Books

[wook77]

If you could pick one book, no matter how fluff or trash or random or scientific or educational or romantic or schmoopy - what would that book be and why?

It can be part of a series. It can be a book that's out of print. It can be a book with a movie based on it. It can be a child's book. It can be a book about serial killers. It can be raunchy poetry. It can be about string theory. It can be het. It can be gen. It can be slash.

It just has to be a real favorite book. Don't post what you think everyone else wants to read or what you think will impress other people. Post what the one book that you love and adore more than any other is. If it's a Nora Roberts book or a biography on Kennedy, I don't care.

What's the one book that you would rec to the heavens and beyond?

(It can even be more than one book)

Comments

[karaz.livejournal.com]

"Only My Life" By Louis de Wijze I sort of hate historical novels and autobiographical historical novels are REALLY not my thing but I got assigned this book for a class. I read it on a zerox copy the prof gave us and later had to buy it in hardback for myself. It's about a young Dutch Jew trying to survive in Nazi Germany. The DH, who reads only under threat of job loss, was unable to put it down and it's a quick read. I think I finished it in a day.

In a completely different genre, dude, I love "Summer Sisters" by Judy Blume. >.> I know we were all meant to give Blume books after we have our first period but when I saw this 'adult' book - however many years ago it was - I had to have it. This is in the vein of Beaches (god, I know! but feels a lot more realistic and less saccharine) but more about coming of age and becoming an adult then the BFF-ness, though that's there... eh, sorta. I've read it multiple times and I definitely get different things out of it each time.

And lastly, "The Mirror" by Marlys Millhiser This is an old book that belong to my mom. I think I read it the first time when I was about 12. I've lost count how many times I've read it since then. A young woman looks into a family heirloom mirror and finds herself transported into her Grandmother's body - nearly 100 years ago - and her teenaged Grandmother into her body now. The book has 3 basic parts: The girl living her life as the Grandmother, the life of her mother/daughter, and Grandmother living her life in current granddaughter's body. Um, did you follow that? lol.

[karaz.livejournal.com]

ps - I love when people ask their flist this, I get so many good recs too! :)