Okay so after I posted 100 random-ish books on Facebook, I was called out for posting a lame old list without any meaningful commentary. So I proceeded to that “15 books that inspired me” challenge, or 15 favorite, or something.
I can’t say these are my definitive favorites. I’m sure I’m missing some. But these are 15 books that, when I read them, sucked me in and I couldn’t let go. Books that have stayed in my dreams, became “mine,” and years later are part of who I am and how I view the world. As far as a blog goes, and and what I remember about them. That is much easier to write about than “reviewing” a book, so I’m going to use this as a jumping-off point for the next few posts . . .
1. My Side of the Mountain, Jean George
2. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver.
3. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
4. Persuasion, Jane Austen.
5. The 60 Minute Gourmet, Pierre Franey
6. The Journeyer, Gary Jennings
7. The Ordinary Princess, M. M. Kaye
8. Paris to the Moon, Adam Gopnik
9. Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
10. The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
11. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
12. Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, Becky Bailey
13. The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk
14. Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
15. Morality for Beautiful Girls, Alexander McCall Smith (Number One Ladies Det. Agency Book 3)
