Tuesday, February 13, 2007

World Book Day Meme

What ten books can't you live without ? For its 10th anniversary, World Book Day in Britain wants to find out which ten books you cannot live without. And they're running a competition to find out - which I'm not desperate to enter, but I thought it would be interesting find out what everyone would choose. World Book Day are gathering the data for a definitive top ten to be published on World Book Day - March 1st, and you will be able to find these books, complete with extracts exclusively on Lovereading.co.uk.

Choosing just ten is pretty difficult, but here's my top ten - in strictly alphabetical order:

King of Shadows - Susan Cooper
The Owl Service - Alan Garner
Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones
The House in Norham Gardens - Penelope Lively
Sabriel - Garth Nix
A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J K Rowling
Ptolemy's Gate - Jonathan Stroud
The Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien

5 comments:

Kelly said...

I'm in, Michele! Thanks for distracting me from pre-Cybils day!!

Michele said...

Heh! No problem Kelly ! I'll come over and see which ten you've posted !

Anonymous said...

I must figure out my list. But LOTR and Prisoner of Azkaban will be on it, for sure.

Little Willow said...

Favorite Novels: (alphabetical by author)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Body Bags by Christopher Golden
The Boys are Back in Town by Christopher Golden
Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Michele said...

Kelly F, you're a woman of taste !

Little willow, I like your inclusion of Norton Juster !