booklish booklist #7
From my lovely stepmum Gem. (No, she's not feline- that's her beloved cat Blossom).Spot the difference with my Dad's list! (What, no Bill Bryson?)
Thanks Gem!
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The greatest detective murder thriller book of all time, I was captivated and transported through time to world so vastly different from mine. Magnificent.
Enduring Love- Ian McEwan.
It had been a long time since I had picked up a book that had me compelled to keep turning the pages to find out what happened next.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull a story- Richard Bach.
Everyone should read this book twice, once as themselves and once as a seagull. The gift this book gives to us is the ability to know that we are more than what we appear, and that life is truly for happiness and living in the NOW.
Stiff- Mary Roach.
Having always had a fascination of what happens to our bodies when we vacate them, this book gave me plenty of options of what to do with mine when I die. It is fascinating in a macabre kind of way. Expect strange looks if you read it on public transport.
The Cat who came in from the Cold- Deric Longden.
This is a wonderful book about the joys of having a cat take over your house and of course your life. I was ‘between’ cats at the time and made me miss feline company enormously. It is an easy book to read, very funny and light hearted, a true ‘feel good’ read.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- Robert M Pirsig.
I don’t think I could possibly express what I received from this book, it will change the way you view your life. Deep and challenging.
I am now SANS booklists (not one!) so throw me a bone people... email your top 6 books to me (and don't be so picky, any'll do!)
