15 Books Meme

[lostwolfchats]

Shagged from jlrpuck

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

1. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
2. The Return of the King, JRR Tolkien
3. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
4. Over Sea, Under Stone, Susan Cooper
5. The Wasteland, T.S.

Comments

[maniacalshen]

Susan Cooper and Philip Pullman?! Oh man, I loved those books. I'm so glad we read The Dark is Rising in school and that my Catholic school teacher also recommended The Golden Compass. :D

I have The Handmaid's Tale sitting around here; perhaps I'll have to get around to it soon.

[maniacalshen]

Though, confession time... I never made it to Return of the King. Couldn't finish The Two Towers when I tried; it was so damn boring. SO MUCH WALKING. Very un-nerdly of me, I know.

[lostwolfchats]

Hee! The Two Towers is hard, I think, because the two key narratives are split compeltely - it's like two novels. It gets frustrating. The RotK is not like that, so would be worth another go. The ending makes me blub everytime! It's so moving.

[janna_hawkins]

Actually, RotK is split that way but the two parts come together after the Ring is destroyed, unlike Two Towers. Sorry for jumping in like that, serious LotR fangirl here :P

[lostwolfchats]

That's okay - that was kind of my point - the whole novel isn't split, so it's less counter-intuitive. TTT can be hard on some readers.

[janna_hawkins]

Oh okay I see :)

Yeah it can be really hard. I prefer the movie(even though they left out a lot and added too much extra stuff)just because it goes back and forth like a normal story :)

[lostwolfchats]

I know what you mean - I feel bad, but the film perfected the book for me - the book does get dull in places and is hard to stick with, but the film irons that out and joins the dots and makes it all so much more satisfying. However, for emotional depth, I still return to the books.