To begin with, I am a bookworm. As a kid, I would sit for hours at home getting lost in my Nancy Drew or Babysitter's Club books. At night, I would take my book lights and when my parents thought I was sleeping, I would be reading on to "just get to the next chapter." Inevitably that meant I would get to the next chapter and keep reading. When I would fly through schoolwork and finish before many of my peers, I would take out books and read them.
In my adult life, I read as much as I can. I don't read fast by any means. I read between 10 and 15 books a year, but if I get going, I can fly through some. Christmas of 2013, one of my best friends got me the Harry Potter series and even in one of my busiest dance seasons, I got through the series in a few months.
I just finished a book yesterday, and was trying to figure out which book I would read next. I have quite a few books on my Kindle that I have yet to read, and in my bookcase, so it's not for a lack of books that is slowing my next story adventure. I just couldn't decide which one.
So I decided to do a quick experiment. I posted on Facebook "So...what is your favorite book of all time?" I sat back and have been getting some great answers.
It's really interesting to see what some people are saying. Many of my friends I can look at their answers and think "yep, that totally makes sense." Others have surprised me. Some, I've never even read the books, and that has been awesome, because I can add it to my winter break list.
I have a lot of books that I've loved. Recently, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt has been one of my favorites that has stayed with me. I read a book a few years back called Rule of the Bone that I adored at the time. It was by Russell Banks and was a more modern day version of Catcher in the Rye. I want to go back and read that at some point. Certain books mean different things when we read them at different points in our lives. I was in the throes of the "dark years" as I like to call them, when I read it.
The one book that I have always loved for some reason is a book that my mom found one day at the book store. I was in high school and she just came home with it for me randomly. The book is called Looking for Alibrandi. I read it more than once in high school, and I read it a couple times in my adult life. I'll probably read it again soon since its been a few years and the details have faded. I used a passage from it for a recitation project once, and it was one of the few books to make me cry (the first was Night by Eli Weisel, another one of my top favorites).
I appreciated how many people responded. It's nice to know that I still have many friends who love to read, and who are willing to share their love for books. There are so many books out there, and I have so little time, that I really love being able to get suggestions. It's nice to get a glimpse into my friends' worlds as well. There is so much you can learn from reading a person's favorite book.
I am very much so looking forward to be able to dive into some of my friends' favorite selections soon and figure out if I like them or not. I plan on more than one day on my break spent wrapped in blankets, a pot of coffee at the ready, getting lost in the books and going on written adventures with my friends.
So...what's your all time favorite book?
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