This is it! Day #3 of the THIRSTY Giveaway! (If you're checking in for the first time, this week I’m giving away 5 copies of my debut novel THIRSTY! And 1 really cool, pretty amazing new bookthingy…appropriately entitled “Bookthingy”…that I discovered a few weeks ago while at the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association conference in Cleveland.)
Today's prizes?
1 copy of THIRSTY AND a Bookthingy! (1 winner gets both prizes)
A lot of people have asked, "What’s a Bookthingy?"
Good question.
A Bookthingy
is a booklover’s bookcover created by two fabulous, book-loving
women—Sharon Kom and Mary Larkin—who wanted an easy, stylish way to
carry a book around town. (I met them in Cleveland; they are
book-loving and they are fabulous.) The Bookthingy is a mini-tote for the book you’re reading.
Here’s what it looks like. (The one I’m giving away is called “Meet Alice: Take a trip. Bring your book.” but there are a number of styles available at www.bookthingys.com.)
How to win?
Easy. Just answer the following question in the comments section:
Today's question is:
- What book have you read more than once? Why? What brings you back to this book?
Me?
I've got a couple of recently published novels that I've read more than once. One that I'm awed by every time is Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. I've read it, oh, I don't know how many times now. The voice of the boy astounds me...his character...his incredible "flawedness"...his vulnerability...his wounds. He is so...so...human. And so brave in showing his humanity.
You're up! What book have you read more than once? How come?
I read most books that I enjoy more than once, but the book I’ve probably read the most over the years is Little Women. Re-entering the loving and familiar world of the March family fills me with a sense of security, safety, and permanence, in a world that is continually changing. It has the feeling of an old friend, and it always reassures me that all I need do is turn back to the early chapters and Beth is still alive and strong. Would that all of life were so easy!
Posted by: Cara Holman | October 31, 2009 at 10:49 AM
"Tuesdays with Morrie" is one of the few books I've read more than once. As a youth I was an avid reader of mostly fiction. Unfortunately, as an adult, I read very little. Most of it is non-fiction. (Perhaps I should return to fictions as I now realize I don't get as engrossed in non-fiction, regardless of how compelling the topic.)
But the non-fiction "Tuesdays with Morrie" grabbed me, again and again. I'm drawn to the raw emotion in the book, the real-life exploration of mortality, from the varying perspectives of the author and his dying professor.
If I knew I was going to die "soon", how would I act, what would I do, where would my head be? How different would this be for me at the age of 29? 34?, etc.? I have no answers to these questions, nor do I think any of us really would until faced with our own impending death. On the flip-side, what would it be like to be Mitch and share someone's end-of-life experiences with them?
Talking about it makes me want to pick it up AGAIN. I'm in a different place than when I last read it. What would I gain from it this time?
(And my friends say I "think too much".)
Reading your book and being SO engrossed in it (for SO many reasons) has truly renewed my interest in READING! I'm off to purchase my next read tomorrow (as if the many unread books on my shelves would not be sufficient.) Thanks!
Posted by: Amy Uhlemann | October 31, 2009 at 01:15 PM
The book I've read most is Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. I love the uniqueness of each of the poems, the whimsical way that he draws you in and entertains you. I find myself fingering through the pages, finding my favorites, and rediscovering the ones I had forgotten about it. It makes me feel like a kid all over again, every time.
Posted by: Jill L | October 31, 2009 at 09:44 PM
Its not one book, but I will often revisit the Belgariad and Mellorian series by David Eddings. These are the books that I'll read when I'm so sick that I really can't focus on a new story. All the characters are old friends and the story has a little bit of everything. There is magic, mystery, good vs evil, romance, adventure and more. I can't say why this series draws me in time and again over so many others that I know and love but there is just something about it that is so comforting sometimes.
Posted by: Irish | November 01, 2009 at 02:09 AM
I have so many that I've reread. Off the top of my head, Pride and Prejudice, Emily of New Moon, Anne of Green Gables, A Wrinkle in Time, all the Harry Potters, The Good Soldier, several of Agatha Christie's mysteries ...
Posted by: Belle | November 01, 2009 at 02:13 AM
Hmm...this is a tough one. I've re-read several books numerous times. Little Women - the March girls are like dear friends. Man's Search For Meaning - it's so inspiring. Emma - I love Jane Austen's writing, and I can really identify with this character. Pride and Prejudice - awesome story and timeless classic.
Posted by: Sarah | November 01, 2009 at 04:12 AM
I have read the Relevation of John a number of times, because it is applicable to almost everything in history and future. But unfortunately, I still don't understand what it means.
Posted by: Catherine | November 01, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I have reread the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris because there is just so much going on in them...easy to miss stuff the first time thru. I really enjoy those books :)
Posted by: Stacy W | November 01, 2009 at 11:21 PM