War and Peace ( Tolstoy.)Takes a bit of time to get through but a great book.
Books you've read at least twice
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My son sent me photos of some gorgeous scenes in Alaska where he lives, reminding me that I read Oh, The Places You Go to him 40 or 50 times.
Cell 2455 Death Row
Book by Caryl Chessman
True story of death row in the 1950s.
There are couple I've read enough times to memorize the opening lines. So .. Name that Book!
1. "Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again."
2. "On the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool
In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool
He was splashing, enjoying the jungle's great joys
When Horton the Elephant heard a small noise."
(If you've ever raised kids in an English-speaking country and you don't recognize that second one ... well, you might want to consider a quick visit to a neurologist. I'm not saying there's anything seriously wrong, of course ...but, still, it never hurts to get a checkup....)
I’m reasonably certain that I read Horton to my boys more often than Oh, the Places You Go.
Haven’t read the other.
bark of the bog owl
Twelve-year-old Aidan Errolson comes from a long line of adventurers. His grandparents were among the first settlers of Corenwald’s Eastern Frontier. His father had been one of the kingdom’s greatest warriors. Aidan, on the other hand, lives the quiet, comfortable life of a nobleman’s son. He never has any real adventures, and that, he believes, is the one great injustice ...more
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney all more than twice...
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy