15 Books

Rules: 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. On Facebook, tag 15 friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what books my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your 15 picks, and tag people in the note - upper right hand side.)

1. The Brothers K - David James Duncan
2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
3. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Piccoult
4. Harry Potter (all 7) - JK Rowling
5. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
6. Strike Sparks (poems) - Sharon Olds
7. Broken Symmetry (poems) - Jack Ridl
8. The Boxcar Children (series) - Gertrude Chandler
9. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis
10. The Wizard of Oz (and other OZ books) - L Frank Baum
11. The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
12. Vice (poems) - Ai
13. Wrigleyville - Kevin Kaduk
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
15. Letters and Papers from Prison - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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One book that changed your life.
Otherwise, by Jane Kenyon. One of the first contemporary poetry books I owned.

One book that you have read more than once.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

One book you would want on a desert island.
The Brothers K by David James Duncan. I don't think I could ever tire of it.

Two books that made you laugh.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
Love is a Dog from Hell, poems by Charles Bukowski

One book that made you cry.
My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Piccoult

One book you wish you'd written.
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenager

One book you wish had never been written.
Wow, never written, eh? I can't think of any book I have really HATED enough to ban from the Earth.

Two books you are currently reading.
A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One book you've been meaning to read.
Oh man... we'll go with the unread book that's been sitting on my shelf the longest
The Complete Short Stories of Franz Kafka