Beginnings

Welcome friends! I have started this entry in the global technosphere because I have been in love with books since the age of 2. Among the busy business of being a new teacher, this is my outlet for sharing thoughts on a love of reading a wide variety of books. My inspiration can be summed up with a yearbook quote from a teacher written when I was 8: "To the only girl at recess I see reading a book. Good for you!"
My blog title is quoted from a classmate who asked me this once. Believe it or not, I've also heard it as a teacher :D

My Top 25 Favourite Books

I haven't posted this before for a couple of reasons:  one is that my A+ reviews probably speak for themselves as to what my favourite books are, and two, it's *just too hard*

But my love of list-making trumps all :)  I like the top 25 lists @ Two Bibliomaniacs, so I decided to create one of my own, and allow it to change as my tastes do and as the books I read multiply.

For now, here are my top 25 favourite books ever:

1)  Anne of Green Gables- L.M. Montgomery
2)  The Green Mile- Stephen King
3)  K-PAX- Gene Brewer
4)  To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
5)  Harry Potter series- J.K. Rowling
**These are the biggies--hard to crack this top 5**

6)  Different Seasons- Stephen King
7)  One Flew the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey
8)  The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
9)  The Firm- John Grisham
10) The World According to Garp- John Irving
**The desert island top 10**

11)  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time- Mark Haddon
12)  The Diviners- Margaret Laurence
13)  The Lord of the Flies- William Golding
14)  Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
15)  Rebecca- Daphne du Maurier
16)  The Color Purple- Alice Walker
17)  The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood
18)  One True Thing- Anna Quindlen
19)  The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
20)  The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
21)  A Map of the World- Jane Hamilton
22)  84 Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff
23)  Sense & Sensibility- Jane Austen
24)  The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas
25)  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams