Happy Literacy Day!
As promised... I have compiled a list of books that people have given me. Books that they loved. Books that they loved enough sometimes to read more than once. Books that they couldn't put down. Some of these, I'm gonna have to check out! Some were mentioned a couple of different times by a couple of different people. When that happens... you really know you gotta check it out. And if it was my mama that suggested it... well... It'll be in the mail to my house tomorrow. :) I trust that woman with a good book recommendation! Often, one of us will call the other up and the conversation will go like this: "Hey! I'm reading this great book! I can't put it down/can't stop bawling my eyes out/It really touches me/It's thought provoking/whatever... you HAVE to get it!"... Then a couple of weeks later there'll be another phone conversation that goes like this: "Hey! I got that book you mentioned. oh my word! I can't put it down/can't stop bawling my eyes out/It really touches me/It's thought provoking/whatever." and whoever's on the other end of the line will go "I TOLD YOU!!!!!"
I WAS going to list the books and have a link to a website where you could check it out and, if you wanted, purchase the book... buuuut I figure I'd leave it up to you guys as to where you want to buy the book from if it interests you... so I'll just list them.
Ok, in no specific order... these are the Adult books that you guys love:
Same Kind Of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
(a friend had this on her list of must reads... and I agree! I read it and loved it and made Jason read it and he loved it so much that he also bought the follow up book What Difference Do It Make.)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (a classic!)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (I've seen and heard several great reviews on this book and have had it on
reading list for a while. One of these days...)
The Shack by William P. Young (wow. This book is..... a must read. Suggested by several people. Jason
and I have both started this book but haven't been able to finish it. It's so heavy... for lack of a better word... that we feel that we have to put it down and walk away for a while and pick it back up later.)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (another classic)
Lafayette by Harlow G. Unger
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (another classic)
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Power of now by Eckhart Tolle
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Hours Michael Cunningham
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (I haven't read this book but I really want to ever since I watched the movie with Dakota Fanning)
Ok... remember those have all been recommended by other people. If you get one of those books and hate it, don't blame me. There's some really good ones on that list though!
The Authors that were suggested are:
Mary Higgins Clark
P.D. James
nicholas Sparks
Francine Rivers
Philippa Gregory
David Sedaris
and
Barbara Kingsolver
The series that were suggested are:
The Hunger Game Series
The Anne of Green Gable Series
The Mark and the Lion Series
Harry Potter
And...
... the moment you've all been waiting for...
... my personal suggestions. These are some of my current and all time favorite books...
Crazy Love by Francis Chan (this book will challenge your Christianity. Awesome book!)
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer (True story. Have the tissues handy)
The Phantom Tollbooth by norton Juster (Technically, this is a kid's book. But every adult should read it too!!)
Bud and Me (true story about two young brothers who rode their horses across America. Great book!!)
I have a ton of favorite books but those are the ones that immediately came to mind.
Usually, at any given time, I've got at least two or three books going at the same time. Currently, the books on my night stand (or in my purse) that I'm reading are:
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
Auschwitz by Laurence Rees
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
I hope maybe you've found a new book that you can't wait to get and read!
There were several children's books suggested too but I'm going to save those for a later post. Time for bed.
Oh... and I almost forgot...
tomorrow is "Wonderful Weirdoes Day" which means that tomorrow you have a legitimate excuse to be weird. Use it!!
Happy Reading!
Becky
