Thursday, February 9, 2012

Booking Through Only Five

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If you had to pick only 5 books to read ever again, what would they be and why?

I will answer it differently:

All the Perry Mason novels by Erly Stanely Gardner. The court room scenes never tire me. All the Alistair MacLean novels. These thrillers are edgy and I can read again and again. All the Agatha Christie novels. The slow mysteries work great any time of the day! Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier: For that gothic touch, the sheer pleasure of words. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. It is a poetry collection and I wish to own it and read it again and again.
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12 comments:

  1. Laurel-Rain SnowFebruary 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM

    Good choices! Rebecca made mine, too.

    Here's MY THURSDAY MEMES POST

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  2. SherrieFebruary 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    Hi!
    Agatha Christie is one of my favorites. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Food for Thought

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  3. JosetteFebruary 9, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    Liked the way you answered the question! Oh, I really need to read Rebecca. Most people have already read the book.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    Hello :)
    thanks for stopping by!
    It seems we share an author with Ms. Christie. Whitman is a great poet isn't he? I own leaves of grass and I do flip through it from time to time

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  5. TedFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Leaves of Grass is a great choice - it never flags on re-reading!

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  6. Melissa WiebeFebruary 9, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    Leaves of Grass is worth the only five; read a number of the poems in it. I have always wanted to read Rebecca.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2012 at 10:30 PM

    Nice selections.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/02/booking-through-thursday_09.html

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  8. bermudaonionFebruary 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    I've read one Agatha Christie novel and other than that, your list is new to me.

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  9. Miz MoffattFebruary 9, 2012 at 11:49 PM

    Ah, Leaves of Grass—I'm glad to see other readers adding some poetry to their Top 5 list! I opted for Sylvia Plath with mine, but wow, trying to narrow the list of poets alone seemed impossible.

    Thanks for sharing your picks!

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  10. Karen HarringtonFebruary 10, 2012 at 12:54 AM

    Oh yes, some poetry must be included! :)

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  11. Ayanami FaerudoFebruary 10, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    Oh my! You do love your mysteries. I do, too, but I'm more of the Nancy Drew type.

    Thanks for stopping by. ^_^

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  12. stacybuckeyeFebruary 11, 2012 at 9:32 AM

    Great choices. I just finished an Agatha Christie mystery!

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