Mine would have to be "This Messy, Sleep-Deprived, Life" . Yesterday I spent three hours cleaning four rooms in my house (one of the rooms is about the size of a closet. My mom said I must be nesting for the new baby, I don't think I have ever went this extreme with it before.
I really struggle to believe Harry Potter is number one on this list! What's Harry Potter done to offend anyone? I'd love to research the reasoning behind this. I'm definitely a Potterhead, so I can't wrap my head around Harry Potter being banned. I actually think it'd be a different world without Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling has done a lot for the World, even losing her billionaire status by donating to charity so much! {link:http://www.businessinsider.com/jk-rowling-is-no-longer-a-billionaire-booted-off-forb es-list-2012-3?IR=T}.
So, I've obviously read Harry Potter from this banned books list. I've also read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, His Dark Materials by Philip Paulman, Captain Underpants (don't ask!) by Dav Pilkey, Goosebumps by R.L. Steine and probably a few others I missed. My TBR list is also filled with at least half the books on the list. Needless to say, it's a long list. I'm just astounded by some of the books on the list!
1) SAS survival guide: How to survive in the wild on land or sea
2) Outdoor Survival Handbook by Ray Mears
3) Bushcraft 101 - A field guide to the art of Wilderness survival
4) "Edible Plants" by Rick Canton
5) Empty notebook of blank paper (so I can write stuff)
That is a tough call. However, I believe I would take the following because, for me, they range from spiritual to crushingly heartbreaking to sweet and funny. Besides that, they have all my old friends in them and what more do you need on a desert island?
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
The Bible
The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton
The Ace of Skulls - Chris Wooding
Matterhorn - Karl Marlantes
ohsoquiet I have not read any of the books you mentioned, although I have Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So maybe I'll get around to that one one day, just not on the desert island.
Logically, I should probably take books that will help me survive on the desert island, but that's boring! So, I'm just going to list my top 5 books that I find would entertain me no matter how many times I reread them.
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
Feed - Mira Grant
Parasite - Mira Grant
Ghost Man - Roger Hobbs
Has anybody else read these books? What do you think?
It's not just the imagery, fantasy, beauty and magic of the stories that make me choose this book, it's a volume that has left a significant mark on the world's collective culture (is that a thing? ) Who doesn't know about the 1001 nights and at least one or two stories from that book?!
There's so much wisdom in these stories as well. One story in particular from Arabian Nights that I love to tell, and it's part of the opening stories that explains why the king Shahrayar is such a woman hater.
One day when King Shahrayar was out with his brother, they came across a giant demon who emerged from the sea, carrying with him a small glass box which housed a beautiful woman whom he had kidnapped on her wedding day. He keeps her locked up in that little glass box because of his insane jealousy and possessiveness over her. However he lets her out when he comes to shore and he naps with his head on her lap (talk about clingy..sheesh). Once he's happily snoring she removes his head from her lap and reveals:
"Fool, to think that jealousy and restraint can preserve a
mistress : notwithstanding thy vigilance, I find by these rings, every
one of which I have received from a different gallant, that I have
had fourscore and eighteen lovers since I have been in thy power."
In other words, freedom is our strongest calling, and people, women, teenagers, children, men, etc no matter how much you try to 'cage' or censor or restrict them, humans will always try to find a way to exercise their freedom. Some of us are more free than others, and might take this freedom for granted, but if you have ever felt your freedom restricted in anyway, the statement this story makes is so empowering.
Aww I love "The Secret Garden" - my Mum read it to me when I was little! She was always reading me things....maybe that's why I have always written I have seen the film so many times too
For me the greatest book ever should be the one that inspires a reader to read again and again. With that said, Secret Garden wins for me, it was the book that inspired my love of reading. Frances Hodgen Burnett developed interesting characters, wove a believable story and demonstrated how positivity makes a difference.
I read a book about eighteen months ago called 'The Shock Of The Fall' by Nathan Filer. It is told from the point of view of a young man and it shows his descent into schizophrenia. It is written incredibly sympathetically and, by the end of the first page, you feel protective towards the main character. It was a book I couldn't get out of my head for months. I felt so sad for Matthew. It gave me a greater understanding of the pain of schizophrenia and I don't think I will ever truly get Matthew out of my head. I highly recommend it for everyone. It's an incredible book.
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. Yesterday I spent three hours cleaning four rooms in my house (one of the rooms is about the size of a closet. My mom said I must be nesting for the new baby, I don't think I have ever went this extreme with it before.
I'd love to research the reasoning behind this. I'm definitely a Potterhead, so I can't wrap my head around Harry Potter being banned. I actually think it'd be a different world without Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling has done a lot for the World, even losing her billionaire status by donating to charity so much! {link:http://www.businessinsider.com/jk-rowling-is-no-longer-a-billionaire-booted-off-forb es-list-2012-3?IR=T}. 
