10 Books I may Take With Me
Talk DESERT ISLAND WHISKS!!
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1norderhoull
The Bible because I may need to build a boat!
Diaries 1969 - 1979 Michael Palin Because its a huge book and would keep me occupied and amused for weeks!
Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary Joseph Connolly I loved this book and although I never read the same book twice, I may make an exception on this occasion
Wounded Percival Everett The man's got talent!
The Granddaughters Doris Lessing I am ashamed that I have not read her books in the past, so this would be an exciting venue to start!
FRoggy's Little Brother
Froggy's Little Brother by Brenda New was a well-known Victorian tear-jerker of a novel, describing the heroic efforts made by seven year old Froggy to work and keep alive his infant brother in an East End garret after the death of their parents. Child neglect would not have been considered as child abuse; it was merely one of the tragic, if unintended, consequences of normal life.
If anyone has read this I would be pleased to hear your views. It is many years since I read it.
Baggage:My Chilodhood Janet Street-Porter
I think this will be a very well written work. Very honest and straight talking. I also think it will be incredibly interesting to have a certain amount of insight into the life and brain of this clever woman.
My last three books would have to be August, I'll Go To Bed at Noon and A Curious Earth by Gerard Woodward. These books follow on from each other although they can be read as stand-alone novels. I probably wouldn't read them again but the way they left me feeling and the ease with which I connected with the characters made these books stand out for me. Just to keep them in my hands now and again would be calming and refreshing.
Share your too!!
Diaries 1969 - 1979 Michael Palin Because its a huge book and would keep me occupied and amused for weeks!
Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary Joseph Connolly I loved this book and although I never read the same book twice, I may make an exception on this occasion
Wounded Percival Everett The man's got talent!
The Granddaughters Doris Lessing I am ashamed that I have not read her books in the past, so this would be an exciting venue to start!
FRoggy's Little Brother
Froggy's Little Brother by Brenda New was a well-known Victorian tear-jerker of a novel, describing the heroic efforts made by seven year old Froggy to work and keep alive his infant brother in an East End garret after the death of their parents. Child neglect would not have been considered as child abuse; it was merely one of the tragic, if unintended, consequences of normal life.
If anyone has read this I would be pleased to hear your views. It is many years since I read it.
Baggage:My Chilodhood Janet Street-Porter
I think this will be a very well written work. Very honest and straight talking. I also think it will be incredibly interesting to have a certain amount of insight into the life and brain of this clever woman.
My last three books would have to be August, I'll Go To Bed at Noon and A Curious Earth by Gerard Woodward. These books follow on from each other although they can be read as stand-alone novels. I probably wouldn't read them again but the way they left me feeling and the ease with which I connected with the characters made these books stand out for me. Just to keep them in my hands now and again would be calming and refreshing.
Share your too!!
2RachelfromSarasota
Ooh -- fun! My books would be very different from yours. My adult children and I play this game all the time, but we include movies as well. Here's my end of the world or desert island book picks (for this week, at least):
1. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame because it is so delightfully written and portrays both people and animals in a loving light. . .
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien because it is a terrific romp through Middle Earth, and b/c I can't use up all my choices by taking the trilogy. . .
3. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman because it is hilarious.
4. Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan because it is one of my favorite s/f-fantasy books and I reread it every year.
5. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold) AND
6. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold because they show me that doing the right thing is sometimes rewarded, at least in fiction
7. a Robert A. Heinlein book -- but it is a very close tie between Citizen of the Galaxy, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Stranger in a Strange Land
8. The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout because I never tire of seeing Nero Wolfe outwit J. Edgar Hoover
9. Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger or Captain from Castile by the same author, because they informative, and great good fun
10. The Toy Sword by Elizabeth Cadell or one of the really good Georgette Heyer Regencies (perhaps The Grand Sophy or The Talisman Ring or The Nonsuch or Cousin Kate or Sprig Muslin
It's no use. How can I stand it? I see I've left out my favorite Mary Renault (the incredible The King Must Die which always inspires me to do a little bit more than I thought I could. And I didn't include my favorite humorist, Jean Kerr, or any of the delightful Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi, or the wonderful Little House on the Prairie series, or the fabulous Kim by Rudyard Kipling, or Sheila Bishop's The Durable Fire, or one of James Herriot's delightful All Creatures Great and Small books -- and there's no room for either Little Women or Marta Randall's The Sword of Winter. And how could I survive without Reay Tannahill's Food in History or one of Jane and Michael Stern's treatises on food and culture?
No, no, I just can't do it -- I need to take Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince as well. And a Dick Francis too, as well as at least one of Manning Coles' Tommy Hambledon books.
C'est impossible! Life would be insupportable without books, at least 20; no make that 30. . .can we agree on 50?
Frustratedly yours,
Rachel
1. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame because it is so delightfully written and portrays both people and animals in a loving light. . .
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien because it is a terrific romp through Middle Earth, and b/c I can't use up all my choices by taking the trilogy. . .
3. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman because it is hilarious.
4. Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan because it is one of my favorite s/f-fantasy books and I reread it every year.
5. Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold) AND
6. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold because they show me that doing the right thing is sometimes rewarded, at least in fiction
7. a Robert A. Heinlein book -- but it is a very close tie between Citizen of the Galaxy, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and Stranger in a Strange Land
8. The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout because I never tire of seeing Nero Wolfe outwit J. Edgar Hoover
9. Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger or Captain from Castile by the same author, because they informative, and great good fun
10. The Toy Sword by Elizabeth Cadell or one of the really good Georgette Heyer Regencies (perhaps The Grand Sophy or The Talisman Ring or The Nonsuch or Cousin Kate or Sprig Muslin
It's no use. How can I stand it? I see I've left out my favorite Mary Renault (the incredible The King Must Die which always inspires me to do a little bit more than I thought I could. And I didn't include my favorite humorist, Jean Kerr, or any of the delightful Don Camillo books by Giovanni Guareschi, or the wonderful Little House on the Prairie series, or the fabulous Kim by Rudyard Kipling, or Sheila Bishop's The Durable Fire, or one of James Herriot's delightful All Creatures Great and Small books -- and there's no room for either Little Women or Marta Randall's The Sword of Winter. And how could I survive without Reay Tannahill's Food in History or one of Jane and Michael Stern's treatises on food and culture?
No, no, I just can't do it -- I need to take Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince as well. And a Dick Francis too, as well as at least one of Manning Coles' Tommy Hambledon books.
C'est impossible! Life would be insupportable without books, at least 20; no make that 30. . .can we agree on 50?
Frustratedly yours,
Rachel
3gerryw4655
Mine would have to be "All I Need to Know I Learned from my Cat", then "Angel Courage" by Terry Lynn Taylor, "Atlantic High" by William F. Buckley, Jr. since it is all about sailing, "Being in Balance" by Dr. Wayne Dyer, "The Body Sculpting Bible for Women" because I might as well work out while I'm there, "The Book of Virtues" by William J. Bennett, "Emma" by Jane Austen, "The Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle", "The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde", and finally "The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett which is about a writer who lives on the coast of Maine in the early 1900's. Is that 10 already? Wow
