Bookish?
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.
Copy the instructions into your own post.
1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien - Yeah, kind of my literary mother tongue.
2. Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint - Second CdL I read after Yarrow, but the first one that really hooked me.
3. Moll Flanders by Daniel de Foe - I love her. A lot.
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Yummy.
5. The Donnellys by James Reaney - Technically a play, but I've never actually seen the play, and I'm including plays because I can, and it was inspiring. If I'd done a Masters, this would've been why.
6. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin - I hated it. And I'll never forget it.
7. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - Absolutely ingrained into my childhood.
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The books are actually more interesting than the Disney variant in ways that I found the Oz books never were.
9. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - Also better than the movie. I hate Kubrick. Loved the book.
10. Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay - I almost didn't read it because I hated the Fionavar stuff so much, but it was instrumental in showing me that Kay is actually awesome, and of the stuff I've enjoyed since, it's still my favorite.
11. Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams - I don't really know why. Maybe it's the cat thing. But I've read plenty of catfiction and I don't think I'll ever get this one out of my head.
12. Beowulf by Seamus Heaney - No, it's not actually by him, but his translation of it is just about the greatest thing in the literary universe. Ever.
13. Macbeth - Not my favorite, but I think the most memorable because it's the Shakespeare that made me give a damn about Shakespeare. I think also my first Shakespeare. Something about Banquo's ghost.
14. Murther & Walking Spirits by Robertson Davies - While I always adored his style, I didn't really care about the plots until this one. Movies are fun.
15. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - I... what? Yeah. It's good. Brain.
Some things I could've gone with, I didn't, because the reasons they stick in my head are less than literary, like Into the Woods, and The Wizard of Oz, and all the fantasy movies of the 80s,The Princess Bride, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, etc. The Black Stallion was another one. I read pretty much all the books in the series when I was a kid, but what I remember most about it is the movie, not the books. One that only occurred to me after the 15 minutes was up is Roald Dahl's Boy. I'll never lose that one either, since I read it while I was in boarding school.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you.
First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Copy the instructions into your own post.
1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien - Yeah, kind of my literary mother tongue.
2. Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint - Second CdL I read after Yarrow, but the first one that really hooked me.
3. Moll Flanders by Daniel de Foe - I love her. A lot.
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Yummy.
5. The Donnellys by James Reaney - Technically a play, but I've never actually seen the play, and I'm including plays because I can, and it was inspiring. If I'd done a Masters, this would've been why.
6. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin - I hated it. And I'll never forget it.
7. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - Absolutely ingrained into my childhood.
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The books are actually more interesting than the Disney variant in ways that I found the Oz books never were.
9. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - Also better than the movie. I hate Kubrick. Loved the book.
10. Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay - I almost didn't read it because I hated the Fionavar stuff so much, but it was instrumental in showing me that Kay is actually awesome, and of the stuff I've enjoyed since, it's still my favorite.
11. Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams - I don't really know why. Maybe it's the cat thing. But I've read plenty of catfiction and I don't think I'll ever get this one out of my head.
12. Beowulf by Seamus Heaney - No, it's not actually by him, but his translation of it is just about the greatest thing in the literary universe. Ever.
13. Macbeth - Not my favorite, but I think the most memorable because it's the Shakespeare that made me give a damn about Shakespeare. I think also my first Shakespeare. Something about Banquo's ghost.
14. Murther & Walking Spirits by Robertson Davies - While I always adored his style, I didn't really care about the plots until this one. Movies are fun.
15. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - I... what? Yeah. It's good. Brain.
Some things I could've gone with, I didn't, because the reasons they stick in my head are less than literary, like Into the Woods, and The Wizard of Oz, and all the fantasy movies of the 80s,The Princess Bride, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, etc. The Black Stallion was another one. I read pretty much all the books in the series when I was a kid, but what I remember most about it is the movie, not the books. One that only occurred to me after the 15 minutes was up is Roald Dahl's Boy. I'll never lose that one either, since I read it while I was in boarding school.