A New Question
Apr 21st, 2009 by Jo
What are your top fave 5 books?
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April 21st, 2009 at 3:14 am
In no particular order, and just the ones that immediately spring to mind:
“A Complicated Kindness” - Miriam Teows. An account of a girl growing up in a Mennonite community in Canada, in all its legalistic weirdness, mixed up love and kindness, and its impact on the breakdown of her family.
“Vernon God Little”– DBC Pierre, and “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” — Junot Diaz. very funny
“Why dogs sniff each others tails” Michael Leunig.
Four will do.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:57 am
Disgrace
Youth
The God of Small Things
A Fine Balance
I’m worried to use up my last slot in case I’ve missed something.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:27 am
God of Small Things might be my fifth
April 24th, 2009 at 7:08 am
God of small things is definitely on my list, not sure of the others maybe curly pyjma letters….
April 25th, 2009 at 1:28 am
The Bible - God and Friends
Captain Correlli’s Mandolin - Louis DeBerniaries
Making Movies - Sidney Lumet
I can’t think of another 2.
April 25th, 2009 at 1:56 am
I struggle with limiting this to five only …
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee – a book that influenced me a lot in my youth.
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
A Fortunate Life, Albert Facey [I think]
Lord of the Rings, Tolkien
The Outsider, Albert Camus – again, very influential in my youth
Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
And I fear that some of the following may well bump some of the featured ones off. I just haven’t ‘read them yet.
A Suitable Boy
A Fine Balance
The Book Thief
The Lovely Bones
A Fine Balance
April 25th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Uhm…
The curious incident of the dog in the night time
The short but incredibly happy life of RILEY
Romans
Psalms
and I am enjoying currently reading The hobbit