mlbuchina Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 So, I failed miserably at this year's Book a Week challenge. I had such good intentions, but it was just a bust. :thumbdown: I thought I would get a head start for next year's challenge by trying to be a little better prepared with a book list ready to go. What books should I put on my reading list? What book is your favorite-all-time-ever book? What book did you read that took you completely away with it? What book did you literally not put down till you finished it (I'm talking had it at the stove with you while cooking and taking it to the bathroom with you kinda book)? :w00t: <~~~ pretend this is me, anxiously waiting for your books since we don't have the all ears smiley anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Baby Catcher is a favorite of mine. I've read it several times: http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Catcher-Chronicles-Modern-Midwife/dp/0743219341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355370504&sr=1-1&keywords=Baby+catcher I'd like to read: Pajama School http://www.amazon.com/Pajama-School-homeschool-graduate-ebook/dp/B004D9FF2W/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355370370&sr=1-13&keywords=Homeschool The Homeschool Experiment http://www.amazon.com/Homeschool-Experiment-Novel-Charity-Hawkins/dp/1937639061/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355370408&sr=1-18&keywords=Homeschool I need to finish The Red Tent. Its been on my floor forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I really like memoirs. Off the top of my head a couple I've liked: Niether Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn http://www.amazon.com/Neither-Wolf-nor-Dog-Forgotten/dp/1577312333 My Life with the Saints by James Martin http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Saints-James-Martin/dp/0829426442/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355379468&sr=1-1&keywords=my+life+with+the+saints+by+james+martin+sj Is this the one you were looking for? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thanks for the recomendations. Yes, that is the smiley I was looking for. LOL :bigear: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thanks for the recomendations. Yes, that is the smiley I was looking for. LOL :bigear: Thanks! You're welcome! Hope you get some more book suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 This was my favorite book of 2012- An Invisible Thread: The true story an 11-year old panhandler, a busy sales executive and an unlikely meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 One of my all-time favorites is Lavinia by Ursula LeGuin. It's The Aeneid re-imagined from the point of view of one of its minor characters, and it's absolutely lovely. I also enjoyed The Penelopiad, recommended to me by Mrs. Mungo--The Odyssey retold from Penelope's point of view. Very funny and thought-provoking. You could also try Isak Dinesen. She wrote several collections of stories with a very old-Europe, gothic, moody feel. Great winter reading. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Favorites this year: A Thread of Grace (WWII as told by Italians during the late part of the war, an interesting look at different faiths and Italian culture) True Grit ('60s western coming of age novel, I just love the main character so much...she's so bossy and so 14) When in doubt I like fairy tales. The Book of Lost Things (kind of a dark interweaving of common fairy tales) The Woodsman (the same thing but lighter and more girly) Also on my favorites of all time list: The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)~Victorian detective fiction How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)~Welsh family saga Till We Have Faces (CS Lewis)~retelling of the Psyche myth Wild Swans (Jung Chang)~biography of 3 generations of Chinese women, from warlords to the cultural revolution The Brothers K (David James Duncan)~another family saga, the '60s, baseball, faith, science, Vietnam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeghanL Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 My favorite book of this past year was Candide by Voltaire. My entire classics book club loved it. It's a satire on philosophy and was also turned into a musical which is also fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 What do you like? What do you really NOT want to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piraterose Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 The Time Travelers' Wife The Eyre Affair (The Thursday Next series) The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need) The Neverending Story anything book by Charles de Lint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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