A Wench Classic post from a while back…looking this post over, I realized that so much of this still applies, and it would be fun to revisit the All-Time Keeper list (the ATK!). These still apply for me, and I'd love to know if yours have new additions …
Pondering the books on my bookshelves – many, many well-thumbed volumes, dusty or in use, and more than a few of them, ahem, not entirely read – I started thinking about the books that have found a permanent place in my heart and my thoughts. We've all read a staggering number of books in our lives (some of us have time to read a staggering number every week/month/year!) — yet only a fraction of those stick with us forever. For each of us, that list is undoubtedly different, with a few beloved stories in common. (I'm talking fiction here, though an all-time keeper list of nonfiction would be a fun blog — I'll try that next time!)
I have a short list (and a really loooooooong list) of books that I will always remember — books that have moved me, made me think, thrilled me with story or characters or artfulness of writing–and the best hit all three elements at once in wild and wonderful combinations. For me, the quality of the writing is as important as the story and characters, and the ones I love best weave it all masterfully together.
Some books are part of my ATK list for emotional, personal, and very individual reasons. Some stories have influenced or touched me deeply at certain points in my life and are sentimental favorites, some have taught me something I needed to learn at the time, and others kept me going or gave me a temporary escape hatch when I needed one. I'll be forever grateful to those books, and those authors.
What books would you list as your ultimate favorites? What books are the cream of the crop for you personally, books that will stay with you forever, treasured on your bookshelf and in your heart and head. What books have resonated so deeply with you that you will read them again and again, or at least keep them on your shelves always?
Here's a list of some of my ultimate favorites, off the top of my head — I'm not home today to peruse my bookshelves and remind myself, so these are the ones that pop to mind first. Some are "great" or classic books, some are personally dear to me, some are gorgeously written, and some are just cracking good stories.
And I'd love the time to read them all again, and recapture the wonderful sense of thrill and discovery and resonance that I experienced when I first read them. The intriguing question — would I recapture that feeling? I'm a different person now than when I read some of these. Hmm…. anyway, here are SOME of my classic fave reads…the whole list would be very long and is always growing….
In no particular order:
The Ivy Tree, Moonspinners, This Rough Magic, The Crystal Cave…and just about anything by Mary Stewart (these are my comfort reads, exquisite writing and masterful storytelling)
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (just breathtaking in all its aspects)
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (my classic read)
Anne of Cambray, Mary Lide (what a poet can do with a medieval romance — exquisite)
Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (I read this five times in high school!)
The Wolf and the Dove, Kathleen Woodiwiss (my treasured introduction to historical romance) — and the quick list of some of my favorite historical romances, ever: Prince of Midnight, Laura 
Kinsale, Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase, The Wild Child, Mary Jo Putney, Tapestry of Dreams, Roberta Gellis…and way too many more to count….
Pippi Longstocking (really this could be #1 on my hit list, if we are gauging pure enjoyment)
The Far Pavilions, M.M. Kaye (another sentimental favorite, as I was stuck in a hospital bed the week I read it, so this is one of those savior books for me)
Vision of Light, Judith Merkle Riley (adored it, start to finish, thank you, Judith!)
The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkein (and the rest of the series, though The Hobbit for me was The Best Ever in fantasy and the epic, leading into the visionary storytelling of LOTR)
Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow (deep, insightful, poignant, wacky, funny, dark and fascinating — I loved it the first time I read it for a college course, and have read it since, gobbling its rich and dynamic and slightly crazy story.)
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (dazzling writing, wild and gorgeous story and craft)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (moved me as a kid, when I didn't fully understand it, and as an adult, when I did)
Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset (masterful on every level, with an unforgettable characters and setting)
Moby Dick, Herman Melville (once I got past the "assigned reading" mentality, I loved it–pure writing, as good as it gets in parts)
A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (I love his work, but of all of his books, this and A Christmas Carol speak most closely to me)
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (in college, not only did I love the story, it fascinated me how very readable this was) and another personal JA fave, Northanger Abbey.
So there's a few of my all-time ultimate champion books … I'm sure there are more, and there are a TON of romances to add to it, but I'm not home to see them (and I am a visual thinker). As soon as I go downstairs, I'll look at my bookshelves and smack my forehead: "Oh yeah! that one! and that one too!"….
I'd love to know some of your all-time favorites. We all respond to books individually and the favorites may differ widely…and yet, some of them I am willing to bet are exactly the same….
~Susan Sarah
Wow, books that stay with me . . .
“Love in the Time of Cholera” Gabriel Garcia Marquez. My specialization in Lit as an undergrad was in Magical Realism, and this was my favorite novel.
“The Mark of the Horselord” Rosemary Sutcliff. Makes me cry to this day.
“Anne of Green Gables” Lucy Maud Montgomery. I read this at least once a year. In fact, I think I’m about due . . .
“Stranger in A Strange Land” Robert A. Heinlein. The ultimate hippie-kid’s book.
“Lord Valentine’s Castle” Robert Silverberg. Quite possibley one of the top 5 sci-fi books ever written.
“The Snow Queen” Joan D. Vinge. See above.
“”Dune” Frank Herbert. But only “Dune”. Don’t like the rest of the series.
“The Forever War” Joe Haldeman. Possibly the best book I’ve ever read about war, society, and just how ridiculous everything is.
“The Legions of the Mist “Amanda Cockrell. Yeah, she’s my godmother, but I LOVE this book!
“The Hobbit” J. R. R. Tolkien. I like LOTR, I love “The Hobbit”.
“Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen. It’s everyone’s fav, but that’s no reason for me not to love it, too.
“Jane Eyre” Charlotte Bronte. Although to be honest, I only reread the last few chapters. LOL!
“Venetia” Georgette Heyer. I love so many, but this one is the one I reread the most.
Ok, that’s enough. I could go on and on and on . . .
Wow, books that stay with me . . .
“Love in the Time of Cholera” Gabriel Garcia Marquez. My specialization in Lit as an undergrad was in Magical Realism, and this was my favorite novel.
“The Mark of the Horselord” Rosemary Sutcliff. Makes me cry to this day.
“Anne of Green Gables” Lucy Maud Montgomery. I read this at least once a year. In fact, I think I’m about due . . .
“Stranger in A Strange Land” Robert A. Heinlein. The ultimate hippie-kid’s book.
“Lord Valentine’s Castle” Robert Silverberg. Quite possibley one of the top 5 sci-fi books ever written.
“The Snow Queen” Joan D. Vinge. See above.
“”Dune” Frank Herbert. But only “Dune”. Don’t like the rest of the series.
“The Forever War” Joe Haldeman. Possibly the best book I’ve ever read about war, society, and just how ridiculous everything is.
“The Legions of the Mist “Amanda Cockrell. Yeah, she’s my godmother, but I LOVE this book!
“The Hobbit” J. R. R. Tolkien. I like LOTR, I love “The Hobbit”.
“Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen. It’s everyone’s fav, but that’s no reason for me not to love it, too.
“Jane Eyre” Charlotte Bronte. Although to be honest, I only reread the last few chapters. LOL!
“Venetia” Georgette Heyer. I love so many, but this one is the one I reread the most.
Ok, that’s enough. I could go on and on and on . . .
Wow, books that stay with me . . .
“Love in the Time of Cholera” Gabriel Garcia Marquez. My specialization in Lit as an undergrad was in Magical Realism, and this was my favorite novel.
“The Mark of the Horselord” Rosemary Sutcliff. Makes me cry to this day.
“Anne of Green Gables” Lucy Maud Montgomery. I read this at least once a year. In fact, I think I’m about due . . .
“Stranger in A Strange Land” Robert A. Heinlein. The ultimate hippie-kid’s book.
“Lord Valentine’s Castle” Robert Silverberg. Quite possibley one of the top 5 sci-fi books ever written.
“The Snow Queen” Joan D. Vinge. See above.
“”Dune” Frank Herbert. But only “Dune”. Don’t like the rest of the series.
“The Forever War” Joe Haldeman. Possibly the best book I’ve ever read about war, society, and just how ridiculous everything is.
“The Legions of the Mist “Amanda Cockrell. Yeah, she’s my godmother, but I LOVE this book!
“The Hobbit” J. R. R. Tolkien. I like LOTR, I love “The Hobbit”.
“Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen. It’s everyone’s fav, but that’s no reason for me not to love it, too.
“Jane Eyre” Charlotte Bronte. Although to be honest, I only reread the last few chapters. LOL!
“Venetia” Georgette Heyer. I love so many, but this one is the one I reread the most.
Ok, that’s enough. I could go on and on and on . . .
Wow, books that stay with me . . .
“Love in the Time of Cholera” Gabriel Garcia Marquez. My specialization in Lit as an undergrad was in Magical Realism, and this was my favorite novel.
“The Mark of the Horselord” Rosemary Sutcliff. Makes me cry to this day.
“Anne of Green Gables” Lucy Maud Montgomery. I read this at least once a year. In fact, I think I’m about due . . .
“Stranger in A Strange Land” Robert A. Heinlein. The ultimate hippie-kid’s book.
“Lord Valentine’s Castle” Robert Silverberg. Quite possibley one of the top 5 sci-fi books ever written.
“The Snow Queen” Joan D. Vinge. See above.
“”Dune” Frank Herbert. But only “Dune”. Don’t like the rest of the series.
“The Forever War” Joe Haldeman. Possibly the best book I’ve ever read about war, society, and just how ridiculous everything is.
“The Legions of the Mist “Amanda Cockrell. Yeah, she’s my godmother, but I LOVE this book!
“The Hobbit” J. R. R. Tolkien. I like LOTR, I love “The Hobbit”.
“Pride and Prejudice” Jane Austen. It’s everyone’s fav, but that’s no reason for me not to love it, too.
“Jane Eyre” Charlotte Bronte. Although to be honest, I only reread the last few chapters. LOL!
“Venetia” Georgette Heyer. I love so many, but this one is the one I reread the most.
Ok, that’s enough. I could go on and on and on . . .
I made up my list based upon the approximate number of times I’ve re-read these. In other words, these are “can’t live without them” stories:
Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
A Chance to Sit Down, Meredith Daneman
Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, Jane Austen
Cousin Bette, Honoré Balzac
Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens
Devil’s Cub, Venetia, Arabella, Georgette Heyer
Once in a Blue Moon, Penelope Williamson
I could continue, but must leave room for other people!
I made up my list based upon the approximate number of times I’ve re-read these. In other words, these are “can’t live without them” stories:
Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
A Chance to Sit Down, Meredith Daneman
Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, Jane Austen
Cousin Bette, Honoré Balzac
Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens
Devil’s Cub, Venetia, Arabella, Georgette Heyer
Once in a Blue Moon, Penelope Williamson
I could continue, but must leave room for other people!
I made up my list based upon the approximate number of times I’ve re-read these. In other words, these are “can’t live without them” stories:
Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
A Chance to Sit Down, Meredith Daneman
Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, Jane Austen
Cousin Bette, Honoré Balzac
Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens
Devil’s Cub, Venetia, Arabella, Georgette Heyer
Once in a Blue Moon, Penelope Williamson
I could continue, but must leave room for other people!
I made up my list based upon the approximate number of times I’ve re-read these. In other words, these are “can’t live without them” stories:
Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
A Chance to Sit Down, Meredith Daneman
Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, Jane Austen
Cousin Bette, Honoré Balzac
Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens
Devil’s Cub, Venetia, Arabella, Georgette Heyer
Once in a Blue Moon, Penelope Williamson
I could continue, but must leave room for other people!
First of all, Susan/Sarah, I have to recommend LibraryThing–that way you can view your entire collection from anywhere with an internet connection!
Now, some of my favorites. In cases of series, I’ve tried to list the one book I love most of the lot:
Anne’s House of Dreams, LM Montgomery. SO atmospheric and romantic.
Blue at the Mizzen, Patrick O’Brian. Love the whole series, but I keep re-reading the ending of this one.
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers. Can’t get enough Peter and Harriet…
In This House of Brede, Rumer Godden. I’ve never been able to figure out quite why I’m so fascinated by a novel about nuns (I’m a Presbyterian!), but the characters and place are just so real to me.
Jennie, About to Be, Elisabeth Ogilvie. My favorite book that no one has ever heard of. Taken with its sequel, The World of Jennie G., it’s a romance, and a wonderful one.
Kushiel’s Dart/Kushiel’s Avatar, Jacqueline Carey. I love all four books in this series, but Dart is the one I keep reading, and Avatar has this one scene that’s an aspiration point of sorts for me–if I can ever write something that cathartic and powerful, I’ll know I’ve arrived as a writer.
One Perfect Rose, Mary Jo Putney. First romance I read after years of being told that Good Christian Girls didn’t read THOSE books–it was enough to make a rebel of me. 🙂
Persuasion/Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen. I can’t pick just one, I really can’t.
Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott. MUCH more satisfying than Little Women, IMHO.
Sharpe’s Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell. Love all of them, this is the one I keep re-reading.
The Silver Chair, CS Lewis. My least favorite Narnia as a child; now the one I keep returning to.
Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis. Falco and Helena are among my favorite couples from any genre.
His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik. Sure, it just came out last year, but I’ve already read it at least ten times…
A Vision of Light, Judith Merkle Riley. Love the heroine.
Wild at Heart, Patricia Gaffney. Such a wonderful hero.
Like the others, I could keep going!
First of all, Susan/Sarah, I have to recommend LibraryThing–that way you can view your entire collection from anywhere with an internet connection!
Now, some of my favorites. In cases of series, I’ve tried to list the one book I love most of the lot:
Anne’s House of Dreams, LM Montgomery. SO atmospheric and romantic.
Blue at the Mizzen, Patrick O’Brian. Love the whole series, but I keep re-reading the ending of this one.
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers. Can’t get enough Peter and Harriet…
In This House of Brede, Rumer Godden. I’ve never been able to figure out quite why I’m so fascinated by a novel about nuns (I’m a Presbyterian!), but the characters and place are just so real to me.
Jennie, About to Be, Elisabeth Ogilvie. My favorite book that no one has ever heard of. Taken with its sequel, The World of Jennie G., it’s a romance, and a wonderful one.
Kushiel’s Dart/Kushiel’s Avatar, Jacqueline Carey. I love all four books in this series, but Dart is the one I keep reading, and Avatar has this one scene that’s an aspiration point of sorts for me–if I can ever write something that cathartic and powerful, I’ll know I’ve arrived as a writer.
One Perfect Rose, Mary Jo Putney. First romance I read after years of being told that Good Christian Girls didn’t read THOSE books–it was enough to make a rebel of me. 🙂
Persuasion/Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen. I can’t pick just one, I really can’t.
Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott. MUCH more satisfying than Little Women, IMHO.
Sharpe’s Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell. Love all of them, this is the one I keep re-reading.
The Silver Chair, CS Lewis. My least favorite Narnia as a child; now the one I keep returning to.
Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis. Falco and Helena are among my favorite couples from any genre.
His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik. Sure, it just came out last year, but I’ve already read it at least ten times…
A Vision of Light, Judith Merkle Riley. Love the heroine.
Wild at Heart, Patricia Gaffney. Such a wonderful hero.
Like the others, I could keep going!
First of all, Susan/Sarah, I have to recommend LibraryThing–that way you can view your entire collection from anywhere with an internet connection!
Now, some of my favorites. In cases of series, I’ve tried to list the one book I love most of the lot:
Anne’s House of Dreams, LM Montgomery. SO atmospheric and romantic.
Blue at the Mizzen, Patrick O’Brian. Love the whole series, but I keep re-reading the ending of this one.
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers. Can’t get enough Peter and Harriet…
In This House of Brede, Rumer Godden. I’ve never been able to figure out quite why I’m so fascinated by a novel about nuns (I’m a Presbyterian!), but the characters and place are just so real to me.
Jennie, About to Be, Elisabeth Ogilvie. My favorite book that no one has ever heard of. Taken with its sequel, The World of Jennie G., it’s a romance, and a wonderful one.
Kushiel’s Dart/Kushiel’s Avatar, Jacqueline Carey. I love all four books in this series, but Dart is the one I keep reading, and Avatar has this one scene that’s an aspiration point of sorts for me–if I can ever write something that cathartic and powerful, I’ll know I’ve arrived as a writer.
One Perfect Rose, Mary Jo Putney. First romance I read after years of being told that Good Christian Girls didn’t read THOSE books–it was enough to make a rebel of me. 🙂
Persuasion/Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen. I can’t pick just one, I really can’t.
Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott. MUCH more satisfying than Little Women, IMHO.
Sharpe’s Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell. Love all of them, this is the one I keep re-reading.
The Silver Chair, CS Lewis. My least favorite Narnia as a child; now the one I keep returning to.
Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis. Falco and Helena are among my favorite couples from any genre.
His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik. Sure, it just came out last year, but I’ve already read it at least ten times…
A Vision of Light, Judith Merkle Riley. Love the heroine.
Wild at Heart, Patricia Gaffney. Such a wonderful hero.
Like the others, I could keep going!
First of all, Susan/Sarah, I have to recommend LibraryThing–that way you can view your entire collection from anywhere with an internet connection!
Now, some of my favorites. In cases of series, I’ve tried to list the one book I love most of the lot:
Anne’s House of Dreams, LM Montgomery. SO atmospheric and romantic.
Blue at the Mizzen, Patrick O’Brian. Love the whole series, but I keep re-reading the ending of this one.
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers. Can’t get enough Peter and Harriet…
In This House of Brede, Rumer Godden. I’ve never been able to figure out quite why I’m so fascinated by a novel about nuns (I’m a Presbyterian!), but the characters and place are just so real to me.
Jennie, About to Be, Elisabeth Ogilvie. My favorite book that no one has ever heard of. Taken with its sequel, The World of Jennie G., it’s a romance, and a wonderful one.
Kushiel’s Dart/Kushiel’s Avatar, Jacqueline Carey. I love all four books in this series, but Dart is the one I keep reading, and Avatar has this one scene that’s an aspiration point of sorts for me–if I can ever write something that cathartic and powerful, I’ll know I’ve arrived as a writer.
One Perfect Rose, Mary Jo Putney. First romance I read after years of being told that Good Christian Girls didn’t read THOSE books–it was enough to make a rebel of me. 🙂
Persuasion/Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen. I can’t pick just one, I really can’t.
Rose in Bloom, Louisa May Alcott. MUCH more satisfying than Little Women, IMHO.
Sharpe’s Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell. Love all of them, this is the one I keep re-reading.
The Silver Chair, CS Lewis. My least favorite Narnia as a child; now the one I keep returning to.
Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis. Falco and Helena are among my favorite couples from any genre.
His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik. Sure, it just came out last year, but I’ve already read it at least ten times…
A Vision of Light, Judith Merkle Riley. Love the heroine.
Wild at Heart, Patricia Gaffney. Such a wonderful hero.
Like the others, I could keep going!
Just off the top of my head and without surveying the bookshelf, here’s a little list of some (non-wench) books (fiction, non-fiction and poetry!) that have astounded me, changed me, and comforted me over the years.
A number of these are never shelved but live permanently by the side of the bed. Some of the others are/were just the most amazing things I have ever read and I remember closing their covers with Shock and Awe.
They Loved to Laugh, Kathryn Worth
Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
A Room with a View, EM Forster
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Possession, AS Byatt
Selected Poems, WH Auden (edited by Mendelson)
Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding
The Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
Just off the top of my head and without surveying the bookshelf, here’s a little list of some (non-wench) books (fiction, non-fiction and poetry!) that have astounded me, changed me, and comforted me over the years.
A number of these are never shelved but live permanently by the side of the bed. Some of the others are/were just the most amazing things I have ever read and I remember closing their covers with Shock and Awe.
They Loved to Laugh, Kathryn Worth
Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
A Room with a View, EM Forster
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Possession, AS Byatt
Selected Poems, WH Auden (edited by Mendelson)
Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding
The Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
Just off the top of my head and without surveying the bookshelf, here’s a little list of some (non-wench) books (fiction, non-fiction and poetry!) that have astounded me, changed me, and comforted me over the years.
A number of these are never shelved but live permanently by the side of the bed. Some of the others are/were just the most amazing things I have ever read and I remember closing their covers with Shock and Awe.
They Loved to Laugh, Kathryn Worth
Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
A Room with a View, EM Forster
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Possession, AS Byatt
Selected Poems, WH Auden (edited by Mendelson)
Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding
The Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
Just off the top of my head and without surveying the bookshelf, here’s a little list of some (non-wench) books (fiction, non-fiction and poetry!) that have astounded me, changed me, and comforted me over the years.
A number of these are never shelved but live permanently by the side of the bed. Some of the others are/were just the most amazing things I have ever read and I remember closing their covers with Shock and Awe.
They Loved to Laugh, Kathryn Worth
Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
A Room with a View, EM Forster
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Possession, AS Byatt
Selected Poems, WH Auden (edited by Mendelson)
Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding
The Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
. . . now I’m pondering how weird it is that I have LOLITA on the same list as BEYOND GOD THE FATHER and THE BEAUTY MYTH . . .
. . . now I’m pondering how weird it is that I have LOLITA on the same list as BEYOND GOD THE FATHER and THE BEAUTY MYTH . . .
. . . now I’m pondering how weird it is that I have LOLITA on the same list as BEYOND GOD THE FATHER and THE BEAUTY MYTH . . .
. . . now I’m pondering how weird it is that I have LOLITA on the same list as BEYOND GOD THE FATHER and THE BEAUTY MYTH . . .
Wow! Where do I start?
Half Magic by Edward Eager
All of Jane Austen (I read the whole batch about once a year)
A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (which I loved LONG before the movie was made)
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
All of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
The Diabolical Baron by Mary Jo Putney
Scandal by Amanda Quick
Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson
The Oysters of Locmariaquer by Eleanor Clark
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
All the Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky
All the Granny Weatherwax books by Terry Pratchett
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King
Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (pretty much shaped the way I’ve looked at life ever since I first read it at 16)
No doubt a few hundred more will leap to mind the moment this is posted.
I’m looking forward to some great new reading gleaned from other people’s lists!
Wow! Where do I start?
Half Magic by Edward Eager
All of Jane Austen (I read the whole batch about once a year)
A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (which I loved LONG before the movie was made)
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
All of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
The Diabolical Baron by Mary Jo Putney
Scandal by Amanda Quick
Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson
The Oysters of Locmariaquer by Eleanor Clark
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
All the Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky
All the Granny Weatherwax books by Terry Pratchett
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King
Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (pretty much shaped the way I’ve looked at life ever since I first read it at 16)
No doubt a few hundred more will leap to mind the moment this is posted.
I’m looking forward to some great new reading gleaned from other people’s lists!
Wow! Where do I start?
Half Magic by Edward Eager
All of Jane Austen (I read the whole batch about once a year)
A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (which I loved LONG before the movie was made)
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
All of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
The Diabolical Baron by Mary Jo Putney
Scandal by Amanda Quick
Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson
The Oysters of Locmariaquer by Eleanor Clark
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
All the Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky
All the Granny Weatherwax books by Terry Pratchett
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King
Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (pretty much shaped the way I’ve looked at life ever since I first read it at 16)
No doubt a few hundred more will leap to mind the moment this is posted.
I’m looking forward to some great new reading gleaned from other people’s lists!
Wow! Where do I start?
Half Magic by Edward Eager
All of Jane Austen (I read the whole batch about once a year)
A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (which I loved LONG before the movie was made)
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
All of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
The Diabolical Baron by Mary Jo Putney
Scandal by Amanda Quick
Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson
The Oysters of Locmariaquer by Eleanor Clark
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik
All the Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries by Stuart Kaminsky
All the Granny Weatherwax books by Terry Pratchett
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King
Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (pretty much shaped the way I’ve looked at life ever since I first read it at 16)
No doubt a few hundred more will leap to mind the moment this is posted.
I’m looking forward to some great new reading gleaned from other people’s lists!
So many books on other peoples’ lists that I too have loved, and so many I think I’m about to love . . . LOL!
I forgot one very important book: “A Song for Arbonne” by Guy Gavriel Kay. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that book!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many books on other peoples’ lists that I too have loved, and so many I think I’m about to love . . . LOL!
I forgot one very important book: “A Song for Arbonne” by Guy Gavriel Kay. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that book!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many books on other peoples’ lists that I too have loved, and so many I think I’m about to love . . . LOL!
I forgot one very important book: “A Song for Arbonne” by Guy Gavriel Kay. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that book!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many books on other peoples’ lists that I too have loved, and so many I think I’m about to love . . . LOL!
I forgot one very important book: “A Song for Arbonne” by Guy Gavriel Kay. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that book!!!!!!!!!!!!
Several faves of mine showed up on Susan W.’s list: In this House of Brede, Rose in Bloom. I remember enjoying Jennie, About to Be very much indeed. And Wild at Heart.
I definitely would’ve added Brideshead and Room with a View to my original list, had I taken in enough caffeine to jolt my brain–or stepped into the other book room!
Several faves of mine showed up on Susan W.’s list: In this House of Brede, Rose in Bloom. I remember enjoying Jennie, About to Be very much indeed. And Wild at Heart.
I definitely would’ve added Brideshead and Room with a View to my original list, had I taken in enough caffeine to jolt my brain–or stepped into the other book room!
Several faves of mine showed up on Susan W.’s list: In this House of Brede, Rose in Bloom. I remember enjoying Jennie, About to Be very much indeed. And Wild at Heart.
I definitely would’ve added Brideshead and Room with a View to my original list, had I taken in enough caffeine to jolt my brain–or stepped into the other book room!
Several faves of mine showed up on Susan W.’s list: In this House of Brede, Rose in Bloom. I remember enjoying Jennie, About to Be very much indeed. And Wild at Heart.
I definitely would’ve added Brideshead and Room with a View to my original list, had I taken in enough caffeine to jolt my brain–or stepped into the other book room!
Oh wow, now my list has gotten a lot longer — how could I forget Dorothy Sayers, Lousia May Alcott, Lindsey Davis? How could I forget I Capture the Castle or Possession, both of which I loved?!
What’s interesting to me is how many well-beloved books we have in common — and how most of us are mentioning fiction, though some have brought in some nonfiction titles on their All-Time Greatest Hits List. I have a long, long list of nonfiction too, and that would be another interesting comparison someday.
It’s always fascinating to me how much readers love, love, love to talk about books… sharing is part of the pleasure of reading, I think.
More lists! Let’s see more lists!
I’m noting down books that I haven’t read yet, to check them out. Thank you!
What’s LibraryThing, Susan W.? Sounds handy…though it sounds like potential work too….
Susan Sarah
Oh wow, now my list has gotten a lot longer — how could I forget Dorothy Sayers, Lousia May Alcott, Lindsey Davis? How could I forget I Capture the Castle or Possession, both of which I loved?!
What’s interesting to me is how many well-beloved books we have in common — and how most of us are mentioning fiction, though some have brought in some nonfiction titles on their All-Time Greatest Hits List. I have a long, long list of nonfiction too, and that would be another interesting comparison someday.
It’s always fascinating to me how much readers love, love, love to talk about books… sharing is part of the pleasure of reading, I think.
More lists! Let’s see more lists!
I’m noting down books that I haven’t read yet, to check them out. Thank you!
What’s LibraryThing, Susan W.? Sounds handy…though it sounds like potential work too….
Susan Sarah
Oh wow, now my list has gotten a lot longer — how could I forget Dorothy Sayers, Lousia May Alcott, Lindsey Davis? How could I forget I Capture the Castle or Possession, both of which I loved?!
What’s interesting to me is how many well-beloved books we have in common — and how most of us are mentioning fiction, though some have brought in some nonfiction titles on their All-Time Greatest Hits List. I have a long, long list of nonfiction too, and that would be another interesting comparison someday.
It’s always fascinating to me how much readers love, love, love to talk about books… sharing is part of the pleasure of reading, I think.
More lists! Let’s see more lists!
I’m noting down books that I haven’t read yet, to check them out. Thank you!
What’s LibraryThing, Susan W.? Sounds handy…though it sounds like potential work too….
Susan Sarah
Oh wow, now my list has gotten a lot longer — how could I forget Dorothy Sayers, Lousia May Alcott, Lindsey Davis? How could I forget I Capture the Castle or Possession, both of which I loved?!
What’s interesting to me is how many well-beloved books we have in common — and how most of us are mentioning fiction, though some have brought in some nonfiction titles on their All-Time Greatest Hits List. I have a long, long list of nonfiction too, and that would be another interesting comparison someday.
It’s always fascinating to me how much readers love, love, love to talk about books… sharing is part of the pleasure of reading, I think.
More lists! Let’s see more lists!
I’m noting down books that I haven’t read yet, to check them out. Thank you!
What’s LibraryThing, Susan W.? Sounds handy…though it sounds like potential work too….
Susan Sarah
LibraryThing is a website that lets you catalog your books online. You can compare libraries with other users and see their reviews, tag books, get recommendations, etc. The website is here:
http://www.librarything.com/
My catalog is here:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=susansw
LibraryThing is a website that lets you catalog your books online. You can compare libraries with other users and see their reviews, tag books, get recommendations, etc. The website is here:
http://www.librarything.com/
My catalog is here:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=susansw
LibraryThing is a website that lets you catalog your books online. You can compare libraries with other users and see their reviews, tag books, get recommendations, etc. The website is here:
http://www.librarything.com/
My catalog is here:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=susansw
LibraryThing is a website that lets you catalog your books online. You can compare libraries with other users and see their reviews, tag books, get recommendations, etc. The website is here:
http://www.librarything.com/
My catalog is here:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=susansw
Fiction
all of jane austen
dorothy sayers- Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon
Scaramouche -Sabatini
poems of John Donne, swinburne, emily dickenson
the crocodile on the sandbank-elizabeth peters
sherlock holmes
the beekeepers apprentice
I claudius
diabolical baron, the rake, TMS-MJP
Jo’s malloran books
julia quinn’s bridgerton books
mary balog’s slightly books
An Assembly Such as This
non-ficton
More on the gentle art of verbal self-defense susan elgin
The mass psychology of facism & character analysis -Wilhelm Reich
The hidden injuries of class- Richard Sennett
Sisterhood is Powerful- Robin Morgan
The Gestalt approach- Fritz Perls
(I think I have already mentioned that I’m a therapist)
Merry
Fiction
all of jane austen
dorothy sayers- Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon
Scaramouche -Sabatini
poems of John Donne, swinburne, emily dickenson
the crocodile on the sandbank-elizabeth peters
sherlock holmes
the beekeepers apprentice
I claudius
diabolical baron, the rake, TMS-MJP
Jo’s malloran books
julia quinn’s bridgerton books
mary balog’s slightly books
An Assembly Such as This
non-ficton
More on the gentle art of verbal self-defense susan elgin
The mass psychology of facism & character analysis -Wilhelm Reich
The hidden injuries of class- Richard Sennett
Sisterhood is Powerful- Robin Morgan
The Gestalt approach- Fritz Perls
(I think I have already mentioned that I’m a therapist)
Merry
Fiction
all of jane austen
dorothy sayers- Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon
Scaramouche -Sabatini
poems of John Donne, swinburne, emily dickenson
the crocodile on the sandbank-elizabeth peters
sherlock holmes
the beekeepers apprentice
I claudius
diabolical baron, the rake, TMS-MJP
Jo’s malloran books
julia quinn’s bridgerton books
mary balog’s slightly books
An Assembly Such as This
non-ficton
More on the gentle art of verbal self-defense susan elgin
The mass psychology of facism & character analysis -Wilhelm Reich
The hidden injuries of class- Richard Sennett
Sisterhood is Powerful- Robin Morgan
The Gestalt approach- Fritz Perls
(I think I have already mentioned that I’m a therapist)
Merry
Fiction
all of jane austen
dorothy sayers- Gaudy Night and Busman’s Honeymoon
Scaramouche -Sabatini
poems of John Donne, swinburne, emily dickenson
the crocodile on the sandbank-elizabeth peters
sherlock holmes
the beekeepers apprentice
I claudius
diabolical baron, the rake, TMS-MJP
Jo’s malloran books
julia quinn’s bridgerton books
mary balog’s slightly books
An Assembly Such as This
non-ficton
More on the gentle art of verbal self-defense susan elgin
The mass psychology of facism & character analysis -Wilhelm Reich
The hidden injuries of class- Richard Sennett
Sisterhood is Powerful- Robin Morgan
The Gestalt approach- Fritz Perls
(I think I have already mentioned that I’m a therapist)
Merry
Well, Dickens.
Pride & Prejudice
Anne of Green Gables et al
The Wind in the Willows
The Silver Pigs et al
Vanity Fair
Flashman books
Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian
Good-bye to All That–Robert Graves
Lots of books I love but these definitely stay with me. I’ll probably think of more as soon as I post this.
Well, Dickens.
Pride & Prejudice
Anne of Green Gables et al
The Wind in the Willows
The Silver Pigs et al
Vanity Fair
Flashman books
Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian
Good-bye to All That–Robert Graves
Lots of books I love but these definitely stay with me. I’ll probably think of more as soon as I post this.
Well, Dickens.
Pride & Prejudice
Anne of Green Gables et al
The Wind in the Willows
The Silver Pigs et al
Vanity Fair
Flashman books
Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian
Good-bye to All That–Robert Graves
Lots of books I love but these definitely stay with me. I’ll probably think of more as soon as I post this.
Well, Dickens.
Pride & Prejudice
Anne of Green Gables et al
The Wind in the Willows
The Silver Pigs et al
Vanity Fair
Flashman books
Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian
Good-bye to All That–Robert Graves
Lots of books I love but these definitely stay with me. I’ll probably think of more as soon as I post this.
I forgot Nicholson Baker! How could I forget Nicholson Baker? He’s so expletive-deleted brilliant. I particularly loved The Everlasting Story of Norry, but Room Temperature is the one that made me want to marry him.
And what about the Adrian Mole diaries? And Louise Rennison’s “Confessions of Georgia Nicolson” series… a scream!
See… I told you I would remember more… and more… and more…
I forgot Nicholson Baker! How could I forget Nicholson Baker? He’s so expletive-deleted brilliant. I particularly loved The Everlasting Story of Norry, but Room Temperature is the one that made me want to marry him.
And what about the Adrian Mole diaries? And Louise Rennison’s “Confessions of Georgia Nicolson” series… a scream!
See… I told you I would remember more… and more… and more…
I forgot Nicholson Baker! How could I forget Nicholson Baker? He’s so expletive-deleted brilliant. I particularly loved The Everlasting Story of Norry, but Room Temperature is the one that made me want to marry him.
And what about the Adrian Mole diaries? And Louise Rennison’s “Confessions of Georgia Nicolson” series… a scream!
See… I told you I would remember more… and more… and more…
I forgot Nicholson Baker! How could I forget Nicholson Baker? He’s so expletive-deleted brilliant. I particularly loved The Everlasting Story of Norry, but Room Temperature is the one that made me want to marry him.
And what about the Adrian Mole diaries? And Louise Rennison’s “Confessions of Georgia Nicolson” series… a scream!
See… I told you I would remember more… and more… and more…
How lovely to be reminded of Elizabeth Ogilvie and D.E. Stevenson!
By ruthlessly pruning my list of all romance titles (Wench and non-Wench) from 1985-2007 and all the pre-19th-century literary classics, I limited mine to 25. And if my list seems self-indulgently long, know that I have been reading longer than most of you. 🙂
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott
Rose in Bloom Louisa M. Alcott
Aunt Dimity’s Ghost Nancy Atherton
Persuasion Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
Complete Poems Emily Dickinson
Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner
Opened Ground: Selected Poems Seamus Heaney
The Temple George Herbert
Frederica Georgette Heyer
Magic Flutes Eva Ibbotson
The Dean’s Watch Elizabeth Goudge
A Circle of Quiet Madeleine L’Engle
The Voyage of The Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis
Betsy and the Great World Maud Hart Lovelace
Bootlegger’s Daughter Margaret Maron
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Sharyn McCrumb
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Mystery and Manners Flannery O’Connor
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
This Rough Magic Mary Stewart
Dawn’s Early Light Elswyth Thane
Losing Battles Eudora Welty
How lovely to be reminded of Elizabeth Ogilvie and D.E. Stevenson!
By ruthlessly pruning my list of all romance titles (Wench and non-Wench) from 1985-2007 and all the pre-19th-century literary classics, I limited mine to 25. And if my list seems self-indulgently long, know that I have been reading longer than most of you. 🙂
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott
Rose in Bloom Louisa M. Alcott
Aunt Dimity’s Ghost Nancy Atherton
Persuasion Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
Complete Poems Emily Dickinson
Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner
Opened Ground: Selected Poems Seamus Heaney
The Temple George Herbert
Frederica Georgette Heyer
Magic Flutes Eva Ibbotson
The Dean’s Watch Elizabeth Goudge
A Circle of Quiet Madeleine L’Engle
The Voyage of The Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis
Betsy and the Great World Maud Hart Lovelace
Bootlegger’s Daughter Margaret Maron
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Sharyn McCrumb
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Mystery and Manners Flannery O’Connor
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
This Rough Magic Mary Stewart
Dawn’s Early Light Elswyth Thane
Losing Battles Eudora Welty
How lovely to be reminded of Elizabeth Ogilvie and D.E. Stevenson!
By ruthlessly pruning my list of all romance titles (Wench and non-Wench) from 1985-2007 and all the pre-19th-century literary classics, I limited mine to 25. And if my list seems self-indulgently long, know that I have been reading longer than most of you. 🙂
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott
Rose in Bloom Louisa M. Alcott
Aunt Dimity’s Ghost Nancy Atherton
Persuasion Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
Complete Poems Emily Dickinson
Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner
Opened Ground: Selected Poems Seamus Heaney
The Temple George Herbert
Frederica Georgette Heyer
Magic Flutes Eva Ibbotson
The Dean’s Watch Elizabeth Goudge
A Circle of Quiet Madeleine L’Engle
The Voyage of The Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis
Betsy and the Great World Maud Hart Lovelace
Bootlegger’s Daughter Margaret Maron
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Sharyn McCrumb
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Mystery and Manners Flannery O’Connor
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
This Rough Magic Mary Stewart
Dawn’s Early Light Elswyth Thane
Losing Battles Eudora Welty
How lovely to be reminded of Elizabeth Ogilvie and D.E. Stevenson!
By ruthlessly pruning my list of all romance titles (Wench and non-Wench) from 1985-2007 and all the pre-19th-century literary classics, I limited mine to 25. And if my list seems self-indulgently long, know that I have been reading longer than most of you. 🙂
Little Women Louisa M. Alcott
Rose in Bloom Louisa M. Alcott
Aunt Dimity’s Ghost Nancy Atherton
Persuasion Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle
The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
Complete Poems Emily Dickinson
Absalom, Absalom! William Faulkner
Opened Ground: Selected Poems Seamus Heaney
The Temple George Herbert
Frederica Georgette Heyer
Magic Flutes Eva Ibbotson
The Dean’s Watch Elizabeth Goudge
A Circle of Quiet Madeleine L’Engle
The Voyage of The Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis
Betsy and the Great World Maud Hart Lovelace
Bootlegger’s Daughter Margaret Maron
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Sharyn McCrumb
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Mystery and Manners Flannery O’Connor
Gilead Marilynne Robinson
This Rough Magic Mary Stewart
Dawn’s Early Light Elswyth Thane
Losing Battles Eudora Welty
Short list, off the top of my head:
Indiscreet, Mary Balogh
A Gypsy at Almack’s, Chloe Cheshire
These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
Vice Avenged: A Moral Tale, Lolah Burford
The SAS Survival Handbook, John Wiseman (SAS = British Special Air Service. An absolute gem of a research book for writers, and a fascinating bedtime read. This book has been reprinted a gazillion times. Did you know you should build a fire at the BACK of a cave instead of the front? A fire in the front will smoke you out and lose heat, but a fire at the back won’t, because the smoke will rise and be drawn along the ceiling and out the front of the cave, while the heat remains inside.)
Short list, off the top of my head:
Indiscreet, Mary Balogh
A Gypsy at Almack’s, Chloe Cheshire
These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
Vice Avenged: A Moral Tale, Lolah Burford
The SAS Survival Handbook, John Wiseman (SAS = British Special Air Service. An absolute gem of a research book for writers, and a fascinating bedtime read. This book has been reprinted a gazillion times. Did you know you should build a fire at the BACK of a cave instead of the front? A fire in the front will smoke you out and lose heat, but a fire at the back won’t, because the smoke will rise and be drawn along the ceiling and out the front of the cave, while the heat remains inside.)
Short list, off the top of my head:
Indiscreet, Mary Balogh
A Gypsy at Almack’s, Chloe Cheshire
These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
Vice Avenged: A Moral Tale, Lolah Burford
The SAS Survival Handbook, John Wiseman (SAS = British Special Air Service. An absolute gem of a research book for writers, and a fascinating bedtime read. This book has been reprinted a gazillion times. Did you know you should build a fire at the BACK of a cave instead of the front? A fire in the front will smoke you out and lose heat, but a fire at the back won’t, because the smoke will rise and be drawn along the ceiling and out the front of the cave, while the heat remains inside.)
Short list, off the top of my head:
Indiscreet, Mary Balogh
A Gypsy at Almack’s, Chloe Cheshire
These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
Vice Avenged: A Moral Tale, Lolah Burford
The SAS Survival Handbook, John Wiseman (SAS = British Special Air Service. An absolute gem of a research book for writers, and a fascinating bedtime read. This book has been reprinted a gazillion times. Did you know you should build a fire at the BACK of a cave instead of the front? A fire in the front will smoke you out and lose heat, but a fire at the back won’t, because the smoke will rise and be drawn along the ceiling and out the front of the cave, while the heat remains inside.)
How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.
Sherrie, who knows she’ll keep coming up with more and more books …
How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.
Sherrie, who knows she’ll keep coming up with more and more books …
How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.
Sherrie, who knows she’ll keep coming up with more and more books …
How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.
Sherrie, who knows she’ll keep coming up with more and more books …
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
Ransom by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Windflower by Laura London
Okay they’re the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but there are more that I read frequently.
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
Ransom by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Windflower by Laura London
Okay they’re the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but there are more that I read frequently.
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
Ransom by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Windflower by Laura London
Okay they’re the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but there are more that I read frequently.
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
Ransom by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Windflower by Laura London
Okay they’re the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but there are more that I read frequently.
My list is somewhat different from most of the ones posted so far. Not a classic in the bunch, well maybe one, and almost all of them written in the 20th century. But these are the books that stay with me and that I’ve read several times over.
I’ll start off with my one semi-classic – Swiss Family Robinson, read it when I was a kid and I still pull it out and re-read it every few years almost four decades later.
Any writer of age of sail stories has to include C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels, in particular – Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colors.
Also Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series in particular – In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, Command a King’s Ship, and Signal – Close Action!.
James Clavell’s – Noble House (which I’ve read over a dozen times) and the earlier Struan story – Tai-Pan. They both have such a magnificient sweep to them and multiple intertwining plotlines.
I’ve enjoyed all of Ian Fleming’s James Bond thrillers but I like From Russia with Love the most, even though Bond doesn’t appear until about a third of the way into the book.
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries are old friends. I prefer the earlier ones and my favorites are – Mortal Stakes, Looking for Rachel Wallace, and A Catskill Eagle.
Tom Clancy’s – The Hunt of Red October is a favorite, also Patriot Games is good.
The last on my list is David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Cross Hornblower with Star Wars and you’ll get this series set in the far future during the conflicts between the Star Kingdom of Manticore (England) and the Peoples Republic of Haven (France). Field of Dishonor and Ashes of Victory are my favorites.
My list is somewhat different from most of the ones posted so far. Not a classic in the bunch, well maybe one, and almost all of them written in the 20th century. But these are the books that stay with me and that I’ve read several times over.
I’ll start off with my one semi-classic – Swiss Family Robinson, read it when I was a kid and I still pull it out and re-read it every few years almost four decades later.
Any writer of age of sail stories has to include C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels, in particular – Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colors.
Also Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series in particular – In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, Command a King’s Ship, and Signal – Close Action!.
James Clavell’s – Noble House (which I’ve read over a dozen times) and the earlier Struan story – Tai-Pan. They both have such a magnificient sweep to them and multiple intertwining plotlines.
I’ve enjoyed all of Ian Fleming’s James Bond thrillers but I like From Russia with Love the most, even though Bond doesn’t appear until about a third of the way into the book.
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries are old friends. I prefer the earlier ones and my favorites are – Mortal Stakes, Looking for Rachel Wallace, and A Catskill Eagle.
Tom Clancy’s – The Hunt of Red October is a favorite, also Patriot Games is good.
The last on my list is David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Cross Hornblower with Star Wars and you’ll get this series set in the far future during the conflicts between the Star Kingdom of Manticore (England) and the Peoples Republic of Haven (France). Field of Dishonor and Ashes of Victory are my favorites.
My list is somewhat different from most of the ones posted so far. Not a classic in the bunch, well maybe one, and almost all of them written in the 20th century. But these are the books that stay with me and that I’ve read several times over.
I’ll start off with my one semi-classic – Swiss Family Robinson, read it when I was a kid and I still pull it out and re-read it every few years almost four decades later.
Any writer of age of sail stories has to include C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels, in particular – Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colors.
Also Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series in particular – In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, Command a King’s Ship, and Signal – Close Action!.
James Clavell’s – Noble House (which I’ve read over a dozen times) and the earlier Struan story – Tai-Pan. They both have such a magnificient sweep to them and multiple intertwining plotlines.
I’ve enjoyed all of Ian Fleming’s James Bond thrillers but I like From Russia with Love the most, even though Bond doesn’t appear until about a third of the way into the book.
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries are old friends. I prefer the earlier ones and my favorites are – Mortal Stakes, Looking for Rachel Wallace, and A Catskill Eagle.
Tom Clancy’s – The Hunt of Red October is a favorite, also Patriot Games is good.
The last on my list is David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Cross Hornblower with Star Wars and you’ll get this series set in the far future during the conflicts between the Star Kingdom of Manticore (England) and the Peoples Republic of Haven (France). Field of Dishonor and Ashes of Victory are my favorites.
My list is somewhat different from most of the ones posted so far. Not a classic in the bunch, well maybe one, and almost all of them written in the 20th century. But these are the books that stay with me and that I’ve read several times over.
I’ll start off with my one semi-classic – Swiss Family Robinson, read it when I was a kid and I still pull it out and re-read it every few years almost four decades later.
Any writer of age of sail stories has to include C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower novels, in particular – Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colors.
Also Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho series in particular – In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, Command a King’s Ship, and Signal – Close Action!.
James Clavell’s – Noble House (which I’ve read over a dozen times) and the earlier Struan story – Tai-Pan. They both have such a magnificient sweep to them and multiple intertwining plotlines.
I’ve enjoyed all of Ian Fleming’s James Bond thrillers but I like From Russia with Love the most, even though Bond doesn’t appear until about a third of the way into the book.
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries are old friends. I prefer the earlier ones and my favorites are – Mortal Stakes, Looking for Rachel Wallace, and A Catskill Eagle.
Tom Clancy’s – The Hunt of Red October is a favorite, also Patriot Games is good.
The last on my list is David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Cross Hornblower with Star Wars and you’ll get this series set in the far future during the conflicts between the Star Kingdom of Manticore (England) and the Peoples Republic of Haven (France). Field of Dishonor and Ashes of Victory are my favorites.
Looking at my list above, another related topic comes to mind. It’s what things we ended up reading, or becoming interested in, as a result of reading a romance or mystery. For me, Dorothy Sayers is the best example. She uses quotes from John Donne’s poems extensively in Busman’s Honeymoon. So I ended up reading his poems and loving them. (I, unlike many on the list, was not a literature major, so I wasn’t otherwise exposed.) Also, I really have no intrinsic interest in Egyptology, but I learned about Egypt through Elizabeth Peters books and became familiar with place names, etc. Laurie King (The Beekeeper Apprentice) studied theology and writes about hypotheses about Mary Magdelyne in “A letter of Mary” similar to those of The da Vinci Code. So, excluding the obvious (learning about the English regency period) I wonder what other subjects we were turned on to by our reading.
Merry
Looking at my list above, another related topic comes to mind. It’s what things we ended up reading, or becoming interested in, as a result of reading a romance or mystery. For me, Dorothy Sayers is the best example. She uses quotes from John Donne’s poems extensively in Busman’s Honeymoon. So I ended up reading his poems and loving them. (I, unlike many on the list, was not a literature major, so I wasn’t otherwise exposed.) Also, I really have no intrinsic interest in Egyptology, but I learned about Egypt through Elizabeth Peters books and became familiar with place names, etc. Laurie King (The Beekeeper Apprentice) studied theology and writes about hypotheses about Mary Magdelyne in “A letter of Mary” similar to those of The da Vinci Code. So, excluding the obvious (learning about the English regency period) I wonder what other subjects we were turned on to by our reading.
Merry
Looking at my list above, another related topic comes to mind. It’s what things we ended up reading, or becoming interested in, as a result of reading a romance or mystery. For me, Dorothy Sayers is the best example. She uses quotes from John Donne’s poems extensively in Busman’s Honeymoon. So I ended up reading his poems and loving them. (I, unlike many on the list, was not a literature major, so I wasn’t otherwise exposed.) Also, I really have no intrinsic interest in Egyptology, but I learned about Egypt through Elizabeth Peters books and became familiar with place names, etc. Laurie King (The Beekeeper Apprentice) studied theology and writes about hypotheses about Mary Magdelyne in “A letter of Mary” similar to those of The da Vinci Code. So, excluding the obvious (learning about the English regency period) I wonder what other subjects we were turned on to by our reading.
Merry
Looking at my list above, another related topic comes to mind. It’s what things we ended up reading, or becoming interested in, as a result of reading a romance or mystery. For me, Dorothy Sayers is the best example. She uses quotes from John Donne’s poems extensively in Busman’s Honeymoon. So I ended up reading his poems and loving them. (I, unlike many on the list, was not a literature major, so I wasn’t otherwise exposed.) Also, I really have no intrinsic interest in Egyptology, but I learned about Egypt through Elizabeth Peters books and became familiar with place names, etc. Laurie King (The Beekeeper Apprentice) studied theology and writes about hypotheses about Mary Magdelyne in “A letter of Mary” similar to those of The da Vinci Code. So, excluding the obvious (learning about the English regency period) I wonder what other subjects we were turned on to by our reading.
Merry
These lists are fantastic — I’m reminded of so many more treasured favorites — Crocodile on the Sandbank! The Windflower! and it could go on and on….
John S., yours is a particularly interesting list in the mix as it brings in a different perspective on the books that stick with us for a very long time. I loved the Ian Fleming books, the early Tom Clancy, and Robert Parker. I haven’t read David Weber, but sounds very intriguing.
So many books! Now I just want to curl up with a huge stack of the books named on these lists…
thank you all!
Merry, you brought up a very interesting question which would make a good blog one day!
~Susan Sarah
These lists are fantastic — I’m reminded of so many more treasured favorites — Crocodile on the Sandbank! The Windflower! and it could go on and on….
John S., yours is a particularly interesting list in the mix as it brings in a different perspective on the books that stick with us for a very long time. I loved the Ian Fleming books, the early Tom Clancy, and Robert Parker. I haven’t read David Weber, but sounds very intriguing.
So many books! Now I just want to curl up with a huge stack of the books named on these lists…
thank you all!
Merry, you brought up a very interesting question which would make a good blog one day!
~Susan Sarah
These lists are fantastic — I’m reminded of so many more treasured favorites — Crocodile on the Sandbank! The Windflower! and it could go on and on….
John S., yours is a particularly interesting list in the mix as it brings in a different perspective on the books that stick with us for a very long time. I loved the Ian Fleming books, the early Tom Clancy, and Robert Parker. I haven’t read David Weber, but sounds very intriguing.
So many books! Now I just want to curl up with a huge stack of the books named on these lists…
thank you all!
Merry, you brought up a very interesting question which would make a good blog one day!
~Susan Sarah
These lists are fantastic — I’m reminded of so many more treasured favorites — Crocodile on the Sandbank! The Windflower! and it could go on and on….
John S., yours is a particularly interesting list in the mix as it brings in a different perspective on the books that stick with us for a very long time. I loved the Ian Fleming books, the early Tom Clancy, and Robert Parker. I haven’t read David Weber, but sounds very intriguing.
So many books! Now I just want to curl up with a huge stack of the books named on these lists…
thank you all!
Merry, you brought up a very interesting question which would make a good blog one day!
~Susan Sarah
What about Anne MacCaffrey for her Pern series, her Rowan/Damia etc series (both science fiction series) and The Lady (romance set in Ireland)?
What about Anne MacCaffrey for her Pern series, her Rowan/Damia etc series (both science fiction series) and The Lady (romance set in Ireland)?
What about Anne MacCaffrey for her Pern series, her Rowan/Damia etc series (both science fiction series) and The Lady (romance set in Ireland)?
What about Anne MacCaffrey for her Pern series, her Rowan/Damia etc series (both science fiction series) and The Lady (romance set in Ireland)?
wow,
So many good books, so little time, but to name a few of my fav..
The whole outlander series from Diana Gabaldon, the Wilderness series from Sara Donati, Jude Deveraux,A knight in shining Armour and Rememberance, those two I really love…
Julie Garwood “the Bride and The wedding, they just leave me with a smile in my heart.
Lynn Kurland, love all her books because there fun and clean, so my daughter can read them too…
Some new fav, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Armintrout, Charlaine Harris, because their fun reads about “other beings” and last but not least Judith Merkle Riley’s books with A vision of light and it’s sequel the best of all.
But eventhought the list is long already, there still many more that I just love but don’t need to own.
wow,
So many good books, so little time, but to name a few of my fav..
The whole outlander series from Diana Gabaldon, the Wilderness series from Sara Donati, Jude Deveraux,A knight in shining Armour and Rememberance, those two I really love…
Julie Garwood “the Bride and The wedding, they just leave me with a smile in my heart.
Lynn Kurland, love all her books because there fun and clean, so my daughter can read them too…
Some new fav, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Armintrout, Charlaine Harris, because their fun reads about “other beings” and last but not least Judith Merkle Riley’s books with A vision of light and it’s sequel the best of all.
But eventhought the list is long already, there still many more that I just love but don’t need to own.
wow,
So many good books, so little time, but to name a few of my fav..
The whole outlander series from Diana Gabaldon, the Wilderness series from Sara Donati, Jude Deveraux,A knight in shining Armour and Rememberance, those two I really love…
Julie Garwood “the Bride and The wedding, they just leave me with a smile in my heart.
Lynn Kurland, love all her books because there fun and clean, so my daughter can read them too…
Some new fav, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Armintrout, Charlaine Harris, because their fun reads about “other beings” and last but not least Judith Merkle Riley’s books with A vision of light and it’s sequel the best of all.
But eventhought the list is long already, there still many more that I just love but don’t need to own.
wow,
So many good books, so little time, but to name a few of my fav..
The whole outlander series from Diana Gabaldon, the Wilderness series from Sara Donati, Jude Deveraux,A knight in shining Armour and Rememberance, those two I really love…
Julie Garwood “the Bride and The wedding, they just leave me with a smile in my heart.
Lynn Kurland, love all her books because there fun and clean, so my daughter can read them too…
Some new fav, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Armintrout, Charlaine Harris, because their fun reads about “other beings” and last but not least Judith Merkle Riley’s books with A vision of light and it’s sequel the best of all.
But eventhought the list is long already, there still many more that I just love but don’t need to own.
Susan/Sarah, if you’re interested in giving Mr. Weber a try, allow me to direct you over to the Baen Free Library where the first two books, On Basilisk Station and Honor of the Queen, are available in an electronic format direct from the publisher for free.
The idea seems to be that if you like what you’ve read you’ll eventually buy the hard copies. They’ve been doing it for a number of years so it must be working out very well for both the authors and the publisher.
Here’s the url:
http://www.baen.com/library/
Susan/Sarah, if you’re interested in giving Mr. Weber a try, allow me to direct you over to the Baen Free Library where the first two books, On Basilisk Station and Honor of the Queen, are available in an electronic format direct from the publisher for free.
The idea seems to be that if you like what you’ve read you’ll eventually buy the hard copies. They’ve been doing it for a number of years so it must be working out very well for both the authors and the publisher.
Here’s the url:
http://www.baen.com/library/
Susan/Sarah, if you’re interested in giving Mr. Weber a try, allow me to direct you over to the Baen Free Library where the first two books, On Basilisk Station and Honor of the Queen, are available in an electronic format direct from the publisher for free.
The idea seems to be that if you like what you’ve read you’ll eventually buy the hard copies. They’ve been doing it for a number of years so it must be working out very well for both the authors and the publisher.
Here’s the url:
http://www.baen.com/library/
Susan/Sarah, if you’re interested in giving Mr. Weber a try, allow me to direct you over to the Baen Free Library where the first two books, On Basilisk Station and Honor of the Queen, are available in an electronic format direct from the publisher for free.
The idea seems to be that if you like what you’ve read you’ll eventually buy the hard copies. They’ve been doing it for a number of years so it must be working out very well for both the authors and the publisher.
Here’s the url:
http://www.baen.com/library/
Wow, what fabulous lists! Brings back lots of memories. Let me throw into the non-genre pot:
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kenn edy Toole
and anything Walker Percy
(just to prove some Male Authors are exceedingly readable, highly entertaining, and even more cynical than I am)
Wow, what fabulous lists! Brings back lots of memories. Let me throw into the non-genre pot:
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kenn edy Toole
and anything Walker Percy
(just to prove some Male Authors are exceedingly readable, highly entertaining, and even more cynical than I am)
Wow, what fabulous lists! Brings back lots of memories. Let me throw into the non-genre pot:
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kenn edy Toole
and anything Walker Percy
(just to prove some Male Authors are exceedingly readable, highly entertaining, and even more cynical than I am)
Wow, what fabulous lists! Brings back lots of memories. Let me throw into the non-genre pot:
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kenn edy Toole
and anything Walker Percy
(just to prove some Male Authors are exceedingly readable, highly entertaining, and even more cynical than I am)
THANK YOU for loving Moby Dick, Susan Sarah. I think it may just be the 2 of us–the rest of the world doesn’t seem to get it! There are passages I go back to read again and again because they’re so beautifully written, like the chapter on the whiteness of the whale. I actually took a class in college on Moby Dick and War & Peace because I thought it might be the only way I would ever manage to read both of them. I expected to prefer War & Peace, but it was Melville who won my heart.
I also adored Billy Budd, and the movie starring a young Terence Stamp was amazing.
THANK YOU for loving Moby Dick, Susan Sarah. I think it may just be the 2 of us–the rest of the world doesn’t seem to get it! There are passages I go back to read again and again because they’re so beautifully written, like the chapter on the whiteness of the whale. I actually took a class in college on Moby Dick and War & Peace because I thought it might be the only way I would ever manage to read both of them. I expected to prefer War & Peace, but it was Melville who won my heart.
I also adored Billy Budd, and the movie starring a young Terence Stamp was amazing.
THANK YOU for loving Moby Dick, Susan Sarah. I think it may just be the 2 of us–the rest of the world doesn’t seem to get it! There are passages I go back to read again and again because they’re so beautifully written, like the chapter on the whiteness of the whale. I actually took a class in college on Moby Dick and War & Peace because I thought it might be the only way I would ever manage to read both of them. I expected to prefer War & Peace, but it was Melville who won my heart.
I also adored Billy Budd, and the movie starring a young Terence Stamp was amazing.
THANK YOU for loving Moby Dick, Susan Sarah. I think it may just be the 2 of us–the rest of the world doesn’t seem to get it! There are passages I go back to read again and again because they’re so beautifully written, like the chapter on the whiteness of the whale. I actually took a class in college on Moby Dick and War & Peace because I thought it might be the only way I would ever manage to read both of them. I expected to prefer War & Peace, but it was Melville who won my heart.
I also adored Billy Budd, and the movie starring a young Terence Stamp was amazing.
Talk about a tough assignment! To a lot of those above (someone else loves A Gypsy at Almack’s!)
let me add:
Frenchman’s Creek, Daphne Du Maurier
Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
anything Sharpe, my favorite being Sharpe’s Escape
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Jo’s Malloren series
The Seduction, Julia Ross
The Smoke Thief, Shana Abe
Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire series (it’s turning into pure erotica, but the first six are great).
favorite Regencies:
To Kiss A Thief, Kate Moore
Miss Dower’s Paragon, Gayle Buck
Lynn Kerstan’s The Heart of the Tiger,The Golden Leopard and The Silver Lion
The Perfect Seduction, Leslie LaFoy
The Marquess Lends a Hand, Monique Ellis
Yours Until Dawn, Teresa Medeiros
Deirdre and Don Juan, Jo Bev
Talk about a tough assignment! To a lot of those above (someone else loves A Gypsy at Almack’s!)
let me add:
Frenchman’s Creek, Daphne Du Maurier
Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
anything Sharpe, my favorite being Sharpe’s Escape
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Jo’s Malloren series
The Seduction, Julia Ross
The Smoke Thief, Shana Abe
Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire series (it’s turning into pure erotica, but the first six are great).
favorite Regencies:
To Kiss A Thief, Kate Moore
Miss Dower’s Paragon, Gayle Buck
Lynn Kerstan’s The Heart of the Tiger,The Golden Leopard and The Silver Lion
The Perfect Seduction, Leslie LaFoy
The Marquess Lends a Hand, Monique Ellis
Yours Until Dawn, Teresa Medeiros
Deirdre and Don Juan, Jo Bev
Talk about a tough assignment! To a lot of those above (someone else loves A Gypsy at Almack’s!)
let me add:
Frenchman’s Creek, Daphne Du Maurier
Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
anything Sharpe, my favorite being Sharpe’s Escape
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Jo’s Malloren series
The Seduction, Julia Ross
The Smoke Thief, Shana Abe
Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire series (it’s turning into pure erotica, but the first six are great).
favorite Regencies:
To Kiss A Thief, Kate Moore
Miss Dower’s Paragon, Gayle Buck
Lynn Kerstan’s The Heart of the Tiger,The Golden Leopard and The Silver Lion
The Perfect Seduction, Leslie LaFoy
The Marquess Lends a Hand, Monique Ellis
Yours Until Dawn, Teresa Medeiros
Deirdre and Don Juan, Jo Bev
Talk about a tough assignment! To a lot of those above (someone else loves A Gypsy at Almack’s!)
let me add:
Frenchman’s Creek, Daphne Du Maurier
Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
anything Sharpe, my favorite being Sharpe’s Escape
Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series
Jo’s Malloren series
The Seduction, Julia Ross
The Smoke Thief, Shana Abe
Laurell K. Hamilton’s vampire series (it’s turning into pure erotica, but the first six are great).
favorite Regencies:
To Kiss A Thief, Kate Moore
Miss Dower’s Paragon, Gayle Buck
Lynn Kerstan’s The Heart of the Tiger,The Golden Leopard and The Silver Lion
The Perfect Seduction, Leslie LaFoy
The Marquess Lends a Hand, Monique Ellis
Yours Until Dawn, Teresa Medeiros
Deirdre and Don Juan, Jo Bev
“How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.”
What the …? Who wrote Jack O’Brien and signed my name to that comment? *g* That should be PATRICK O’BRIAN. Lawsy, lawsy, what’ll I write next?
“How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.”
What the …? Who wrote Jack O’Brien and signed my name to that comment? *g* That should be PATRICK O’BRIAN. Lawsy, lawsy, what’ll I write next?
“How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.”
What the …? Who wrote Jack O’Brien and signed my name to that comment? *g* That should be PATRICK O’BRIAN. Lawsy, lawsy, what’ll I write next?
“How could I forget two of my favorites authors: anything by Dorothy Dunnett and Jack O’Brien.”
What the …? Who wrote Jack O’Brien and signed my name to that comment? *g* That should be PATRICK O’BRIAN. Lawsy, lawsy, what’ll I write next?