Debra's 15 in Fifteen: Books

I couldn't resist this challenge, but the result turned out a bit too long for a FaceBook entry, so here it is.

(original instructions)

Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Put your top 3 first. Tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose...(To respond, copy these rules, go to your Notes tab on your Profile page, paste the rules, etc.) Here are my top 15:

BOOK LIST

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (N)

Persuasion (F)

Jurassic Park (F)

Looking Backward (F)

Strange Interlude (F)

You Just Don't Understand (N)

Fast Food Nation (N) (I have to re-read this every few months to remind myself why I should NOT eat fast food.)

An Anthropologist on Mars (N)

The Mummy (F) (which is SO weird because I don't like any other Anne Rice novels)

Harry Potter 1-6 (F)

Darkness Visible (N)

Much Ado About Nothing (F)

The Princess Bride (F) (SO funny, and even better than the excellent movie!)

The Poisonwood Bible (F) (not something I would have picked, but Rachel needed me to read it and discuss it with her for a project. Long book, but worth the time - thought-provoking, very original, and also sometimes funny)

Frankenstein (F) (if you have never read the ORIGINAL, you should. It is not about a monster, it is about men and science and love and evil and life and death....)

The Dead Zone and/or Needful Things (F)

Into Thin Air - Krakauer (N)

Don't Bump the Glump! (K)

And I couldn't resist adding a couple of my favorite Shel Silverstein poems from that collection.

I did these FROM MEMORY, so please forgive any errors.

Oops!

Oops, we've been caught by a quick-digesting Gink,

And now we are dodgin' his teeth.

Now we are restin' in his small intestine,

And now we're back out on the street.

Gumplegutch

Go over and play with the Gumplegutch, Tommy

The Gumplegutch loves to play.

You can bounce on his belly,

And call him Old Nelly,

And fill up his nostrils with clay.

Don't be 'fraid of his fangs, or his one yellow eye, or the scales on his tail, my dear.

Go over and play with the Gumplegutch, darling, there's nothing at all to fear.

I'll wait for you here. . .

(F) Fiction

(N) Non-Fiction

(K) for kids

Please let me know if you want any more info on any of these EXCELLENT selections!