30 in 30: Day 4 - Your favourite book

Maggie
September 2009 Outside Raleighwood, NC
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Day 04→Your favourite book

Another of these danged superlatives.

I don't think of books in terms of having a #1 All-Time Favorite. I think of them in terms of whether I enjoyed them or not, whether I would recommend them or not, whether I would re-read them or not...

In terms of number of times read, The Wizard of Earthsea Trilogy by Urusla K. LeGuin was a series of books I read at the start of each year for many years. Then again, I read the first three books of The Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka to well over 600 kids during my time as a children's librarian, so I read them probably more than any other books, period.

Enjoyment factor? Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide series (the first three, that is) made me sit up in amazement the first time I read them, as incredible comedic works. (Not to mention being one of the few books/series to make me, literally, laugh out loud) In that same category, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (notably The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Guards! Guards! -- and with the original U.K. covers by Josh Kirby, please!) and P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series are also high on my enjoyment list.

(Hmmm... I seem to have a penchant for British comedy writers. Who would have guessed?)

In general, my Goodreads profile will tell you more than you ever cared to know.

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How to Reunite Long-Lost Sisters Who Don't Know It (Yet)

Fast Trees
September 2009 Outside Raleighwood, NC
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I read the following tonight on my home on the bus:

"Susan Gilman never raises her hand. everything it too urgent. n o use telling her calling out is against teh rules. she brushes that aside. who cars? She wants you to know she's discovered your game. i know why you want us to read these recipes out loud like this.

You do?

Because they look like poetry on the page and some of them read like poetry. i mean they're even better than poetry because you can taste them. And, wow, the Italian recipes are pure music"

Frank McCourt "Teacher Man: A Memoir" Scribner, 2005 pg. 208

I wish I could introduce Susan to Julia. I think they would find they're practically long-lost sisters.

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