I think that a good way to introduce myself as a reader is to list my top 10 favorite books of all time. When thinking about this list I realized that I had really 2 categories that would apply--books for adults and books for children/young adults. I think that loving all these books, all but 3 read before I was out of high school, and most read multiple times, is a standard to which I judge most other books I read in some fashion or another. I know that no fluff mystery will hold up to the Baskervilles or the Orient Express and no Western tale is as profoundly beautiful as Lonesome Dove, but there are sparks and elements in each of these favorites that can be found in a lot of what I read day to day.
So, without further ado....
Kid/YA books: (in no particular order)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Anne's House of Dreams by LM Montgomery
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Autumn Street by Lois Lowry
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
The Trumpet of the Swan by EB White
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Adult books (again in no order):
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Last Convertible by Anton Myrer
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
"When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind."
Michel de Montaigne
This blog is written by an unabashed bookworm. It is a very very narrow-focused blog, books I read. Not fancy high-faluting literature, just what I, your humble blogger, reads for fun. I am a scary-busy mom with a full time career and a 2 year old son and 1 year old daughter. But since I learned to read at age 3, I've loved books and reading and so I cram time for reading into my day even if it is in place of sleep. I am unabashedly unapologetic about the types of things I read--I read what I like, period. If an outsider thinks I read old lady books, or dorky books, or too much of one kind, well, I shrug at that outsider! I am too busy to read things that feel like homework or finish books that I find lame or boring or depressing. So without further ado...here's what's been on my library card lately!
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