inspired by youlookbored87
apparently i am completely unoriginal because i keep stealing things from otehr people. oh well, get over it.
this is my attempted top 10 list of books thus far, in no particular order. and now that i think of it, i can't even do 10. so here's a short list. of books. that i like. enjoy!
Brave New World--Aldous Huxley: just...wow. That book makes me think about relationships and sex and individuality and the future and love in ways that no other book has. And the ending is just unbearable every time, I love it. AND I think it's better than 1984, sorry kids.
The Phantom Tollbooth--Norton Juster: never has any book I've ever read remained so readable and fun and thought-provoking in such a creative way. My absolute favorite passage is near the end when they tell Milo that his task was impossible but if he had known he wouldn't have even tried. Blah. That book just rocks and if you haven't read it you should.
His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass--Philip Pullman: Like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Pullman explores religion and coming of age in an innovative way. These three books have everything a good book should--action, adventure, love, betrayal, death, yadda yadda. The characters are so well-crafted, as is the plot, that you just want it to keep going and going. Fantastic.
The Red Tent--Anita Diamant: A really interesting look at a Biblical story from a completely different perspective, especially since we never are given anything from a female point of view in the Bible itself...a really great 'what if' book--and a great chick book.
The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald: I love this book, after having read it about 5 times, for writing like this: "tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further…So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." 'Nuff said.
The Princess Bride:S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure--William Goldman: If you liked the movie, you'll love the book. It is hilarious. And I love it.
Holidays on Ice--David Sedaris: This man might be the funniest writer ever. Or at least, alive right now. I choose Holidays on Ice because it was the first David Sedaris I read, but I highly recommend Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Barrel Fever, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Holidays on Ice, though, is just hysterical, especially if you like mall Santas, or been the recipient of a ridiculous end-of-the-year family update. Or worked as an elf. "It was my dream to create and star in a program called 'Socrates and Company,' in which I would travel from place to place accompanied by a brilliant and loyal proboscis monkey. Socrates and I wouldn't go looking for trouble, but week after week it would manage to find us. 'The eyes, Socrates, go for the eyes,' I'd yell during one of our many fight scenes."
These are just some good books. Obviously I have a lot more to read.
this is my attempted top 10 list of books thus far, in no particular order. and now that i think of it, i can't even do 10. so here's a short list. of books. that i like. enjoy!
Brave New World--Aldous Huxley: just...wow. That book makes me think about relationships and sex and individuality and the future and love in ways that no other book has. And the ending is just unbearable every time, I love it. AND I think it's better than 1984, sorry kids.
The Phantom Tollbooth--Norton Juster: never has any book I've ever read remained so readable and fun and thought-provoking in such a creative way. My absolute favorite passage is near the end when they tell Milo that his task was impossible but if he had known he wouldn't have even tried. Blah. That book just rocks and if you haven't read it you should.
His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass--Philip Pullman: Like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Pullman explores religion and coming of age in an innovative way. These three books have everything a good book should--action, adventure, love, betrayal, death, yadda yadda. The characters are so well-crafted, as is the plot, that you just want it to keep going and going. Fantastic.
The Red Tent--Anita Diamant: A really interesting look at a Biblical story from a completely different perspective, especially since we never are given anything from a female point of view in the Bible itself...a really great 'what if' book--and a great chick book.
The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald: I love this book, after having read it about 5 times, for writing like this: "tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further…So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." 'Nuff said.
The Princess Bride:S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure--William Goldman: If you liked the movie, you'll love the book. It is hilarious. And I love it.
Holidays on Ice--David Sedaris: This man might be the funniest writer ever. Or at least, alive right now. I choose Holidays on Ice because it was the first David Sedaris I read, but I highly recommend Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Barrel Fever, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Holidays on Ice, though, is just hysterical, especially if you like mall Santas, or been the recipient of a ridiculous end-of-the-year family update. Or worked as an elf. "It was my dream to create and star in a program called 'Socrates and Company,' in which I would travel from place to place accompanied by a brilliant and loyal proboscis monkey. Socrates and I wouldn't go looking for trouble, but week after week it would manage to find us. 'The eyes, Socrates, go for the eyes,' I'd yell during one of our many fight scenes."
These are just some good books. Obviously I have a lot more to read.