Yes, I admit it, I stole this from one of the popular social networking sites. It’s for a good cause, I assure you. I rarely participate in these however this one caught my attention.
The Rules:
1) YOU MAY ONLY TAKE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS EXERCISE – NO EDITS ALLOWED
2) List fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you
3) Post your list on your blog and drop a link into the comments here
And, to kick off the fun, here is my list:
- Bag of Bones – Stephen King
- The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
- A Separate Peace – John Knowles
- The Lord of the Flies – William Golding
- Angels & Insects – A.S. Byatt
- Whispers – Dean Koontz
- The Color Purple – Alice Walker
- The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
- Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
- Earth Abides – George R. Stewart
- Vanishing Point – Michaela Roessner
- The Valley of the Horses – Jean M. Auel
- Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice
- Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States – Kenneth T. Jackson
- A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn
Pondering the collection of books here, I realized I read more sci-fi than I thought I did and learned something new about myself. What did you discover? Don’t forget to leave me a link. I’m very interested to see what you chose.
~Alice

4 comments
25 June 2009 at 01:46
Here is my list! Read a huge amount of sci-fi too and so many other books. The Shadow of the Wind is my kind of book; just imagine a secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a huge library of old, forgotten titles lovingly preserved by a select few initiates. According to tradition, everyone initiated to this secret place is allowed to take one book from it, and must protect it for life.
WOW!!
25 June 2009 at 01:57
That does sound like an excellent read. I’m due at the library soon and will see if they carry it.
Thank you so much for sharing!
~Alice
30 June 2009 at 02:10
Here’s my list:
http://narasnook.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/fifteen-books-in-fifteen-minutes/
This was fun. Thanks Alice.
8 July 2009 at 18:57
http://zandervyne.blogspot.com/2009/07/15-books-in-15-minutes.html
Fun.
Thanks, Alice.