Every Time Someone Doesn’t DeLurk, A Fairy Dies
Apparently it’s delurking day across the blogosphere. So, are you reading? Are you going to tell me about it? Please do! I’d love a comment from every person who reads.
And here’s what you can say in your comment, because I know I always feel a little dumb leaving a comment that in essence says “I’m alive! And I can read! And type! Yippee!” Tell me two books you really love. They don’t have to be your FAVORITE books (how can one really even choose a favorite book?) but just two that you think are pretty awesome for any reason.
Here are two books I absolutely love:
1) It’s Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
2) Beauty by Robin McKinley.
Wouldn’t it be so cool if a book post got more comments than a shoe post?
Here are two that I don’t mind read again:
1. Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
2. Fine Old High Priests, by Donald Smurthwaite (kind of religious, kind of sappy, kind of not geared towards young adults, but I loved it anyway.)
Only two?? Besides my all time favorite of Ella Enchanted, the next two would have to be:
1. Tuck Everlasting
2. The Count of Monte Cristo (The book is way better than the movie, but I am still a fan of the movie. I just keep them separate in my mind.) 🙂
Let’s go with War and Peace and Little Women.
Both are pretty darn long. What is my deal with long books?
And also, I don’t lurk, as you know. You are practically my sole entertainment while I am at work.
I dunno, how about a semi-random choice of a kid one and a grown up one:
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
The Persian Pickle Club
by Sandra Dallas
1- Gone with the Wind!
2- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Yes, I am from the south!
PS I read The Kite Runner, it’s an emotional book. Well written and a good story but I cried more than once.
Two I love:
Eat Pray Love
and
Heartbreak Hotel by Anne Rivers Siddons
I love this!
I have a whole new list of books to read.
1. Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
2. The Goose Girl, Shannon Hale
Beauty or maybe Harry Potter… Beauty for sure, though. That’s one of my all-time favorites.
Sorry, don’t have a blog to share. But I have read some books in my lifetime, the most recent being A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. You thought Kite Runner was sad? You ain’t read nothin’.
My family read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman many years ago and it’s a great read. I liked the rest of the trilogy but they found the end extremely disappointing. I’m thoroughly skeptical of the movie.
And I know this is cheating, but you’ll thank me later: Red Ranger Came Calling. I’m not sure who it’s by but it’s a children’s book unlike any other. Read it. It’s great.
I’m here Janssen. But you know I always am. Because I love you babe.
Books, books, books.
1. Twilight (duh)
2. Valley of Fire (Loved it over and over. Borrow it you must.)
Wow. Your tactic for bringing readers out of lurkdom is much more effective than mine have ever been (probably because they generally consist of a pathetic plea like “um… I’d really like to know who’s out there… please?”).
Of the many books I love, two that come to mind right now are Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
I’ve never left more comments than I have today!
Two good books that I’ve recently read are:
-Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress
-My Sister’s Keeper
delurking briefly…
coerced into reading Kiterunner, but ended up enjoying it
currently going back and re-reading favorite books from the past (long time past):
1 – Anne McCaffrey trilogy Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon (bought them to read to my son, but he’s too young so I’m going on alone)
2 – Next will be Watership Down by Richard Adam (read it around 25-30 years ago–we’ll see how it goes now)
hope you and bart are happy and well
I admit – I read your blog every day. Not just because we’re married, but because you’re an excellent writer.
Ender’s Game
The Ramayana
(Grover, let me know what you think of Tale of Genji. I thought it was actually pretty good, though I have to admit, I read a translation. Ajik Japanese an baewhutda . . .)
I agree with Katherine — this is the most successful delurking I’ve witnessed in a long time. 🙂
I’m reading Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale.
The Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy and The Small Rain by Madeleine L’Engle
Currently, I’m reading The Hungry Little Caterpillar and Yummy Yucky. 😉
Still reading, of course.
1)Impro: improvisation and the theatre by Keith Johnstone
It’s a fascinating read and has tought me a bit about myself and perhaps about how to have fun.
2)Let My People go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
A beautiful book by one of the more interesting and original men I have heard of. Helped me resolve the dichotomy between end-based action and journey-based action. Also, if I ever start a company I will do it with this book in mind.
Two classic books for kids that I love: The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key and A Little Princess.
I’m not technically delurking because I’m new, but hi!
Two books I love (that I can remember right this minute):
1) Pillars of the earth by Ken Follett (even though I don’t like any of his other stuff)
2) Oh the Places you’ll go by Dr. Seuss.