I’ve been following Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author of THE TWIN’S DAUGHTER (Bloomsbury, August 31, 2010) , THE EDUCATION OF BET (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, July 2010), and CRAZY BEAUTIFUL (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, September 2009) on Twitter for some time now. When she contacted me about her inventive new blog tour idea, I couldn’t say no. Basically, instead of asking the same or similar interview questions on dozens of blogs, Lauren just answers one unique question at each blog she visits.
For my question, I was inspired by a “discussion” that started on twitter a few weeks ago about books that changed one’s life. Therefore, I asked Lauren the following question: What are the five books that forever changed your world, and why?
Following are Lauren’s answers:
1) The Passage to Larkspur Lane, the 10th in the original Nancy Drew series, by Carolyn Keene. I come from a family of big readers but as a small child and being the youngest, I was very intimidated by the reading prowess of my parents and older brother. This book is the first time I can remember not just pretending to read a book while they were reading theirs but actually enjoying it.
2) Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. It’s the rare female writer who doesn’t have Jo March to blame for her ambitions.
3) A Separate Peace, John Knowles. I can’t even count the number of times I read that book from age 12 onward and cried every time. It persuaded me that no matter how much you might want an outcome to be different, some things can never be changed.
4) Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It convinced me that it’s possible to be in love forever, through time and space. It’s also my favorite novel by a living author.
5) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. It’s still changing me.
Thank you, Lauren! You’ve named some fantastic books!
Be sure to check out Lauren and her web site! Following are a few other blogs participating in Lauren’s “One Question” blog tour!
June 25: Jane Taylor: What made you switch up genres from Chick-Lit to Mid grade/YA? Which genre do you prefer? Why? http://jetaylor75.blogspot.com/
June 29: Kari: If you could be transformed into any one person for a day, what would be your pick? http://agoodaddiction.blogspot.com/
So, let’s keep up the discussion! What are some books that have forever changed your world?
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