Share your favourite books
JenCo
Community member Posts: 105 Empowering
Hoping to add to everyone's reasons to be cheerful by sharing a few of my favourite books.
I would love some recommendations in return
Read this:
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway
If you're feeling this:
Overwhelmed
Because:
It'll remind you that sticking to it and doing your best is always worth it. Even if the outcome isn't what you're hoping for, someone, somewhere will see you trying and love and admire you for it.
Read this:
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
If you're feeling this:
Ignored
Because:
Your goals are worth pursuing however difficult it may be to reach them... and it'll cheer you up! I promise.
Read this:
The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
If you're feeling this:
Like you have no control
Because:
As an Old King said, ‘If you really want something, then all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it’.
I would love some recommendations in return
Read this:
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway
If you're feeling this:
Overwhelmed
Because:
It'll remind you that sticking to it and doing your best is always worth it. Even if the outcome isn't what you're hoping for, someone, somewhere will see you trying and love and admire you for it.
Read this:
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
If you're feeling this:
Ignored
Because:
Your goals are worth pursuing however difficult it may be to reach them... and it'll cheer you up! I promise.
Read this:
The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
If you're feeling this:
Like you have no control
Because:
As an Old King said, ‘If you really want something, then all the Universe conspires in helping you to achieve it’.
3
Comments
-
I love this @JenCo!
Read this:
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
If you're feeling this:
Like you want to explore the meaning of life.
Because:
It looks deeply into social class, relationships and mystery. It's a short book but it gives you a lot to think about.
2 -
Too many to count!1
-
0
-
I have a top ten
1- Little Women
2- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3- Once in a life time
4- Black Beauty
5- Ballet Shoes
6- How to Kill a Mockingbird
7- Girl on the Train
8- The Hunger Games
9- Anne of Green Gables
10- Malory Towers1 -
Yes @April2018mom I love these!
Well if we're going to share top tens...
1. Equal Rties - Terry Pratchett
2. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway
3. The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
4. El Deafo - Cece Bell
5 Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
6. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
7. Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan
8 Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
10. The Color Purple - Alice Walker2 -
@JenCo, both man's search for meaning and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time would be in my top 10!
1. The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
2. House Rules by Jodi Picoult
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
5. Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
6. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
7. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
8. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
9. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
10. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
That was so hard to only pick 10!!!2 -
A pity there is a social distance and essential travel only!
Having a clear out! Unfortunately, too late!
I have 20 very large bags of books that i cant take to the charity shop because of the Coronavirus!
Mixed authors !
Hardback and paperbacks!
About 2 thousand books!
New and second hand(from the charity shop)!
1 -
What books did you read lately? I need new suggestions.1
-
I need new books. Message me.gaz1960 said:A pity there is a social distance and essential travel only!
Having a clear out! Unfortunately, too late!
I have 20 very large bags of books that i cant take to the charity shop because of the Coronavirus!
Mixed authors !
Hardback and paperbacks!
About 2 thousand books!
New and second hand(from the charity shop)!0 -
I have one more that I liked. It is called Days of Wonder by Keith Stuart. This book is about a single working dad and his daughter with a heart condition as well. Recommended if you enjoy romance books.0
-
I always find Middlemarch by George Eliot very comforting because of the compassion and kindness of the protagonist. Also it is a story about human failings but also the human capacity to be selfless and forgiving.
2 -
WOW! 2,000 books!?gaz1960 said:A pity there is a social distance and essential travel only!
Having a clear out! Unfortunately, too late!
I have 20 very large bags of books that i cant take to the charity shop because of the Coronavirus!
Mixed authors !
Hardback and paperbacks!
About 2 thousand books!
New and second hand(from the charity shop)!
Some charity shop is going to have a ball with those once business is back to usual.2 -
I'm reading The Murmur of Bees currently. It's stunning but does reference the Spanish Flu pandemic heavily in the first half soooo... maybe hard going in light of recent events o.OApril2018mom said:What books did you read lately? I need new suggestions.
https://www.goodreads.com/pt/book/show/41574681-the-murmur-of-bees
2 -
I'd like to keep them,i hate getting rid of books! But,with what's going in,if anything happens to me, then my Son would have to do something about them! Trying to clear as much stuff so less for him to take care of.
Those are what I've read over the past three years,! Just never got around to taking them to the Scope charity shop.0 -
My book is Her Benny by Silas K Hocking. Read it as a child and to date have yet to read a book which meant more to me. Have several copies, (presents) which every so often comes out and re-read. Expect in the next weeks.
It is about lives of Benny and Nelly Bates growing up in the slums of Liverpool.0 -
Legend....David Gemmell plus ALL his books! Best books ever! ALL of his series! Best writer ever!
Clifford D.Simak......Waystation.
Xanth series,Piers Anthony.
Door in to Summer.......Robert A.Heinlien
The wierdstone of Brisingamen......Alan Garner
The Moon of Gomrath......Alan Garner.
The Belgariad books,.....David Eddings!
Sharpe series..........Bernard Cornwell.
1 -
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
I read this once a year, it is so good.3 -
That's a great book @Sorry_Susan! I've read it twice!
0 -
2 thousand,plus books!
Thinking of putting up a folding table at the bottom of the drive,HELP.YOURSELF SIGN!
And Harper Lee!
To kill a Mockingbird!
And Go set a watchman!
0 -
Good choice @gaz1960!
0
Categories
- All Categories
- 13.6K Start here and say hello!
- 6.7K Coffee lounge
- 51 Games den
- 1.6K People power
- 32 Community noticeboard
- 20.9K Talk about life
- 4.8K Everyday life
- 2.2K Families and carers
- 796 Education and skills
- 1.7K Work
- 384 Money and bills
- 3.2K Housing and independent living
- 806 Transport and travel
- 627 Relationships
- 1.2K Mental health and wellbeing
- 2.3K Talk about your impairment
- 835 Rare, invisible, and undiagnosed conditions
- 886 Neurological impairments and pain
- 1.8K Cerebral Palsy Network
- 1.1K Autism and neurodiversity
- 33.6K Talk about your benefits
- 5.4K Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- 17.9K PIP, DLA, and AA
- 5.6K Universal Credit (UC)
- 4.7K Benefits and income