"A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way." ~Caroline Gordon
Some of my all-time favorite books, sources of early enjoyment and inspiration for me as both a writer and as a human being: The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams), Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne), Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow), Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck), Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens), The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
A few more-recent favorites, an eclectic collection of memoirs and novels, all highly recommended: Pictures of You (Caroline Leavitt), This Isn't the Story You Think It Is (Laura Munson), The Last Bridge (Teri Coyne), Prayers for Sale (Sandra Dallas), A Painted House (John Grisham), From Baghdad with Love (Jay Kopleman), Alice I Have Been (Melanie Benjamin), The Personal History of Rachel DuPree (Ann Weisgarber)
I also recently finished The Invisible Mountain (Carolina de Robertis). Highly recommended! Read my 5-star review.
If you'd like more recommendations, I post reviews of books I enjoy at Amazon.com and Goodreads.com.
Here I am in the literature section of Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. Powell's fills an entire city block, the largest independent bookstore in the country. Books as far as the eye can see!
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