1. The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye is one of the my favorite. Where do you think my 'name' comes from ...Anjuli was the main character in "The Far Pavilions." Any other books by M.M. Kaye ...all her "Death in..." books are great!
2. The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell. This book starts out a bit heavy and slow but as you get into you are lost in another world. The reader gets a bit of geography lessons, history lessons and life lessons all rolled up in one book.
3. Trinity by Leon Uris. I read this book when I was in 9th grade and fell in love with it. It made me want to read all the rest of Leon Uris' books, which I did. Great history and human psyche played out in the pages of all his books.
4. Hawaii by James A. Michener. When it comes to Michener's books, it is very difficult to choose which one I love the best. I've read every single one of them and I love all of them! I guess I chose Hawaii because it was the first one I had ever read. I was in 8th grade and I would go down to the Tanjong Bungah beach front in Penang and get totally lost in the book. It is no wonder when I graduated from High School I decided to spend one week in Hawaii on my way from Singapore to Los Angeles. 
....phew...didn't think I would be able to do it...limiting myself to five top favorites...it was so tempting to go on with more.
You brought back some real memories with these titles, Anjuli. I can picture my Mom at our cabin on a Sunday reading Michener and M.M. Kaye...
ReplyDeleteI see what you mean about my former comment not linking you to my site, but to a Blogger profile, which I don't have. If you want to see my books and other posts, go to www.intralingo.com and click on the "blog" tab. ;-)
I tried to go to www.intralingo.com but for some reason it just keeps saying error. I even went into your post on the 'presenting blogroll' and clicked on the link to your URL and it also showed an 'error' message. Can you click on it and see what might be the problem?
ReplyDeleteOh, man! I had trouble narrowing it down with books on writing! To name my top five BOOKS? Argh! No! Don't make me!!!
ReplyDeleteNice list...I think I should def. read Far Pavilions...
@Babette- your list was great! As for Far Pavilions- definitely a book to be read at least once in someone's lifetime :)
ReplyDeleteAside fom the bible, I don't think I've read any of these books. But these days (as in the past 22 years) I really only have time to read the books I'm teaching my children for school.
ReplyDelete@ Kate- I know how it is with homeschooling- it is difficult to juggle everything.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing choices! I did know the first two books you mentioned, so it was interesting to look them up.
ReplyDeleteI loved Hawaii as well! Such a fascinating story. I still have so many books I could add to my list of five. I'd be right with you in Readaholics Anon!
ReplyDelete@Annette- I have been loving your Memoirs blog- and I stumbled into your declutter one this morning...I'll try to go back in late tonight when I have more time.
ReplyDelete@Christine- aah, a woman after my own heart- have loved reading your entries and look forward to reading more.