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By celticeagle
@celticeagle (158680)
Boise, Idaho
September 25, 2017 7:43pm CST
I could write a very long list of my favorite movies. Ones I enjoyed for whatever reason. Due to a cataract I have quit reading books pretty much but, I do have three favorite books. Those are:
To Kill A Mockingbird
White Oreander
Tom Sawyer
I have reasons for each of these being on my top favorites list.
The first one I first read after a visit to my dying great aunt's home in Portland. She was in bed and my grandmother and mother were busy packing up the house for her. At one point she called me into her room. Asked me to comb her hair. Very carefully I combed her grey hair. She and I talked a bit and then she pointed over to a table with a stack of book on it. She told me to choose one to borrow. I took a instant double take. She was dying. Why was I only to borrow one book? I looked over at her and she had a twinkle in her eye. Humor right up to the last. I was impressed.
The second one was written by Janet Fitch. She has a way of writing that I find very good. Her descriptive but short phrases move the story along nicely.
The third one is one my mom read to me when I was a preschooler. She used to read Sherlock Holmes to me and then she read this one which I loved. I was a tom boy and could really relate to the thrill of the adventure he went on.
Do you have three favorite books?
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I only have one to mention..Little Women..I do not recall whatever books I had read.
That is sweet your great Aunt had said borrow the book.
I am sorry to hear of your cataracts..wish you could get those taken care of.
I can no longer read books due to racing thoughts and lack of concentration. I miss reading.
I am sorry to hear of your cataracts..wish you could get those taken care of.
I can no longer read books due to racing thoughts and lack of concentration. I miss reading.2 people like this
@sallypup (57717)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Sep 17
Like I just told @celticeagle, try audio books. If nothing else the person reading the book will calm your brain and help you sleep. I'm saying that from experience.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 Sep 17
@sallypup No I have tried them no dice for me Lenore..I wish.
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@sallypup (57717)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView That's too bad. I often fall asleep at night, hearing my hubby's audio books burbling along.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
I used to read a lot of books about horses. I have a few audio books. I have a problem with getting the ear buds tangled and it wakes me up.
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@sallypup (57717)
• Centralia, Washington
26 Sep 17
@celticeagle For sure. Walter Farley's series The Black Stallion. And my Friend Flicka. I'm sorry about the ear bud issue.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
@sallypup .....I'd liked those movies. Never read the books.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I love Emma, Pride and Prejudice and yes Little Women and probably the entire Laura Ingall WIlder set. I had every Nancy Drew at one point before the fire and had read them all multiple times.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
I used to read Nancy Drew too and had many of the books. I did read all the Ingalls books too.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
It just struck me as special because of the author's skill in writing.
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@gnatsmom (2286)
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29 Sep 17
I have never read White Oreander, but I have the other two. Studio C does a great parody to TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. I never could get into TOM SAWYER, although I teach it just about every year to my students. I guess I am a kid at heart because I like the Wishbone version of Tom Sawyer.
I can't pick just three books. I love to read, so I will pick my three favorite authors: Frank Peretti, Jane Austen, and Ted Dekker.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Sep 17
I enjoyed having Tom Sawyer read to me. It's a good memory of my younger years with my mom.
@gnatsmom (2286)
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29 Sep 17
@celticeagle Tom Sawyer is a favorite for many. My husband liked it is a kid.
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@gnatsmom (2286)
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29 Sep 17
@celticeagle One of my best memories with my mom is staying up late and her telling me ghost stories. Maybe that is why I like scary stuff and Halloween so much.
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
26 Sep 17
I prefer reading a lot more than watching movies. I always believe that books tend to tell us more than the movies. I have read Tom Sawyer and it is a great book. My mother had cataracts and she had them removed at the beginning of the year and she is now doing fine. Maybe you should try taking care of yours too and you will be back to reading
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
I agree. Books do a lot more characterization, backstory and such. I have one cataract and when it is to a point where the doctor says I need to have the surgery then I will do that.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Sep 17
Tom Sawyer wizard of Oz and Pride and predjudic e
my three favor ites love them all
@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
29 Sep 17
That one is hard. I really adore Steven King and I love all of his books.
@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Sep 17
How about top three authors instead since I've read all or most of their books - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins - Left Behind Series, Francine Rivers - I've read many of her books. Frank Peretti - I've read all of his unless he's got another one I don't know about. These are all Christian authors, but they are my top favorite authors. My top three authors in other secular books - JK Rowling, Deborah Harkness, JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I do not.. but i did read to kill a mockingbird in school.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
26 Sep 17
My daughter is named after the author if the first
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