I am a big reader. I always have been, from the first time I read Green Eggs and Ham (I still remember trying to puzzle out how to pronounce the word "sir") to the obsession I had with the Baby-Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High and Nancy Drew books, to reading the classics, some of which have become my favorites. So when I saw this meme over at Rocks in My Dryer and that Shannon had issued an open tag, I jumped at the chance. So here's a glimpse at the literary side of me...
1. Book that changed your life: Well, the Bible, first of all, has deepened my understanding of God and how we should live. Also, this may sound weird, but… my Educational Psychology text. The book and the class are what made me change from a second major in Spanish to a minor in Psychology, and the instructor encouraged me to go on to get a doctorate and come back to teach college. I have used principles from that class in dealing with my own children and have found them to be very helpful. Also, it helped me to understand the teaching profession even more, mostly the nitty-gritty type stuff, like lesson plans and discipline. I can’t wait to finally get my degree and start teaching! Two more… Max Lucado’s A Gentle Thunder (awesome, awesome book) and Courage for the Chicken Hearted by Becky Freeman, Susan Duke, Rebecca Barlow Jordan, Gracie Malone (whom I have met personally and she is awesome!!), and Fran Caffey Sandin. I highly recommend this book to anyone!! These ladies have inspired me to write more and maybe even write a book of my own.
2. Book that you've read more than once: Gone With the Wind and Scarlett. The pages are falling out. I usually read books more than once anyway, though, since I always see something I didn’t catch the first time. I’ve read and reread just about all of R.A. Salvatore’s books, the Elminster series of books by Ed Greenwood, the Cape Refuge series, as well as Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Emma by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the whole Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, and How to Talk so Kids Can Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
3. Book you'd want on a desert island: A MacGyver handbook. And the Bible.
4. Book that made you laugh: Emma by Jane Austen, any of the R.A. Salvatore books, and most especially, Courage for the Chicken Hearted
5. Book that made you cry: Jane Eyre, The Secret of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, and Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree.
6. Book that you wish had been written: my great-grandparents’ autobiographies
7. Book you don't enjoy: Westerns. Ick. And steamy romance novels. I mean, come on, why don’t they just call them sex books and get it over with?
8. Book you are currently reading: I’ve started A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens again after starting it and putting it away many times, and I’m currently reading The Hobbit to the kids. We also have been going through a couple of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
9. Book you've been meaning to read: I’ve been working up to William Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. I just can’t bring myself to read past the first page. It seriously bores me. But I really want to read the Anne of Green Gables series (I loved the movies they did on PBS), and there is a whole box of books my mom brought me from her garage sale I want to read. I’m about halfway through the box so far.
10. Book you remember as a real page-turner: Anything by Terri Blackstock, any of the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan, Errands by Judith Guest
11. Non-fiction books that you have enjoyed: Honestly, I’ve enjoyed all my English textbooks (I’m a big nerd that way!), and my Psych texts so far. I also enjoyed Making Love Last Forever by Gary Smalley (book on marriage), The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian, and Becoming a Vessel God Can Use by Donna Partow.
12. Children's books your family has loved: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in My Pocket and Green Eggs and Ham, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and any other book) by Eric Carle, Bob and Larry’s ABC’s by Phil Vischer, and the Ollie books by Olivier Dunrea.
2. Book that you've read more than once: Gone With the Wind and Scarlett. The pages are falling out. I usually read books more than once anyway, though, since I always see something I didn’t catch the first time. I’ve read and reread just about all of R.A. Salvatore’s books, the Elminster series of books by Ed Greenwood, the Cape Refuge series, as well as Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Emma by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, the whole Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, and How to Talk so Kids Can Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
3. Book you'd want on a desert island: A MacGyver handbook. And the Bible.
4. Book that made you laugh: Emma by Jane Austen, any of the R.A. Salvatore books, and most especially, Courage for the Chicken Hearted
5. Book that made you cry: Jane Eyre, The Secret of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, and Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree.
6. Book that you wish had been written: my great-grandparents’ autobiographies
7. Book you don't enjoy: Westerns. Ick. And steamy romance novels. I mean, come on, why don’t they just call them sex books and get it over with?
8. Book you are currently reading: I’ve started A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens again after starting it and putting it away many times, and I’m currently reading The Hobbit to the kids. We also have been going through a couple of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
9. Book you've been meaning to read: I’ve been working up to William Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. I just can’t bring myself to read past the first page. It seriously bores me. But I really want to read the Anne of Green Gables series (I loved the movies they did on PBS), and there is a whole box of books my mom brought me from her garage sale I want to read. I’m about halfway through the box so far.
10. Book you remember as a real page-turner: Anything by Terri Blackstock, any of the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan, Errands by Judith Guest
11. Non-fiction books that you have enjoyed: Honestly, I’ve enjoyed all my English textbooks (I’m a big nerd that way!), and my Psych texts so far. I also enjoyed Making Love Last Forever by Gary Smalley (book on marriage), The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian, and Becoming a Vessel God Can Use by Donna Partow.
12. Children's books your family has loved: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in My Pocket and Green Eggs and Ham, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (and any other book) by Eric Carle, Bob and Larry’s ABC’s by Phil Vischer, and the Ollie books by Olivier Dunrea.
So I guess I can tag anyone reading this. Tag! You're it!
4 comments:
Fun list! I actually really love Vanity Fair - it's one of my favorites! I believe the first part is slower, but it's a very rewarding - albeit cynical - read.
I love the classics. The Brontes and Jane Austen. This spring I read all Jane Austen's books again so I'd be in an Austeny mood when Pride and Prejudice came out on DVD.
The book you wish had been written moved me. Don't we all wish that and so few of us have it. What a treasure it would be.
My sister Bev, over at Blessed Beyond Measure, did a post just this past week titled If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I've never even heard of it but maybe I need to find it for my little grandbaby.
Great list - I enjoyed this.
Jane Eyre and all the Austin and Bronte books are just so excellent. I just cry during Jane Eyre. I had forgotten If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I bet I have read it a thousand times to my kids and now I'll have to buy it to read to my new granddaughter! Yeah!
Oh my goodness, I can't believe I forgot about The Giving Tree. I adored this book. Silverstein also wrote a poem about the little boy and the old man that makes me teary eyed!
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