Before we get started, two things:
1) Today is my first post at the Dojo! Go read about my love of the Pomodoro Technique!
2) This is my 100th post on this blog! Woohoo!
And now, back to today’s originally scheduled BTT question:
If you had to pick only 5 books to read ever again, what would they be and why?’
I’m not going to mention my LDS quad in this, because that’s a given and the reasons therefore should also be fairly obvious, though if I really were given only five books, this would of course be one of them, as I try to read a little every day. On to the more objectionable stuff… I’m going to make two seperate lists here:
Cheater List
1) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Because I want brilliance, and I want a lot of it.
2) The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson – Because no other poet has satisfied me as much, as consistently.
3) The Complete Works of Jane Austin – (See reason for #1)
4) The Complete Works of Ray Bradbury – I’m not totally married to this, but I’ve really loved a lot of Bradbury shorts, and I think I’d need something short and diverse.
5) The Complete Harry Potter – Okay, I know this isn’t a volume yet… but you know it will be someday.
Non-Cheater List
1) Jane Eyre. I don’t know that I could ever get tired of this book. For some people it’s Pride & Prejudice, but for me it’s Jane Eyre.
2) Little Women. I start reading this almost every Christmas. I have to admit, I don’t usually read the whole thing through, but I’ve read it enough that it’s one of my oldest and sweetest friends. Even though a very big part of me still wants Jo to marry Laurie.
3) Anne of the Island. Why this one? Because this is the book where Anne rejects Gilbert and then realizes that she loves him. Ah, the tortuous angst. I love it. I am all over it.
4) Enna Burning by Shannon Hale. Again, it’s all about the long-withheld requitement of love in this one. Plus Enna is awesome. Which I like. I don’t think I’d get tired of it.
5) I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenburg. This book has saved my sanity more than once. If I were say, on a desert island or something, I think I’d need literature like that. For those moments I’m not trying to feel all the fall-in-love pangs that I’m so addicted to.
If you’re stopping by for BTT, be sure to check out my
Books are for Lovers post. Buy a book on Valentine’s to show your local bookstore some love!
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Lisa Asanuma 
Love that you have TWO lists and you consider Little Women an old friend! Me, too.
Little women, brilliant stories.