Share Your Story
Have you ever read a book that changed the way you see the world? What about a book you couldn’t put down? Did you ever read something that you typically wouldn’t read but you ended up loving it?
Share your story! Tell us about your favourite book, why you loved it, how did it impact you, what made you laugh, cry, or ponder. Inspire someone else to read it.
Pretend you’re writing in the cover and leave your inscriptions below:
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
My book is Anne of Green Gables.
I first read this book at the age of 12 and was literally unable to put it down. I then read it again, and again, and again… and have now lost count of the number of times I’ve devoured it and the rest of the books in the series. It is the inspirational story of a girl who has the ability to make everyone fall in love with her due to her sweetness of spirit and kindness of heart. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and open your eyes to the wonder of little girls with active imaginations. I defy you not to fall in love with Anne Shirley!
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 am
The Diaries of Adrian Mole
I realise this is a series of books rather than A book, but I really couldn’t pick one above the rest. These are quite simply, the funniest works of literature you are ever likely to read. Sue Townsend is a comic genius and if you don’t laugh out loud at least 10 times you are evidently having a very bad day! If you’re going through a bad break-up, or your hamster has just died, or things are basically a bit rubbish, have a little read of Adrian Mole and your day will instantly be a damn site brighter!
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 am
Shantaram
This really is one of the most exciting books I’ve ever read! I literally could not put it down. It follows the crazy experiences of an Australian man on the run in India. He becomes a ‘doctor’ in a slum, gets embroiled with the Indian mafia and more. It is supposedly based on a true story, which makes it all the more incredible if it is. I have recommended this book to countless numbers of friends and all of them have come back to me with the biggest grin on their faces. So as you may have guessed, highly, highly recommended for an exciting read.
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:24 pm
The Fall
by, Albert Camus
This book was recommended to me by a dear friend who is liberal, intellectual, and compassionate, yet wrongly calls himself a nihilist. The book is about a man going through the phases we all encounter as we try to decode who we are and why we are here. This existential masterpiece is much like the friend who made me read it – layered with meaning and eerily honest. In a few short pages I ironically I fell in love with a book about the fall.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
Much lauded, highly recognizable work by someone I’d never run into in any literature circle. And maybe it’s to Kesey’s credit.
One Flew Over… is a non- and highly-stylized look at mental health. It makes me yearn for the 60’s honesty and grit. Something in it compels me not to behave heroically, but put my head down and bear the burden of quotidian living. Something. I’m not sure what. Maybe it’s pure magic. Or maybe it’s something as simple as my neurons lining up in a beautiful pattern, like the webs woven between people and their frailty.
Like real Americana, not sentimentality, Kesey is a radiant gem of something that’s been misplaced by successive generations.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:27 am
1984 by George Orwell
I read this book in 4th year of High School and its impact has stayed with me ever since. It may have given reality TV’s Big Brother it’s name but please don’t let that put you off!
1984 is a book that really made me think about the power of political control and how easy it can be to be manipulated into believing whatever you’re told by the powers that be. A country’s enemies become its friends and then its friends become its enemies. And it’s only a few that even question the real reasons behind this chaneg or even acknowedge it.
George Orwell wrote this in the era of communism but I think it’s a novel that will always have relevance. It’s a page turner and one to get you thinking too.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:56 am
My favourite novel (and it’s a hard one to call!) is ‘Bleak House’ by Charles Dickens. It’s quite possibly the greatest story ever told. I consider this to be one of Dickens’ finest novels and would urge anyone who enjoys a complex plot with a smattering of dry wit to read it.
Ultimately, the novel makes a mockery of the English legal system as it explores the far-reaching consequences of the death of a testator who died having written several wills.
It’s not the lightest, or easiest, read in the world, admittedly, but it will make you laugh out loud at various points and I imagine even the coldest of hearts couldn’t help but be warmed by the plight of Esther Summerson.
It’s a wonderful read from the very beginning – the imagery in chapters one and two is incredibly well-written. Enjoy.
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