5 Books You Love
This is such a tough one. I have linked some of my favourite books by some of my favourite authors (except for the last one, she has only written that one trilogy).
My favourite book by Jane Austen, one of my favourite classic authors.
Mann, Thomas "Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family" (GE: Buddenbrooks) - 1901
My favourite book by my favourite German author.
Pamuk, Orhan "My Name is Red" (TR: Benim Adım Kırmızı) - 1998
My favourite book by one of my favourite authors ever. Definitely my favourite Turkish author.
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos "The Shadow of the Wind" (E: La sombra del viento - El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1) - 2001
One of my favourite books ever. Too sad the author left us so early.
Stroyar, J.N. "The Children's War" - 2001
Definitely the best book I ever read. I must warn you, it's out of print and it's a trilogy. But if you're lucky, like me, you might still find a used copy.
4 Autobuy Authors
Hansen, Dörte "Lunchtime" (GE: Mittagsstunde) - 2018
Right now, my favourite contemporary author. Her first book (This House is Mine) was translated into English, this one not. Yet, I hope.
Kingsolver, Barbara "Unsheltered" - 2018
One of my favourite US American authors, loved her since I read my first one by her (The Poisonwood Bible).
Lawson, Mary "A Town Called Solace" - 2021
Definitely one of my favourite authors ever, Canadian writer Mary Lawson.
Pamuk, Orhan "The Red-Haired Woman" (TR: Kırmızı Saçlı Kadın) - 2016
Like I mentioned, one of my favourite authors. This was, like all the others in this category, his last book (well, he brought out one more that is still not available in paperback).
3 Favourites Genres
Since I already mentioned my favourite classic author, Jane Austen, here is my favourite book by my next favourite:
Dickens, Charles "Oliver Twist" - 1838
Travel Books
German journalist Stephan Orth travels the world similar to the way I used to when I was younger, only we called it "Pasporta Servo" and visited like-minded Esperanto-speakers. This was the first one I read and it might be even more interesting to read today with the war going on.
Orth, Stephan "Couchsurfing in Russia: Friendships and Misadventures Behind Putin’s Curtain" (GE: Couchsurfing in Russland. Wie ich fast zum Putin-Versteher wurde) - 2017
There are lots of books that teach us history while entertaining us with a nice novel, Edward Rutherfurd is probably one of the best authors of that genre. This was his first one.
Rutherfurd, Edward "Sarum: the Novel of England" - 1987
2 Places You Read
I read anywhere, in my armchair, my bed, in the car, in doctor's waiting rooms, wherever I have a few minutes by myself. Here you can see my reading nook/armchair.
1 Book You Promise to Read Soon
There are tons of books on my TBR pile, this is the one I might read next.
Now, I hope more bloggers will take this on and I am looking forward to your results.
Cool! I'll do my version on Saturday. It'll give me a while to think about it...
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it. And don't worry, I first saw it in August last year. ;)
DeleteI'm so glad you did this one! It was so much fun to see what books you chose.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deanna. It was a lot of fun, though also hard work, to choose the best books. Thanks for introducing me to the challenge.
DeleteI love this one! I might have to give it a go myself next month. Although choosing only 5 books I love might be really tough.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. Same here, I absolutely loved it. And chosing the best books was hard work for all the subjects.
DeleteOooh some brilliant books on here! I really need to pick up Persuasion, and I've had The Shadow of the Wind on my TBR for far too long :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anon (Becky?) They are both worth picking up right away. Enjoy.
DeleteAwesome! This seems like a difficult to me. I don’t think I could do it!
ReplyDeleteAbove anonymous comment is from carol € Reading Ladies 🥰
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol. I know, the internet plays tricks on us all the time.
DeleteAnd yes, it is not the easiest of challenges but one of the most deserving since it takes us back to those great reads.
Nice book tag!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa. I liked it, was well.
DeleteI just published my post for this book tag on my blog!
DeleteI'll have a look. Thanks.
DeleteThanks for the inspiration!
DeleteYou're welcome, Lisa. I only passed it on.
DeleteThat's a great looking reading chair! The book on Russia looks interesting, as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stephen. It is very comfortable. And yes, the book on Russia is great, just as his other books on China, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and, his last one so far, the UK during Covid.
DeleteGood choices. Three of them are favourite books of mine, Persuasion, Buddenbrooks and Shadows.... Althought if I had to choose five, Persuasion has to go for A Gentleman in Moscow, Gone With the Wind and Wuthering Heights.
ReplyDeleteGreat, Lisbeth. Yes, they are some fabulous books. And I've read all of your three books. I'm not a fan of Wuthering Heights, too gothic for me. And the two others are great books but I would change them back to the ones I chose originally. ;)
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