So, here is the "library of me"!
Where the Sidewalk
Ends – Shel Silverstein
I received this as a
gift from my aunt on my 6th birthday, and could recite my favorite
poems by heart from reading them with my parents so often.
The Night Before
Christmas – Clement Clarke Moore
One word meaning to this one….Dad J
The Baby Sitter’s
Club – Ann M. Martin
As a pre and early
teen, these books got me reading again after losing interest for a good couple
of years and I devoured them!
Night – Elie Wiesel
The first book I ever “had” to read for school that I
completely understood why it was required reading. It was also my first
introduction to sympathy vs. empathy, because it made me understand that I
could never actually empathize with the experience of the holocaust.
Pride and Prejudice
– Jane Austen
The first historical fiction I fell in love with and set
loose my grandiose ideas of old-school love and romance
North and South
Trilogy – John Jakes
This trilogy set in stone my love of historical fiction and
is one of the few long trilogies I have re-read multiple times
The Celestine
Prophecy – James Redfield
Though not what I personally believe and I was raised from
the beginning to be open-minded to the beliefs of others, this book was an
amazing lesson in opening my mind even further to what the term “higher power”
can mean to different people
The Art of Racing
in the Rain – Garth Stein
Just an all-out inspiring book about finding love and
friendship in different ways
Desert Solitaire
– Edward Abbey
The beautiful writing of this book has always hit home with
why I love the outdoors and why the greater Yellowstone area has the magnetism
it does for me and many of my beloved friends and family members
Yellowstone Trails
– Mark Marschall
This hiking guide was given to me by a roommate during my
first summer working in Yellowstone and it opened my world to places and
experiences I would have never imagined before coming here
The National Parks
– Dayton Duncan
This companion to the PBS documentary landed on my doorstep
at a time when I was questioning my next step and where it would take me. It
reminded me why I had chosen to be where I am in the first place and help me
decide that my next step (for the time being at least) was to stay right where
I was.
The Alchemist
– Paulo Coehlo
A good friend of mine took a copy of this book and wrote
numbers 1-100 on the inside covers with the instructions to read the book, add
your name and pass it along, with the final person sending the book back to her
so she could see where it went and who it reached. Though not one of my
all-time favorite books, her passion for it and this great activity helped teach
me that many books I do love are better off being shared than collecting dust
on my bookshelf What does your "library" hold?
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