At work I received a text today asking what World Book Night was. Fortunately I was right in front of a PC and looked it up.
http://www.worldbooknight.org/
It is the great idea, that 20,000 volunteers take to the streets this evening and hand out 20 copies of their favourite book, to members of the community who look like non-readers. How you distinguish that, I don't know. I think intense training was under taken to ensure this.
I've been thinking what is my favourite book?
Honest answer... I don't know. I love too many books! I have narrowed it down though.
Tales From Moomin Valley:
I love the Moomins, I even have a tattoo to prove it. Fact. The innocence, courage, joy and sense of adventure in these books is overwhelming and heart warming, The fact that after a tremulous time, i.e saving the world from a flood, comet, or magician that came from the moon, all you need is Moomin Mama, a hug and some raspberry juice and it's all ok.
We have two copies of the Moomin books, one for the kids to read, and my own personal ancient, well loved ones!
Mister God This Is Anna:
I read this when I was 19 just after my Dad died. A book I've kept, but never re-read. Moving, Funny and heart breaking.
My friend recommended this, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. In desperation Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her. For the next twenty-two years Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.
My guilty pleasure......Saraha hangs her head in shame..........................
The Twilight Saga!!!! I'm Team Edward by the way :P
What books would you hand out?
Any of the Alex Cross books by James Patterson (there are 20) They are awesome and I can read one in a whole sitting given the chance!
ReplyDeleteAny of the Adrian Mole Books (I have copies of all of them in hardback, paperback AND Kindle)
The Help - So amazing, beautiful, heartbreaking, funny and shocking.....epic!
The Hunger Games Trilogy - It feels wrong to love them so much but they really are compelling, well drawn and thought provoking!
Alice in Wonderland is my all time favourite. I love it for the same reason I love comics. It's somewhere you escape to when you need to get away to somewhere amazing.
ReplyDeleteTouching from a distance - Debra Curtis wrote this about Ian Curtis (lead singer of Joy Division) my favourite singer, songwriter and poet. He had epilepsy, manic depression and various addictions so it's a pretty heartbreaking story, especially if like me you love everything he ever wrote but it's a really inspirational story at the same time.
Finally a black house by Stephen King. One of the scariest books I've ever read. Again about a different world but it's how it bleeds into this one is what makes it really scary. Every other alternate reality book is safe because what's in that world can't get you, but much like with Iris Rafferty, in this book they can! Scary stuff