I’ll be taking a blogging break until Sunday, but in the meantime, I’m going to run another contest here at My Real Life.
In order to enter, please leave a comment below telling me about your favorite book and tell me why you love it. I’ve been slowly making my way through my book pile, and soon will be in need of some new titles. It’s okay if I’ve already read your suggestion, because it could inspire someone else!
You can earn multiple entries by referring a friend to the blog and having them enter the contest, as well. All they need to do is leave a comment with their favorite book, and mentioning that you sent them to the blog. Then, both your friend and you will get an entry into the contest.
You can also earn an extra entry if you are a blogger and you add me to your blogroll. In your entry, add a link to your blog. This option for bloggers who are newly adding me to their blogroll.
I’ll determine the winner by writing each persons name on a scrap of paper (multiple entries from referrals will have multiple scraps of paper with their names on it) and then selecting a name at random.
Remember, your privacy is intact, as all readers will see is your first name. Your contact information is solely available to me.
The prize, you ask?
A $25 Barnes and Noble Gift Card! What else could I give as a prize for a contest surrounding book titles?
So, while I’m on break, feel free to scroll back through and read the blog from the beginning if you’ve joined us late, refer a friend, enter the contest and enjoy your life! I really do appreciate every single one of you who read the blog.
Contest Ends at 8:00 pm on Sunday November 8, 2009
One of my favorite books is A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle. I love it because it makes so much sense to me and is such a help to my life. I love its very different way of looking at things and kind of reminds me of the Matrix…I think that if you read the book, you might look at that movie in a whole different context. The book for me was a wake up call and a peace provider. A must read, even for this Catholic girl. 🙂
Alicia
Comment by Alicia Bozza — November 5, 2009 @ 9:00 am |
The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy, is hands down my favorite novel. I’ve reread it at least 15 times over the years, and each reading gives me something new. I find it an atypical love story but such a beautiful one. It’s a combination of poetry, suspense, sex, disgust and hope. What is most surprising to me (yes I am going to say it) is how such a macho tough guy character (and possibly author since a lot of Conroy’s work is supposedly autobiographical) admits to such sensitive and poetic observations. Don’t use the movie as any indication to judge the book!
Comment by lara — November 5, 2009 @ 9:53 am |
My favorite book is Don’t Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk. The book is perfect as it adds in comedy through reality as it follows our hero through his mid-life crisis, taking him to the warm sands and ocean of an Atlantic island where he decides to leave his job as a book publisher for the life of a hotel and resort owner. The book really makes more sense to me the more I age and get caught up in the rat race of the political, high stress career I have chosen. Well worth the read to escape and laugh and return to a bit of clarity. ENJOY!
Comment by Dan Johnson — November 5, 2009 @ 10:22 am |
My favorite book is Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I have been reading this book every few years since I was 12. I feel that I get something new from the book each time I read it. It takes place over the many decades of Scarlett’s life, so when I am the same age as she is during that part of the book, I can see it from a different perspective. I used to think one thing about her, but as I get older, I understand why she is how she is and why she does the things that she does. If you have not read this book, I encourage you to go out and buy it today. It is much different from the movie, so please do not base you opinion on that. I love the movie also, but the book will always have a special place in my heart. I re-read the book just after I had my daughter and got a completely different perspective on the characters.
Comment by Shelley — November 5, 2009 @ 10:25 am |
One of my many favorites is Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Hilarious Hilarious Hilarious. It is a collection of essays documenting everything in the authors life from a meeting with his speech pathologist in elementary school where he knows he already “sounds gay” to his struggles with drug abuse later in life. Let me know if you want to borrow it!
Comment by Sharon — November 5, 2009 @ 10:49 am |
Just one? I have so many favorites. LOL. One you haven’t probably haven’t heard of as The Houseboat Chronicles by Jake MacDonald. I love it as it was written around the area of Kenora, Ontario Canada which is about 80 miles north of my hometown. The description of the area and living alone in the wild on a houseboat is one of my own adventurous dreams.
Comment by Debbie — November 5, 2009 @ 12:12 pm |
I have so many favorite books, but currently, I just finished a book called Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Now, I am a Catholic through and through, so I didn’t think I would like this book since it describes an African tribe which “falls apart” because of the Christian missionaries who invade the tribes. I absolutely loved reading this book! It is beautifully written, gives insight into primitive African tribes, and gives an African’s view on those who “think they know better than others.” In a world today where many Americans think we know what’s best for those “worse off” than we are, this book really gives insight into the contentment and customs/rituals of African tribes and how it can be ruined by those who think they have a right to “fix” the lives of people in third-world countries. Things Fall Apart is very pro-human historical fiction; it tells of the destruction of a tribe, but it doesn’t necessarily make the whites out to be bad people. I loved this book and highly recommend it!
Comment by Amy Johnson — November 5, 2009 @ 7:25 pm |