Books That No One Else Has Read
ooks!There was one of those games making the rounds a couple of weeks ago: Seven days to post a book you love without explanation, comment or review.
I posted the following:
A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
From Anna by Jean Little
The House With the Clock in Its Walls and The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn by John Bellairs
Who Is Frances Rain? by Margaret Buffie
Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck by Charles Bukowski
and, on the first day, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
I didn't get a chance to include Madeleine l'Engle or E. Nesbit!
But it got me thinking of some of the books I've read that no one else seems to have read. Of course, other people have read them, just not anyone in my immediate circle of friends and acquaintances.
Here are a few of those books:
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
The Booky series by Bernice Thurman Hunter
The Margaret series by Bernice Thurman Hunter
The Road to Endor by E. H. Jones
(the only other person I know, not personally, who's read this book is Neil Gaiman)
Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees by Thomas Keneally
Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn
Each Man's Son by Hugh MacLennan
Becky's Horse by Winifred Madison
In the Skin of A Lion by Michael Ondaatje
A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
Unriddling by Alvin Schwartz
Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak
The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree by Louis Slobodkin
A Ghost in the Window by Betty Ren Wright
Omni Skyborn by Marcia H. Kruchten
Looking at old Scholastic covers reminds me of another book, something involving an arcade game and time travel, but I'm not at home and can't check my shelves!
Finally, an honourable mention goes to Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I've posted at least thrice on the blog about how much Outlander means to me, and why:
O is for Outlander, during the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge in 2015
O is for Outlander, during the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge in 2014
and, surprise, surprise, O is for Outlander, during the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge in 2012
Meanwhile, editing, as part of my ROW80 goals, has fallen by the wayside as I continue to take part in the Never Have I Ever exercise on the writer's forum. Lots of great story ideas coming through!
Which of these books have you read?
Which books have you read that no one else has?
Which books have you read that no one else has?
Comments
WOW, those are a lot of books... True, I haven't read any of them, but I have heard of a few of them.
I love Dickens as well, so I will definitely check out THE CHIMES> I actually read a Tale of Two Cities a few months ago.... Forgot how detailed oriented Dickens is... lots of repetition ... His work would never make it in today's market. LOL times were so different then. NO TV, computers, telephones, etc. People had a lot time on their hands and reading was their only escape.
What an interesting collection. I have to confess that I haven't read any of these.
I think I need to get stuck into more of Dickens' stories.
Writer In Transit
One book few others seem to have read is Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker - I've read it to several classes and they've loved it