Day 15 - Your "comfort" book

Pretty much anything Alcott, as much flack as I get for it!

Day 14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)

Gilbert Blythe, Rose Campbell, Kate Sutton, Phryne Fisher, Elnora Comstock, Brother Cadfael, Polly Milton, and Anne Shirley, for a sampling. Any more, and we'll be here all day!

Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)

To name a few (that haven't already made an appearance in other entries!): An Old-Fashioned Girl, A Girl of the Limberlost, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, A Little Princess, The FarAway Tree, and The Scarlet Pimpernel (which I read at 13 for a school assignment, and then found ( Read more... )

Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times

Beauty, by Robin McKinley. I don't even remember where I got my copy anymore; probably a school book-fair when I was about to hit double-digits. I think this may be my favorite of all her books.

Day 11 - A book that disappointed you

Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl comes to mind. Having killernurd as a best friend means the occasional trip to his grandmother's, who lives in a very small, rural town just off a major waterway. It's beautiful and peaceful, so when I saw McCorkindale's memoir, I thought to myself "How interesting! I too felt ( Read more... )

Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up lovingThe "Anne of Green Gables" series, in its entirety. I was given the series as a gift from a dear friend of my mother's, but for some reason I spent the longest time avoiding reading it. I don't know if maybe I associated the stories with something or someone I didn't like, or if I ( Read more... )

Day 09 - Best scene ever

What to choose? One that left a huge impression would be in Of Nightingales That Weep, when Takiko stumbles across the former Empress, who's making offerings to the gods. Takiko brings out Goro's own gift, trying to convince the Empress that she ought to look inside...but the Empress doesn't need to, because she - upon ( Read more... )

Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I had my reservations about this book, because it was written in a series of letters, because that can quickly lead to confusion (Who is this person again? What are they going off to do again?) and way too much detail -- but my misgivings were ( Read more... )

Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise"Just having you on! It was all a dream!" or "The Strong, Manly, Reliant Man has arrived -- the heroine and supporting cast can relax now!" The former feels like an utter cop-out nine times out of ten, and the latter annoys me because a lot of ( Read more... )

Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time

Don't have just one, but for the intent of picking a favorite, I'll say Elizabeth Pope's The Perilous Gard. Tam Lin retelling set in the last days of Bloody Mary's reign, and oh, did I think Kate was wonderful. I'd picked up my cousin's copy at random (she was ( Read more... )