Charles Dickens, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Chris Holm (my Hamilton classmate!), Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 4ever) and Judy Blume off the top of my head.
Thanks Ben. Not familiar with Chris Holm. Would you recommend a particular book to get started? Your Charles Dickens reference (and I strongly agree!) reminded me of my love for Alexander Dumas. The Black Tulip, The Count of Monte Cristo (probably my favorite), and the Three Musketeers. But now looking to see if there was a fifth book of his I have read, I find quite a long list of his works I HAVEN’T read. So many books! So little time!
Book lists are always so great. If only to contemplate and recall the biggies in our lives. Looks like you'll have a reader-filled end of summer. Enjoy your upcoming travels!
This is a fun challenge and I'd like to participate. But I'm going to cheat and name 8 because....as a kid I got hooked on the Jennings stories by Anthony Buckeridge. They are SO funny. I bet if I read one now I'd laugh. In fact Stephen Fry reads them on talking books and he's got the perfect voice. I was a girl,I wasn't at a boys prep school in the 1950s ,I didn't say "wizard" and exclamations like that but the stories hit on the universal in life. Aged about 14 I discovered Rosemary Sutcliffe and her books still stand high as interpretations of history. Adults could read them.
Aged 15 I changed my child's library ticket for an adult one and I was dreading it because in our local library,back then,the adult shelves were packed with Mills+ Boon novels,my sister who was nearly 14 used to borrow them and read them + I dreaded my future of reading. But I found a P.G Wodehouse book + that saved the day. They were so funny and witty and the one I remember as the laugh out loud funniest was "Laughing Gas". So that took me over the bridge into adult reading nicely. So my 5 authors are Beverley Nichols,Henry Williamson,Mrs Robert Henrey,Anthony Trollope,and Margaret Powell.
Charles Dickens, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Chris Holm (my Hamilton classmate!), Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 4ever) and Judy Blume off the top of my head.
Thanks Ben. Not familiar with Chris Holm. Would you recommend a particular book to get started? Your Charles Dickens reference (and I strongly agree!) reminded me of my love for Alexander Dumas. The Black Tulip, The Count of Monte Cristo (probably my favorite), and the Three Musketeers. But now looking to see if there was a fifth book of his I have read, I find quite a long list of his works I HAVEN’T read. So many books! So little time!
Child Zero was a fun sci fi thriller. Dead Harvest is kind of a supernatural crime noir from Chris.
I have read all of John Grisham's books, and some more than once. One of my favorites!
He’s so good! Loved
Rooster Bar a lot!
Book lists are always so great. If only to contemplate and recall the biggies in our lives. Looks like you'll have a reader-filled end of summer. Enjoy your upcoming travels!
Thanks Jeanine! Hope your summer is a great one~!
This is a fun challenge and I'd like to participate. But I'm going to cheat and name 8 because....as a kid I got hooked on the Jennings stories by Anthony Buckeridge. They are SO funny. I bet if I read one now I'd laugh. In fact Stephen Fry reads them on talking books and he's got the perfect voice. I was a girl,I wasn't at a boys prep school in the 1950s ,I didn't say "wizard" and exclamations like that but the stories hit on the universal in life. Aged about 14 I discovered Rosemary Sutcliffe and her books still stand high as interpretations of history. Adults could read them.
Aged 15 I changed my child's library ticket for an adult one and I was dreading it because in our local library,back then,the adult shelves were packed with Mills+ Boon novels,my sister who was nearly 14 used to borrow them and read them + I dreaded my future of reading. But I found a P.G Wodehouse book + that saved the day. They were so funny and witty and the one I remember as the laugh out loud funniest was "Laughing Gas". So that took me over the bridge into adult reading nicely. So my 5 authors are Beverley Nichols,Henry Williamson,Mrs Robert Henrey,Anthony Trollope,and Margaret Powell.
OH yes! All those wonderful books we got hooked on as kids! And that hooked US into reading! I forgot about them! Love your list!