Top ten books I've read so far in 2015
These are books that I have completed this year, and I actually put them into some kind of order, beginning with my most favorite.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs
Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie,
and On the Shores of Plum Creek - Laura Ingalls Wilder
How could I decide?
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - John Bunyan
The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Confessions - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf
Beowulf - translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fortune of the Rougons - Émile Zola
A Zola made it onto my list too :-)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to reread the Little House books one day.
My top 10: http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/top-ten-books-ive-read-so-far-this-year.html?m=1
Hi, Brona, I was unable to comment on your post??? So I'll do it here. Germinal was excellent. I look forward to reading that again someday. This Zola on today's list was not as intense as Germinal.
DeleteI LOVE Beowulf! I read another translation but I bought Tolkien's and I hope to read it sometime soon! I think it's interesting to read different translations of books.
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to re-read The Little House in the Big Wood series. I've re-read them so many times but right now it doesn't feel like enough!
I think Tolkien's translation is my favorite so far (but I've only read three). I've not read the famous Heaney translation, I don't think.
DeleteNice! It's been a while but the only ones I've read are Robinson Crusoe, and Walden. I've read an excerpt of Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, so this was a good reminder I've got to get a copy of that.
ReplyDeleteI think you would appreciate Tolkien's translation. I don't know that its the best that there is, but I thought it was very well done.
DeleteWhat a wonderful selection! I love the Little House books as well. All of these books would be on my top. Except maybe Thoreau. I had a hard time getting through his stuff. I'll have to read any review you have of him because I thought he was arrogant. I'd be interested in what someone else thinks of his writings.
ReplyDeleteYou're probably right about his arrogance coming through. It sure appeared that way. But what I come away with is his love for nature and serenity and simplicity and peace and common sense, while ignoring his personal delivery. So I listened to his story and paid no attention to his pitch. Cleo at Classical Carousel has an opinion, too, about Thoreau, if you want a variety of thoughts.
DeleteI can't believe I missed Walden off my list! Quite the mistake I made there!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - it's on my TBR pile :)