Comments on: Booking through Thursday

By: biblioholic29

biblioholic29 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:22:35 +0000

That was my problem too foggi! Looks like we share a book and you have some that would definitely be on mine if it were 20 sticky books!

By: foggidawn

foggidawn — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:50:49 +0000

Ooh, the hard part is not looking at the original post and all of the comments before I come up with my list: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (well, the whole series, really) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (ditto) King Lear by William Shakespeare The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:02:31 +0000

Added to the wish list, Jen; thanks for the recommendation!

I first read The Cay when I was 8? 9? and rediscovered it on BookMooch last year, I think. Such a powerful story.

By: Jen - Devourer of Books

Jen - Devourer of Books — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:49:22 +0000

Okay, based on the books on your list I’d say you DEFINITELY have to read The Giver from my list. The Giving Tree was a really great choice. I have a signed copy of The Cay somewhere…maybe at my parents’ house. LOVED Theodore Taylor when I was younger. He lived near(ish) us too.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:26:57 +0000

Hi, JLS Hall; welcome! There was a recent post on LibraryThing about the book, which had it at the front of my mind. It’s on my list of justifiable re-reads for this year :)

By: JLS Hall

JLS Hall — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:23:57 +0000

Oh, yes – “Flowers for Algernon.” Good choice. I didn’t think about that one for my list, but it will definitely stick with me.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:04:27 +0000

And now, to your list! I couldn’t pick one HP. Just couldn’t do it.

Mixed Up Files is another good one – I think it would be on my list if I’d read it as a kid, for sure.

And, I guess I really, REALLY need to read To Kill a Mockingbird – it’s on SO many people’s lists!

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:00:27 +0000

Oops, sorry, bib! I wonder if I can “hide” the list… Not that it’ll help you :(

By: biblioholic29

biblioholic29 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:58:26 +0000

Hmmm….I kinda wish I hadn’t read your list first, I feel like it might influence mine, but here goes:

The History of Now by Daniel Klein
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant at Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Lovely Bones by Anne Sebold
Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beal
Portrait of a Young Woman by Vanora Bennett
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgens Burnett
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Koinsburg
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (can’t remember the author)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Candide by Voltaire

By: 3m

3m — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:34:46 +0000

I had The Book Thief on my list as well.

http://1morechapter.com/2009/06/04/btt-sticky/