As much as I love books, the smell of the paper, the elegant fonts, and intriguing plots, I often don’t have time to read. It wasn’t that long ago that I was reading all the time, 5 or 6 books a week. More so when I was a teenager and into my mid 20s. Now that I’m a mom, working full time, photography on the side and…just life, I don’t read nearly as often as I want to. I usually have my kobo with me in my back and try to catch paragraphs here and there…I’m copping out aren’t I?
The quote in my title today is from Henry David Thoreau. A very apt quote as I’ve been thinking about the books that have impacted on me, you know, the ones that are read over and over again. The ones that no other book quite hits the mark with. The ones that set the bar maybe unattainably high. The following are books that I’ve read, still read and will pass down to my boys. What are yours?
Without further ado and in no particular order: (It’s viritually impossible to have just one favourite isn’t it?)
1) The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
2) The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
3) The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis
4) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – CS Lewis
5) The Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
6) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
7) My Name is Asher Lev – Chaim Potok
8) The Diary of Anne Frank
9) Ghosts I Have Been – Richard Peck
10) Nine Coaches Waiting – Mary Stewart
11) Wildfire After Midnight – Mary Stewart
12) The Crystal Cave – Mary Stewart
13) The Sign of the Four – Arthur Conan Doyle
14) The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle
15) A Thousand Shall Fall – Murray Peden
16) Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
17) The Secret of Shadow Ranch – Carolyn Keen (Really, the entire Nancy Drew series!)
18) The Famous Five – Enid Blyton
19) The Arctic Grail – Pierre Berton
20) Vimy – Pierre Berton
21) This is My Country, What’s Yours? – Noah Richler
22) The Unfinished Canadian – Andrew Cohen
23) An Innocent in Scotland – David McFadden
24) Sorcerer’s Legacy – Janny Wurtz
25) Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
This list is not exhaustive, but I thought I better keep to the top 25. 🙂 If anyone wants me to do a review of any of these, leave a comment!
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