Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Ten books you cannot live without

From Kailana's Written World -- (in no particular order)

Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass- Lewis Carroll
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Little Women - Lousia May Alcott
Possession - A.S. Byatt
Pride and Prejudice (or Emma) - Jane Austen
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

How hard to narrow it down to ten books that the world (or I) could not live without! I can presume for myself, as of this moment, but the world? The books I chose are good reads and books that (I presume) illuminate many of the aspects of the human spirit, both good and ill. They never fail me.

What would your choices be? Be sure to check out the list of participants on Kailana's blog, and comment there (and here, if you like!) if you decide to participate.

melanie

2 comments:

Kailana said...

Thanks for joining in!

Paula said...

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Little Women - Lousia May Alcott
Emma - Jane Austen
Little House on the Prairie-Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Greene Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lady Blanch Farm- Frances Parkinson Keyes
Queen Annes Lace- Frances Parkinson Keyes
The King James Version of the Bible
and my Robert Frost Poetry book
oh and the Waldens Pond book, and oh... it is just to hard to pick only ten.