6.01.2009

fave five.

i already have a semi-huge list of books that i need to read... and books that i'm in the middle of reading... but i'm looking to expand my to-read list. so please comment with your fave five. this request is extended to friends, acquaintances, strangers and stalkers alike! in a week or so i'll post the complete list of suggested books. so join the fun!

i'll start:

1. east, edith pattou
2. the lovely bones, alice sebold
3. enna burning, shannon hale
4. i capture the castle, dodie smith
5. cold sassy tree, olive ann burns
6. the peacegiver, james l. ferrell

woops, i did six. it's ok if you can't narrow it down to five, either ;)

4 comments:

Gina said...

oooh, what a good idea. here's mine:

1. pride and prejudice, jane austen
2. the burning within, ranelle wallace
3. atonement, ian mcewan
4. davinci code & angels and deamons, dan brown
5. the story of edgar sawtelle, david wroblewski
6. the count of monte cristo, alexandre dumas

ariel said...

fyi, gina, i'm reading the burning within right now and i'm loving it!

Brittany said...

Well, we all know that mine starts with...

1. Gone With The Wind
2. The Other Boleyn Girl
3. Me and Emma, Elizabeth Flock
4. The Road

Sue said...

Some of mine are the same as ones you guys have mentioned but here you go (and I decided to change it to top 10...hope you don't mind:) ).

1. These Is My Words
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3. The Great and the Terrible series
4. The Thirteenth Tale
5. Any book by Shannon Hale
6. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
7. When Crickets Cry
8. The Pillars of the Earth (but there are some parts of this book that need to be skipped)
9. My Sister's Keeper
10. The Partner