 at 3:37 am

    I’ve only read a few of those books.

    The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I read the entire series at once and loved it.

    The Bible. I haven’t read all of it, but it is fascinating reading.

    A Midsummer’s Night Dream. This is a wonderful play.

  6. Charli
    Charli on July 27, 2009 at 6:32 am

    NJ, I bet you’d love The Blue Castle. And A Wrinkle in Time.

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