We are going to start simple here. Books are my favorite thing. I love to read books, discuss books, buy them, share them, give them... you get the picture. Now tell me:
What FIVE books would you bring with you to a Desert Island?
And why should someone else add your books to their list?
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1. The Color of Water (#1 fav.)
2. Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood. I can hear their voices in my head and always make me smile
I'm going to think a little on the next 3.
No fair not telling yours!
Wow. I don't read books anymore. I'd probably go with the novelizations of the original Star Wars Trilogy. In addition to that, since I'm stuck on a desert island alone, I'd probably bring two other "adult-themed" books - the dirtier, the better.
1. tibetan book of the dead
2. blackberries in the dreamhouse-diane frank
3. where the sidewalk ends-shel silverstein
4. siddhartha- Herman Hesse
5.the diamond sutra
1.everyone should read tibetan book of the dead because it tells you what happens when you die. that's pretty important stuff when on a deserted island
2. blackberries in the dreamhouse because it is the most beautifully written love story i have ever read
3.where the sidewalk ends for gigs and shittles
4.siddhartha for life lessons
5.the diamond sutra because it cuts to the truth like no other
Amazing first category to start with. How can I wander into a blog entry about books and not leave a comment? I can't. Here goes:
1. Long Quiet Highway, Natalie Goldberg (because she's always honest, and her story—while it may not be one from which blockbuster movies are made—will always be fascinating to me. and I can never get enough Goldberg.)
2. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (Holden Caulfield is one of my all-time favorite characters)
3. War & Peace, Tolstoy (and that's not on the list to sound pretentious or anything. but I've heard so many places that it's "the greatest novel ever written, blah blah blah," and I've always wanted to read it to find out. And it's been sitting on my shelf for more than five years...unread. I figure I'd have some time on that island, so I might as well bring it along.)
4. The biggest, most complete collection of Dave Barry columns ever assembled. (to remind me that words on a page, if they're the right words and placed in the correct order, can make a person laugh so hard they'll shoot milk out of their nose. provided they're drinking milk at the time.)
5. Writing Down The Bones, Natalie Goldberg (because even if I was stranded on an island, I'd probably find some big ol' leaves and dry them, and get some form of charcoal or chalk indigenous to only that island, and I'd write. this book helps me write. and did I mention that I can't get enough Goldberg?)
And if I had a wish while I was on that island, I'd wish that Jenny's island was in somewhat close proximity to mine, so that she could float me some of her books, because it sounds like I'd love to read some of her stuff.
1. The Dhammapada
2. "Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva
3. Threefold Lotus Sutra
4. "The Stone Boy" by Thich Nhat Hahn
these are my husband Doug's picks
1.bible
2.siddhartha
3.a medicinal plant book
4.a trashy sex novel
5.I Ching
I wonder if "The Pali Canon" would count as one book? That would keep me busy.
Ok, I finally finished my list. It took me awhile as I mentally went down my list of favorites. So unlike me to overanaylze anything right?
3. The Oxford Book of American Poetry. Because I could read a little at a time and since I"m going to be there for awhile, I'll need small doses.
4. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their
Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition). Because it appears that my ability to write stems mostly from digesting quotes from other people. And I'd have lots of time to write.
5. Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs. Because as lovely as a deserted island would be (tropical of course) after awhile I'd want to feel connected again and since I love photography...a book good photos could make me feel a little connected again.
(Although Tolsoy is tempting..and if I hated it I could use the pages to start fires for a good long time) (I will read the Torching Book for sure) (And now I'm going to have to read Catcher in the Rye...again.) (Ok, that's about it for afterthoughts...)
Fun stuff Nikki! :)
And NO, I can't spell, nor do I have a firm grasp on grammar. Thank you, oh great ones, for not pouncing on my illiterousnessy. (Hee, g-dub would be proud)
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