15 books meme
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Don't take too long to think about it. 15 books you've read that will always stick with you. They don't have to be the greatest books you've ever read, just the ones that stick with you. First 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
These are not in order of how much I like them, just random order.
1. Beloved Benjamin is Waiting, by Jean Karl
In elementary school, they pushed the yearly Bluebonnet Books pretty heavily. Bluebonnet Books are books chosen by some committee in Texas as being exemplary children's books. They always had a prominent place in the library and all the kids were encouraged to read them. BBIW was a Bluebonnet Book when I was somewhere in elementary school, and I read it over... and over... and over. The basic premise is a little girl named Lucinda is left to fend for herself by her deadbeat mother (a very alien and exciting concept to a kid with a stay-at-home mom like me), and in an attempt to escape the neighborhood delinquents, she decides to go live in the abandoned caretaker's house in the local cemetery (another OOOOOOOOH concept, living in a cemetery). Not only was it fascinating to see how Lucinda managed to live without parents, but she eventually makes contact with space aliens! I STILL love reading this book.
2. The Haunted Night by Joan Phipson
Another book I read over and over and over as a kid. Four friends stay in the home of one of the girl's relatives so they can attend a dance, and are left alone there after another relative goes into labor late in the night. Over the following hours, they start to think that maybe the house is haunted. A very exciting read when I was a kid, but doesn't hold up quite as well now. Still, I love reading it at least once a year.
3. Thinner by Stephen King
I first read this book when I was a teen and I just loved it, couldn't put it down. Didn't fully love the ending. But it was exciting. The level of crazy that Ginelli reached and how he just kept stepping it up fascinated me to no end.
4. The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Book isn't as interesting when you're an adult. But when I first read it, I was about 12 I guess? And I LOOOOOOOVED it.
5. Intensity by Dean Koontz
Aptly named! A very intense book. Not a perfect book, but good. I love resourceful female characters. There were a few things I would have done differently to make it even more intense, and a few things I would have had Chyna do differently so she didn't look like a big dummy 1/4 of the time. I mean, come on. You're going up against a serial killer and you're not going to make sure the gun is loaded?
6. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
This book was okay. I'm not sure I would reread it, but it was good. The reason it makes this list is because the ending contains a twist that many, many people, me included, did not see coming, and it absolutely shocked me. I almost started bawling right there on the train where I was reading it because it was so masterfully executed and shocking. I should have seen it coming.
7. Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
This one makes the list because it has the distinction of being the only book that has ever made me laugh out loud so loudly on the train that I embarrassed myself. I have the version that is written from the computer's POV. A computer takes over the home it is supposed to be protecting and holds a woman hostage. Only problem is, the computer thinks it's human. It makes a lousy human, leading to many hilarious lines. Many ending in HA! HA! HA! XD
8. The Dark Half by Stephen King
Exciting. A classic concept (a writer kills off his pseudonym, but the penname doesn't want to die, and comes after everyone who "killed" him). The only thing I don't like is upon rereading it last year, I realized that Liz is a bit of a Sue. It'd be nice if she had at least one flaw.
9. Needful Things by Stephen King
Just a masterpiece. I loved it and all of its characters from one end of the book to the other.
10. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Premise: A woman and her husband are playing sex games. He handcuffs her to the bed and then something happens to leave her chained up like that, in an isolated area where no one can hear her cries for help. You'd think such a premise couldn't sustain a whole novel, but King makes it work. Another imperfect book, but extremely interesting.
11. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
A mouse rides a toy motorcycle! It's flippin' adorable! What more could I want?
12. Any Choose Your Own Adventure book
I was introduced to these in third grade. You choose where the story goes next and get a bunch of different outcomes depending on what choices you make. Awesome idea.
13. Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
Decent book. It makes this list because my school was going to be visited by Mrs. Pearce herself and they wanted to choose the best two readers in a particular grade to meet her and tell her how they liked the book. I was chosen as one of those readers. ^_^ Fortunately for them, I did like the book a lot (wouldn't THAT have been awkward if I went to the author herself and told her I hated it!). I got her autograph. I was really impressed with the fact that she already knew how to spell "Laurel." So many people before her screwed it up. :D I still have the book. (I wonder how much someone would pay for it on Ebay?)
14. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
The first Koontz book I ever read. Excellent concept, fascinating story; I pimp it all the time.
15. Misery by Stephen King
The ultimate 'obsessed fan holds the object of her affection prisoner' book! And the movie wasn't half bad either. (In fact, the movie was pretty damn great.)
And of course, after I finish this, I realize that I emailed the meme text to myself and did not have to go get it again. XD Oh lord.
I'll be right back.
Okay. ^_^ Saw it in
nina_nicky's journal.Don't take too long to think about it. 15 books you've read that will always stick with you. They don't have to be the greatest books you've ever read, just the ones that stick with you. First 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
These are not in order of how much I like them, just random order.
1. Beloved Benjamin is Waiting, by Jean Karl
In elementary school, they pushed the yearly Bluebonnet Books pretty heavily. Bluebonnet Books are books chosen by some committee in Texas as being exemplary children's books. They always had a prominent place in the library and all the kids were encouraged to read them. BBIW was a Bluebonnet Book when I was somewhere in elementary school, and I read it over... and over... and over. The basic premise is a little girl named Lucinda is left to fend for herself by her deadbeat mother (a very alien and exciting concept to a kid with a stay-at-home mom like me), and in an attempt to escape the neighborhood delinquents, she decides to go live in the abandoned caretaker's house in the local cemetery (another OOOOOOOOH concept, living in a cemetery). Not only was it fascinating to see how Lucinda managed to live without parents, but she eventually makes contact with space aliens! I STILL love reading this book.
2. The Haunted Night by Joan Phipson
Another book I read over and over and over as a kid. Four friends stay in the home of one of the girl's relatives so they can attend a dance, and are left alone there after another relative goes into labor late in the night. Over the following hours, they start to think that maybe the house is haunted. A very exciting read when I was a kid, but doesn't hold up quite as well now. Still, I love reading it at least once a year.
3. Thinner by Stephen King
I first read this book when I was a teen and I just loved it, couldn't put it down. Didn't fully love the ending. But it was exciting. The level of crazy that Ginelli reached and how he just kept stepping it up fascinated me to no end.
4. The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Book isn't as interesting when you're an adult. But when I first read it, I was about 12 I guess? And I LOOOOOOOVED it.
5. Intensity by Dean Koontz
Aptly named! A very intense book. Not a perfect book, but good. I love resourceful female characters. There were a few things I would have done differently to make it even more intense, and a few things I would have had Chyna do differently so she didn't look like a big dummy 1/4 of the time. I mean, come on. You're going up against a serial killer and you're not going to make sure the gun is loaded?
6. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
This book was okay. I'm not sure I would reread it, but it was good. The reason it makes this list is because the ending contains a twist that many, many people, me included, did not see coming, and it absolutely shocked me. I almost started bawling right there on the train where I was reading it because it was so masterfully executed and shocking. I should have seen it coming.
7. Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
This one makes the list because it has the distinction of being the only book that has ever made me laugh out loud so loudly on the train that I embarrassed myself. I have the version that is written from the computer's POV. A computer takes over the home it is supposed to be protecting and holds a woman hostage. Only problem is, the computer thinks it's human. It makes a lousy human, leading to many hilarious lines. Many ending in HA! HA! HA! XD
8. The Dark Half by Stephen King
Exciting. A classic concept (a writer kills off his pseudonym, but the penname doesn't want to die, and comes after everyone who "killed" him). The only thing I don't like is upon rereading it last year, I realized that Liz is a bit of a Sue. It'd be nice if she had at least one flaw.
9. Needful Things by Stephen King
Just a masterpiece. I loved it and all of its characters from one end of the book to the other.
10. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Premise: A woman and her husband are playing sex games. He handcuffs her to the bed and then something happens to leave her chained up like that, in an isolated area where no one can hear her cries for help. You'd think such a premise couldn't sustain a whole novel, but King makes it work. Another imperfect book, but extremely interesting.
11. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
A mouse rides a toy motorcycle! It's flippin' adorable! What more could I want?
12. Any Choose Your Own Adventure book
I was introduced to these in third grade. You choose where the story goes next and get a bunch of different outcomes depending on what choices you make. Awesome idea.
13. Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
Decent book. It makes this list because my school was going to be visited by Mrs. Pearce herself and they wanted to choose the best two readers in a particular grade to meet her and tell her how they liked the book. I was chosen as one of those readers. ^_^ Fortunately for them, I did like the book a lot (wouldn't THAT have been awkward if I went to the author herself and told her I hated it!). I got her autograph. I was really impressed with the fact that she already knew how to spell "Laurel." So many people before her screwed it up. :D I still have the book. (I wonder how much someone would pay for it on Ebay?)
14. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
The first Koontz book I ever read. Excellent concept, fascinating story; I pimp it all the time.
15. Misery by Stephen King
The ultimate 'obsessed fan holds the object of her affection prisoner' book! And the movie wasn't half bad either. (In fact, the movie was pretty damn great.)
And of course, after I finish this, I realize that I emailed the meme text to myself and did not have to go get it again. XD Oh lord.
