Our school librarian sent out an email this week to have the faculty send in our top 3-5 favorite books of all time (she is going to make a game out of it somehow). I thought this was very hard to do, mainly because I have read a lot of good books but I can hardly remember any of them. As I have said, I am always reading something and probably read a 20-25 books a year, but since I read so much, I quickly forget books that I've read (sometimes so much so that I read them again not realizing til mid-way through that I have already read them. Hey, nothing like a good repeat)!
The top books on my list were:
1. To Kill A Mockingbird
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. Coming of Age in Mississippi
4. Harry Potter (obvi- read the whole series at least 5 times- gotta include it!)
I came up with this list by the first books that popped into my head, but also with books I have read more than once. All the above books I've read at least 3 times. However, I was thinking more and thought of some other favorites...The Help, Nineteen Minutes, The Awakening, Catcher in the Rye, Firefly Lane, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Love in the Time of Cholera, Anne of Green Gables...it gets SO hard! I know these are not the only books I have read and loved over the years, but it is so easy to forget the great ones when you read so much.
SO my challenge to you all: What are your top 3-5 favorite books? I am always looking for reading suggestions, so comment below!
5 comments:
Robyn - I get to do most of my fun reading over the summers, and that includes girly books as well. Some of my faves over the years have included (in no particular order):
-Everything Matters
-The Wedding (sequel to The Notebook)
-The Sky is Everywhere
-Twilight Series (oh yes, Eclipse is the best of the 4)
-Something Borrowed
-The Secret Life of Bees
-I am Charlotte Simmons
-Summer Sisters
Enjoy!
Thanks Samara! I have read "Something Borrowed", "The Secret Life of Bees" and "I am Charlotte Simmons". I will add the others to my list...except Twilight...read the first and refuse to read anymore:)!
As promised:
- Absalom, Absalom
- The Grapes of Wrath
- 100 Years of Solitude
- Lolita
- Anna Karenina
Summer Sisters is an AMAZING book - I read it more than once. Here are my top few (so far). I'm glad you did this post, I love reading!
1. 1984
2. Kite Runner (I cried - pathetic)
3. Tell No One
4. The Hunger Games (the entire series - I'm currnetly reading them a second time)
5. Wuthering Heights
So some of these might not be 'girly' reads, but I've read all those "something borrowed" in the series. I liked them a lot so I can't hate. Most of my top 5 are things I read in high school. Lolita was really good as well. Thanks for your own suggestions and enjoy!
Thanks to Nate & Kate! I may try "Lolita," and "The Hunger Games" is on my summer reading list already!
And Kate, I loved the "Something Borrowed" series as well, and "Wuthering Hieghts" is one of my favs, too.
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