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Book meme: Day 12
Aug. 4th, 2010 05:38 amBook meme, you make me so happy. I love reading everyone's answers to these prompts.
Related (to books, anyway): did you all see this NPR article about how Barnes & Noble is up for sale? Someone please buy it for me -- my smart, clever, knowledgeable friends and I would do such a good job running that company!
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Oooh, where to begin? As a kid, I was really into The Boxcar Children
, Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames
, and, of course, the Anne books. I've read all of the books in those series multiple times -- way more than five.
I've read both of Candas Jane Dorsey's, plus all her books of poetry, more than five times. All of Linda Howard's early single titles, a few Nora Roberts single titles from the 90s -- Montana Sky
, Genuine Lies
, Public Secrets
, and, of course, the first Nora Roberts book I ever read: Honest Illusions
.
I also used to reread the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder all the time, and Little Men and Jo's Boys, both of which I liked a whole lot more than I ever liked Little Women -- although my ultimate favorite Alcott book is An Old-Fashioned Girl, which I'd read way more than five times before I ever bothered to pick up Little Women.
[Those Alcott links all go to Project Gutenberg, where you can download those books in various formats for free.]
I will also totally admit to loving several Star Trek tie in novels -- number one on my list of loved Star Trek books is Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
, which I have read a bunch of times. And, of course, one of my favorite books when I was a teenager obsessed with Troi and Riker: Imzadi by Peter David
! I keep meaning to go back and reread it, but I'm pretty dubious that it has stood the test of time (unlike Federation, which I just reread a few years ago and loved just as much).
And, finally, I was ten or so, my mom got a copy of Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
, which I loved, and read several times. Another book (series!) I got from my mother when I was eight or nine was the Mrs. Pollifax series, about a gardening grandmother who gets a job working for the C.I.A., starting with The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
. Oh, how I loved Mrs. Pollifax!
How about you folks? Talk about books you reread often!
( Other days of the book meme )
Related (to books, anyway): did you all see this NPR article about how Barnes & Noble is up for sale? Someone please buy it for me -- my smart, clever, knowledgeable friends and I would do such a good job running that company!
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Oooh, where to begin? As a kid, I was really into The Boxcar Children
, Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames, and, of course, the Anne books. I've read all of the books in those series multiple times -- way more than five.I've read both of Candas Jane Dorsey's, plus all her books of poetry, more than five times. All of Linda Howard's early single titles, a few Nora Roberts single titles from the 90s -- Montana Sky
, Genuine Lies, Public Secrets, and, of course, the first Nora Roberts book I ever read: Honest Illusions. I also used to reread the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder all the time, and Little Men and Jo's Boys, both of which I liked a whole lot more than I ever liked Little Women -- although my ultimate favorite Alcott book is An Old-Fashioned Girl, which I'd read way more than five times before I ever bothered to pick up Little Women.
[Those Alcott links all go to Project Gutenberg, where you can download those books in various formats for free.]
I will also totally admit to loving several Star Trek tie in novels -- number one on my list of loved Star Trek books is Federation by Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
, which I have read a bunch of times. And, of course, one of my favorite books when I was a teenager obsessed with Troi and Riker: Imzadi by Peter David! I keep meaning to go back and reread it, but I'm pretty dubious that it has stood the test of time (unlike Federation, which I just reread a few years ago and loved just as much).And, finally, I was ten or so, my mom got a copy of Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
, which I loved, and read several times. Another book (series!) I got from my mother when I was eight or nine was the Mrs. Pollifax series, about a gardening grandmother who gets a job working for the C.I.A., starting with The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. Oh, how I loved Mrs. Pollifax!How about you folks? Talk about books you reread often!
( Other days of the book meme )
