Friday, 26 June 2009

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  15 High Impact Books

  I got this from a friend who got this from Facebook. Thought you all might enjoy it, too.
  
  Directions: 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.
  
  These are in no particular order:

   

  1. The Bible  This book has everything I'll ever need.
     

  2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott  I will never forget the day my mom handed me her tattered copy of this book, and said "You'll love this."  I can picture it in my mind. For fear of ruining her copy (I loved it so much), I saved up and bought my own, and have since had to replace that worn edition out.
     

  3. Frankenstein - Mary Shelly  My first real attempt at classic literature.  I was terrified and enthralled at once.  Still one of my all time favorites. 
     

  4. Battle Cry for My Generation - Ron Luce  This book changed the way I thought about how the human mind (specifically that of teens) works.
     

  5. God's Favorite House - Tommy Tenney  I adored the book God Chasers, so my mom got me this. Hands down the best book about worship I have ever encoutered.  Besides the Bible, of course.
     

  6. Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back - Shel Silverstein   This is the book that introduced me to the brilliance of Shel Silverstein.  It doesn't even matter that it's a kid's book.
     

  7. Lest Innocent Blood be Shed - Philip Hallie  If you are interested at all in the history of World War II and the holocaust, you need to read this book.
     

  8. Number the Stars - Lois Lowry  I read this even before I read Anne Frank.  Though fiction, it's poignant.
     

  9. Night - Elie Wiesel  I didn't know this book exsisted until my senior year of college.  I read it for a Gen Ed. class.  My entire view of the holocaust changed becuase of this book.  I had nightmares for weeks because of Mr. Wiesel's descriptions.
     

  10. The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis   I see myself in "the patient" sometimes, and it sickens me.
      

  11. The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis   I have to lump them all together, otherwise they would take up seven entries.  Besides, I have an edition with all seven in one anthology, so it counts as one.  I don't know if I can pick a favorite.  I wept openly the first time I read the Magician's Nephew, when Diggory encountered Aslan.  I remember vividly my mom reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to my sister and me as small children.  I remember thinking The Silver Chair was the most laborious reading I had ever done, until I finished it and realized Lewis intended it that way.  I could go on about each one, but we would be here for a while...
      

  12. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer  I hated every minute of it.  Seriously.  
      
      
  13. Oh the Thinks You Can Think - Dr. Seuss   I remember the day I realized Dr. Seuss' books were about far more than Whos and clever (albeit made up) rhymes.
      

  14. Jesus Freaks - dc Talk & The Voice of the Martyrs  My first look into the study of martyrdom.  Simplistic, meant for the masses, but still very effectively eye opening. 
      

  15. Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare  The first time I truly had fun reading Shakespeare. 
      

   

  Yeah, I could totally go on from here, but I will spare you...  Lol.

   

   

   

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