The ten book challenge from Sandie Mullin The Rules: List 10 books (or +1 if you are particularly greedy) that have stayed with you—haunting you again and again despite the passage of time, or even your sincerest efforts to wipe them from your imagination. 1. Passion A short story by Sean OFaolain from the collection The Heat of the Sun. (It is only four pages long and it is probably my all time favorite of anything Ive ever read. It is out of print and Ive ordered tons of them from amazon and other sources to give as gifts. I think Ive actually typed the whole story out on my blog since the book is so hard to find.) 2. Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thompson. Brilliant book on so many levels. A true study in human nature and far different than I expected the book to be. 3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4. A Room with a View by E.M. Forester (I loved it so much I read every single book he wrote.) 5. Stand Facing the Stove by Anne Mendelson 6. Peppers by Amal Naj (I cant believe I read this book in the first place. An entire book about peppers. I read it without putting it down and it has stayed with me for twenty years.) 7. A Book of Meiterranean Food by Elizabeth David 8. Babettes Feast by Isak Dinesen. I loved it so much I read everything she wrote. 9. Escape into the Open by Elizabeth Berg. A game changing book for me. 10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. one of the most brilliant books Ive ever read. It still haunts me. (I majored in English so I could probably write a list of 100. I love biographies and autobiographies and travel books and none of those are listed. The Road from Corain, A Year in Provence, Kitchen Confidential, Personal History by Katherine Graham, etc.) How did I forget A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. I guess that would have to bump out Elizabeth David or maybe tie with her.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:43:14 +0000
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