The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
I absolutely love this book. It's in my top five for sure. Wes hates it. Chalk that up to the (growing) list of things I'll never understand about my husband. :) Kingsolver is a brilliant writer. I also enjoyed Prodigal Summer. I'm thinking about reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle next... has anyone read it?
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Lynne Truss
Ok, ok, so you probably already know my thoughts on this book. But I can't leave it out! Lynne Truss and I would totally be BFFs if I lived in England. Oh, and if I could stand punctuation outside quotation marks.
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
This is, of course, a classic. I can't think of a better book I've read on Christianity... ever. Lewis is brilliant. Initially when I started this post I wasn't going to include Christian books -- I've become somewhat burned out on them -- but I can't not include such a treasure. If you haven't read it before, do yourself a favor.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Apparently this is now a movie or something. I don't know; I haven't seen it. I have, however, read it -- and it's incredible. I should note, though, that I tried to read it once in high school because it was on the List of Books You Should Read Before Going to College (what? you didn't try to read every book on that list?) -- and I hated it. Couldn't stand it. I gave up halfway through, and I hate doing that. But a British Lit class in college forced me to pick it back up... and I couldn't be more indebted to Professor Komisaruk. It's a gem!
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It's so hard to limit myself, but I'll stop there. Those are just a few of my favorites. So... what about you? I can't think of a better way to choose my next novel of choice than by asking all of you what your favorites are!
6 comments:
Jane Eyre. Mrs. Mulrooney won me over in 8th grade literature. It's been a favorite ever since. Another classic that i re-read more than I would care to admit is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Generally speaking, I hate the movie-version of classics if I read the actual book first...so please, for all who love Gregory Peck realize that even with his skill....you should just read To Kill a Mockingbird. Sorry about my grammar on this one, Beth. Are you angry?
Beth, I think we may be sisters. Seriously, one of our mothers gave the other up for adoption. Colored fiestaware, not wanting to birth children, book lovers, notice "'" errors. Maybe we should have a DNA test performed. Until then, my all time favorite book is by Wally Lamb: I Know This Much is True. It's about brothers; one's schizophrenic (spelling?). Anyway, it's a great read. I LOVE reading your blog, p.s. :)
You should write your own novel. Seriously, I think you should.
That's a 'great' list, Beth. In fact, I'd say, that that's Beths's greatest's list of all time! If I did a lot of reading - and I'm not sure I qualify - I'd be most happiest that you made such excellent recommendation's. ;)
In all seriousness, add Dinesh D'Souza's (if you can get over his initial apostrophe), "What's So Great About Christianity?" Good read!
barbara kingsolver is far and away my favorite author. animal, vegetable, miracle is just great--my mom and i both read it this past summer. we're both in the thick of gardening and local eating right now. it will challenge the way you look at food. her collections of short stories/articles are also great--in the middle of high tide in tuscon. and prodigal summer is my absolute favorite.
i'd totally do a very, very slow book club with you. i have a list of books i want to read.. let's make it happen :o)
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