If there is something that I like just as much as movies (for entertainment) it is books. I struggled when I was younger with reading, so in some ways it is surprising that I like books and reading as much as I do.
Growing up I loved the BabySitters Club. I still have all of my books from that series. I still have all my books from growing up, due to my mom telling me not to get rid of them.
As an adult, I love it all. I love the romance books, the suspense books, true crime books, cook books, on and on and on. I remember once when I was in college I was reading the book The Pact by Jodi Picoult. I was so involved in this books that I stayed up until like 5 am just to finish reading it (after reading all day long).
If I am reading a true crime books, I will finish the books and end up googling who the book was about to see if I can find out more. I am a researcher. I also like reading maybe not true crime but just stories about true life, real people. People are so interesting and there are some many people out there that makes the world go round.
If a book is going to be a movie, I like to read the book before the movie. If I LOVED the book, I typically like the movie too (even if others think its awful). I think it is because I like the characters so much, and I just end up liking the movies. I loved the book Twilight, and I ended up loving the movie. (See movies, there I go again! Talking about movies) I know that Water for Elephants is coming to the theaters this Spring, so I raced to finish that book (which I did last week).
So now back to the basis of this post, my favorite book. Just like music, and movies how does one pick just one book. I have many that I love. But when someone asks me this questions, my first response is........To Kill a Mockingbird. I read this in high school, and just loved it. If you haven't ever read it, you need to. Here I go with movies again, but the movie is really good too!
Do you have a favorite book that people would be surprised about?
~Stephanie~
No favorite books for me, as I shake my head. LOL.
~Ryan~
Water for Elephants is next on my list to read... Maybe that will be a good plane ride read.
ReplyDeleteStephanie- we would enjoy great long conversations if we lived close. I have a million comments for every paragraph you write on this blog-- last summer I sat down with To Kill A Mockingbird and loved it just as much as I did in high school. I am also a "googler" of people and events from true crime books. There is something fascinating about the facts to me.
ReplyDeleteDo you often find the facts crazier than fiction? Just when i think that the human mind couldn't come up with something nuts, someone goes and surprises me.
ReplyDelete@Mom, you will love that book!
ReplyDelete@Nicole, we so should talk on the phone! I think we are very similar in some ways, could we be related by any chance, lol. I do find facts crazier then fiction. But I think that the fiction comes from some fact some where. And I agree about the human mind. I read Under the Dome by Stephen King, and as I am reading it, I thought to myself, he has one sick mind. And some of the true crime stories, the things people do, are unbelievable. I read this story once of this girl who was kidnapped, kept in a box under a bed for years. The family that kidnapped her had her for 10 years or something. Towards the end she worked "outside of the home", she was so brainwashed. But what they did and said to her, the book gave me nightmares.