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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
6 comments:
The best nonfiction adventure book I've ever read
is Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. If you've never read it, please do. My favorite fiction adventure, also my favorite book, is Lonesome Dove, by my
good friend Larry McMurtry. I read it every five
years or so, and find something new each time.
Read this book. Don't get too attached to any one
character, though. McMurtry is a tad merciless
when it comes to life and death.
Other notables:
The Lord Of The Rings. Loved it when I was a kid
and well into adulthood, but I think the movies
may have over hobbitized me. I'm going to have to stay away for a few years. Still, One of the best written books I've ever read.
The Sea Wolf. Starts out great, but the last fifty pages are basically a romance novel.
Moby Dick. Have never been able to get through it,
but Christine told me I have to add it to my list.
As a kid I loved "Swallows and Amazons" by Arthur Ransom (all his books are great). It is set in the Lake District in the north of England and is about three kids' adventures with boating and camping and the outdoors in and around the lakes.It totally conjures what a free and uninhibited childhood is all about. I don't really like boats and water but after reading these books I think I learned enough to sail one!
Daniel loved it when I read it to him a few years ago, haven't tried it with the others yet.
Hmm. I always get stumped when someone asks me a "What's the best/your favorite/etc" type question. All possible answers of mine fly out of my head. However, for now I'll go with an answer that combines fiction and nonfiction: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Quite an adventure...
I think I'll have to second my Jimmy Jimereeno's Into Thin Air.
Don't get me started on Moby Dick, hon. It's so much more than an adventure story. So much more. A lot more. Way more.
There are some old ones worth mentioning that I have enjoyed..."Green Mansions", King Solomon's Mines", Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Call of the Wild"...hey, I enjoyed "Clan of the Cave Bear" when it came out...funny, though, some of these have adventure in them, but arn't all adventure, like "Green Mansions". Richard Burton's life made for some good reading, too...remember the movie "Mountains of the Moon"?
Wow! What a question...sorry I'm answering late. Where the Red Fern Grows, The Lord of the Rings, Possesion by AS Byatt, my old Reader's Digest collection of fairy tales, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Mists of Avalon. And finally for non-fiction, I gotta give it to Krakauer--love him.
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